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Professor Zion Evrony for The Times of Israel: “8 diplomatic ways to bring peace in the Middle East”

Right now, unconventional diplomacy just might accomplish what decades of a traditional approach did not – if President Trump follows…

July 21, 2025

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Incoming Siegal Professor Chuck Freilich for The Los Angeles Times: “Tehran has only bad options. Trump and Netanyahu have golden opportunities”

Following the U.S. attack on Iran’s primary nuclear facilities at Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan, Tehran faces nothing but bad options. Militarily, Iran can escalate the conflict by…

June 30, 2025

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Incoming Siegal Professor Chuck Freilich for Haaretz: “Nukes, Negotiations and Malign Neglect: What Comes Next After the Iran-Israel War”

As day 12 of the war against Iran approached, the U.S. and Israel shared an overarching strategic: To shut it down rapidly and lock-in their achievements before things went.…

June 30, 2025

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Ambassador Dennis Ross, Dermont Family Distinguished Professor of the Practice at the Center for Jewish Civilization, joins SFS Dean Joel Hellman for a Fast Break

Over 400 SFS alumni joined Dean Joel Hellman over Zoom for a Fast Break about the crisis in Iran with Ambassador Dennis Ross, Dermont Family Distinguished Professor of the…

June 26, 2025

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Incoming Siegal Professor Chuck Freilich for Haaretz: “Three Endgame Scenarios for Netanyahu’s Iran War – and Why None of Them Add Up”

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu understandably wishes to be remembered as the savior who realized his decades-long promise to deliver the people of Israel from the existential…

June 17, 2025

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Father Patrick Desbois for The Washington Post: “The Oct. 7 terrorists do not deserve anonymity”

To win real justice for the victims and their families, we should identify the individual.…

June 10, 2025

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Professor Bruce Hoffman for The Atlantic: “The Boulder Attack Didn’t Come Out of Nowhere”

When demonstrators wave the flags of terrorist organizations and publicly commemorate the martyrdom of terrorist leaders, they’re not throwing the bomb, but their message can…

June 2, 2025

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Father Patrick Desbois and Dr. Andrej Umansky for Babbel: “Ukrainian investigators and prosecutors are investigating hundreds of cases of sexualized violence against Russians. They are using the practice of international tribunals — and hereʼs what it looks like”

One of the methods of war that the Russian army uses against Ukrainians is sexualized violence. Sexualized violence is a way to intimidate and subjugate or even a tool of.…

June 2, 2025

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Dr. Andrej Umansky joins the Editorial Board of the Eastern European Holocaust Studies: Interdisciplinary Journal of the BYHMC

May 29, 2025

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Shooting Outside the Capital Jewish Museum

We are all shaken and horrified at the antisemitic terrorist attack that took place outside the Capital Jewish Museum on the evening of May 21st. We mourn with and offer our…

May 22, 2025