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Mike Pence and Eric Cohen on What It Means to Be Endowed with Natural Rights
This week we bring you a conversation between Eric Cohen, president and CEO of Tikvah, and the former vice-president of the United States, Mike Pence. The conversation was recorded before a live…
Mark Gottlieb and Shilo Brooks on Why Reading Matters
In 2024, the Atlantic ran a splashy feature titled "The Elite College Students Who Can't Read Books." Professors at the Ivy League and at other elite universities reported that their students, among…
Ryan McBeth on Why the U.S. Doesn't (Yet) Have a Munitions Crisis
From the phone that sits in his pocket, a person can now order almost anything online and have it delivered to his door the next morning. For all of human history, no one on earth had that kind of…
Ayaan Hirsi Ali on Religion, the Defense of Western Civilization, and the Assault on the Jews
Ayaan Hirsi Ali was born in Somalia, grew up in Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, and Kenya, fled to the Netherlands in 1992 to escape an arranged marriage, became a member of the Dutch parliament, and…
Tevi Troy on America's National Shabbat
On May 4, President Trump issued a proclamation which reads: In special honor of 250 glorious years of American independence and on the weekend of Rededicate 250—a national jubilee of prayer, praise,…
Kassy Akiva on Conversion after October 7
Every year on Shavuot, many Jews have the custom of reading the book of Ruth. The holiday commemorates the giving of the Torah at Sinai—the moment when the Jewish people gathered at the foot of the…
Dr. Raphael BenLevi on Ending U.S. Aid to Israel
In the spring of 2026, Israel and the United States conducted joint offensive military operations against Iran: coordinating targets, dividing airspace, and operating with a degree of integration…
Jesse Arm on Michigan Democrats' Islamism Problem
Something has been happening in Michigan politics that deserves the attention of everyone who cares about the health of American democracy. And, as they so often are, the Jews are at the center of…
Roy Altman on Why Educated Young People Believe Lies about Israel
Roy Altman came to America as a little boy. He came from Venezuela, where his own grandparents had fled to during the Holocaust. Altman and his family arrived in the U.S. with very little and knowing…
Joshua Berman on How the Exodus Story Turns Egyptian Imagery on Its Head
There is an irony set at the cornerstone of Jewish memory. The very texts that proclaim the Jewish people's liberation from Egypt—the Song of the Sea, the Haggadah that we recite at the Passover…
Hussain Abdul-Hussain on the Arab Case for Israel
From the moment of its founding, and, in truth, before its founding, the State of Israel has faced the determined opposition of the Arab world. The armies of five Arab nations invaded Israel the day…
Yonah Jeremy Bob on the Mossad's Secret War on Iran
On February 28, 2026, Ali Khamenei was assassinated. He was killed in a joint American and Israeli airstrike, in a bunker so deep the elevator took five minutes to reach it, at a meeting with senior…
Mike Pompeo and Michael Doran on the Iran War
At 1:15 in the morning on February 28, more than 200 Israeli Air Force jets took off from bases across the region, bound for Iran. They were soon joined by American B-2 and B-1 bombers and the full…
Bill Drexel on Narendra Modi's Visit to Israel
On February 25th, 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India became the first Indian head of government to address the Knesset. It was a moment that, years ago, would have been difficult to imagine.…
Yehoshua Pfeffer on the Causes of the Bnei Brak Draft Riot
Israel has operated in the skies above Tehran. It has struck nuclear facilities near Baghdad and dominated the airspace of its enemies across the region. But according to a newsletter that the…
Meir Soloveichik and Carlos Campo on Strengthening Religious Freedom in America
Recently, Rabbi Meir Soloveichik and Carlos Campo, president of the Museum of the Bible, joined the CEO of Tikvah, Eric Cohen, for a conversation about cherishing and strengthening America's heritage…
Rod Dreher on the American Right's Anti-Semitism Problem
In November 2025, Rod Dreher published an essay in the Free Press, based on an earlier Substack post he'd written, about anti-Semitism on the American right. Dreher had just returned from Washington,…
Russ Roberts on the Return of Ran Gvili
On January 26, 2026, after 844 days, the body of Ran Gvili was brought home to Israel for burial. Of the hostages taken on October 7, his remains were the last still kept in Gaza. And when you factor…
Johnnie Moore and Meir Soloveichik on Jews, Evangelicals, and Israel
Tikvah has campus chapters at many colleges and universities throughout the United States, and earlier this week we welcomed over 100 delegates from over 40 chapters to our annual college conference,…
Hussein Aboubakr Mansour on Why Saudi Arabia Is Moving Away from Israel
On June 22, 2025, the U.S. air force sent B2 bombers to destroy Iran's nuclear sites. Five days before that, on June 17, Hussein Aboubakr Mansour, observing the extent of Israel's military operations…
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