Artículos

In a crisis, short-term efficiency can be a shock amplifier. Long-term efficiency comes from building resilient institutions. This...

Liberal democracy is in danger. From Hungary and Poland to Brazil and Venezuela, democracy is in retreat. Even in solid democracies like...

Until now, I’ve always felt at home in the world. I have lived in five different countries and visited close to a hundred. I’ve always...

Far from shore or any other vessel, the people on a small sailboat found themselves surrounded by sharks, just as something pierced a...

I’ve seen the creation of the world on live TV. No, I really have; and you probably have too, many times, without realizing it. Remember...

One feels as if there has been a conscious attempt to minimize the days of mourning and sadness in the calendar, packing as much grief...

One of the things that make my job at JFN so rich and interesting is the debates, even arguments, that we have within our staff. I love...

A lost tribe, a brand of beer, the history and future of Jewish resilience, and how Shavuot explains it all. The Quilmes, a nation...

The word utopia was first used by Sir Thomas More in 1516. He coined the term combining two Greek words: ou (not) and topos (place), and...

Ask most people what motivates philanthropy and they’ll probably say, “generosity.” But generosity isn’t simple. People give charity for...

Do you think that leaders who are assertive, self-assured, speak clearly, and “call a spade a spade” are better leaders? Think twice....

On April 16, Alain Soral, a well-known French anti-Semite, was sentenced to one year in prison by a French court for “negationisme”,...

A 19-year-old boy was arguably the most influential person in the 20th century and, most probably, you’ve never heard of him. His name...

The word focus comes from the Latin for “fire”. The “focus” was the fireplace in a Roman home.* Fire draws our attention. It’s impossible...

Antisemites think Jews cause everything bad. We’re to blame for capitalism and communism, ethnocentric nationalism and rootless...

Lately there seems to be a concerted attack on the idea of Tikkun Olam. Critics say Tikkun Olam is not a Jewish idea, but merely liberal...

A two-part essay for The Peoplehood Papers, volume 22 – “Israel@70: A Peoplehood Perspective” Part 1: How Zionism challenges the Jewish...

Is there a relationship between Israel’s dependence on rain and the traits and values we developed as a people? Golda Meir famously...

We’re still in the Stone Age. Or rather, our minds are. I’m not kidding. The human brain has evolved very little since we were...

[This essay is part of a series from leaders in the field of Jewish philanthropy, who will offer reactions and analyses to Jack...

Whenever the Jews have had sovereignty in their land, they have messed up and lost it. Traditional Judaism has an obsession with...

“Each generation doubtless feels called upon to reform the world. Mine knows that it will not reform it, but its task is perhaps even...

Have you ever heard the phrase “the God of the Old Testament”? It’s generally used to distinguish between the supposedly angry, vengeful,...

Israel has two major memorial days: Yom Hazikaron—the remembrance day for fallen soldiers of Israel and Israeli terror victims—and Yom...