UrielMar 124 minA moment before midnight, poll the people We can use Putin’s rhetoric on self-determination to end his charade, avoid further escalation, and start building a better world order
UrielJul 11, 20214 minHomesick in Israel: When Bibi Left BalfourWere we, Israeli Jews, partly drawn to Bibi because we too are still homesick, longing for home that we never quite managed to build?
UrielJul 4, 20216 min"The People": Democracy vs. Liberalism?On fascio and the double-edged ideal of "the people"
UrielAug 17, 20208 minWhat’s in an Un-Naming?Should we remove names of controversial figures from public sites? Is un-naming a chosen, collective amnesia or a teaching moment?
UrielMay 18, 20203 minIf Covid were a person, what would you ask him?Covid invites us to project upon it our own experiences and expectations, our fears and hopes, providing the perfect template to experiment
Amaury HoymansApr 10, 20206 minPangolin is the new LeninA random pangolin might have been more successful at triggering the questioning of capitalistic ideas than Lenin
Amaury HoymansMar 20, 20204 minHow much is the human life worth to a government? I have the impression of living in Albert Camus’ landmark 1947 novel La Peste. More than 70 years later, it appears that the situation we ar
UrielMar 13, 20204 minGod is Dead, Long Live Golem?Once God guided us, but now, after its death, we turn to the Golem – rising against its own creator… Comparing The Golem & Metropolis
UrielMar 1, 20204 minThe Shape of HopeA friend sent me a picture, which took me down the rabbit hole… On love, hope, and motherhood - at the eve of Israeli election
UrielDec 17, 20196 minHave you Heart?Metropolis, Lang’s masterful 1927 silent film, might be naïve, but saw far and deep – into the heart of darkness.
UrielNov 23, 20198 minThe Rise and Hopeful Fall of BBismIsrael undergoes an unprecedented crisis… How has it come to this, and what does it say about Israel, politics, and the human condition?
Shirley Le PenneDec 31, 201810 minLove Life&Death: Klimt and SchieleCan art dare Death to bare Life? A centennial to the untimely departure of two artists who captured the beauty of human frailty Uriel...
UrielDec 15, 20184 minDo we need God to become Human?We may need God to “hope against hope,” to dream the impossible dream, but such freedom involves a leap of imagination, not of religious...
UrielFeb 11, 20187 minA Century of Self-DeterminationFew principles are more powerful, and perilous, than self-determination: It can tear states apart, and erect new ones; it can foster war,...
UrielDec 16, 20179 minHell is other people(s), but there’s No Exit: On the Return of the TribeThe triumph of Brexit and Trump is the lazy eye of a perfect storm—populist fears filling expanding cracks in our social contracts. The...
UrielDec 16, 20175 minThe Liberal Uncanny: Fascism and Freedom at the Heart of Democracy“I know not what course others may take,” Patrick Henry concluded his speech to the Virginia Convention in 1775, “but as for me, give me...
UrielDec 16, 20175 minThe Meaning of Life and Death (in Politics)Irrational! How else can we explain the conducts of Putin, Netanyahu, Maduro, Jammeh, Kim Jong-un, Tsipras and ISIS? But to understand...
UrielDec 16, 20174 min Living on the Edge: Israel, ISIS and the WestI had left Jerusalem, my hometown, and Israel, my homeland, before, but this time was more painful, because it was much easier. Two years...
UrielDec 16, 20173 minSelf-Determination, Redux? Russia's Crimea and the Global Crisis of LegitimacyThe West could have held the upper moral hand in the Crimean crisis, but chose not to. In his annexation speech (March 18, 2014),...