Jerusalem

2025

Hatikvah: The Only National Anthem That Still Believes in Something

As long as there are people here who continue to believe – not in the theory of binationality, but in the historical right of one small and troublesome people to return home – hope is not lost.
And deep down we still have a little bit of Jewish audacity, a little faith, and a little healthy cynicism – it will not disappear either.

November 11, 2025

Laughing in Zion: Mark Twainโ€™s 1867 Journey to Jerusalem

If you think that tourist trips to the tombs of the righteous began in the 1980s with rabbis caressing friends and handing out dollar bills, youโ€™re probably right. But long before that, in 1867, a slightly different type arrived in Jerusalem, armed with a wide-brimmed hat, a sharp pencil, and capable of describing the high school in a way that would make even a guide from the โ€œAntiquities Departmentโ€ sweat.
His name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens, but everyone knows him asโ€ฆ Mark Twain.

August 2, 2025

How Benjamin Netanyahu Became Iranโ€™s National Hero: An Unexpected Love Story Between Jerusalem and Tehran

Yes, that’s not a typo. As of June 2025, the Israeli prime minister, the man who in recent decades has made an entire career out of warning about a nuclear Iran, is the most beloved person in the markets of Isfahan. Residents take pictures with posters of him, they sell “Bibi-Rimon”-flavored sweets, and there’s even an Iranian band called “Likud Underground” that performs covers of his campaign songs in Persian.

June 17, 2025
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