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      Israel’s most important weapon is in danger

      Times of Israel, September 26, 2024.  PDF file

 

      Money time in Israel: On the country’s rapid demographic transformation, and what needs to be done tomorrow

      Haaretz, March 15, 2024.  PDF file

 

      Netanyahu has been unfit for office for a while. Make it official before he takes us all down

      Haaretz, January 8, 2024.  PDF file

 

      Israel 2.0

      Haaretz, November 15, 2023.  PDF file

 

      A playbook for stopping Israel’s demographic tidal wave

      Times of Israel, August 25, 2023.  PDF file

 

From the 1970’s political pivot to the current political upheaval

For decades Israeli politics has been leading Israel straight toward the iceberg. Disconnected leaders are steadily mortgaging the country’s future by diverting scarce public resources toward sectoral and personal directions. This series focuses on the domestic changes that Israel has undergone and highlights the root problems that a nation choosing to survive must address.

Entire five part series in one PDF file

 

      1. The unsustainable path of the start-up nation

      Times of Israel, March 9, 2023.  PDF file

 

      2. Israel’s priorities pivoted in the 1970s. Israelis today are paying the price

      Times of Israel, March 12, 2023.  PDF file

 

      3. Be fruitful and multiply: illusions and facts about Israel’s haredim

      Times of Israel, March 14, 2023.  PDF file

 

      4. Tackling an existential danger: Israel’s neglected education system

      Times of Israel, March 15, 2023.  PDF file

 

      5. For a glimpse of Israel’s future, look not at Poland nor Hungary but at Afghanistan

      Times of Israel, March 16, 2023.  PDF file

 

      Surfing the Tsunami: Demography and Education in Israel

      Sapir Journal of Jewish Conversations, February 1, 2022.  PDF file

 

      A vision to save Israel from the highway to hell

      Haaretz, May 6, 2021.  PDF file

 

      Indicted prime minister? What's the problem?

      Haaretz, April 4, 2021.  PDF file

 

      Wake-up time: Israeli society’s H-hour

      The Jerusalem Post, March 30, 2021.  PDF file

 

      Israel’s future rests on the electoral shoulders of Tel-Avivians

      Haaretz, March 21, 2021.  PDF file

 

      Israel’s elections and the three core domestic problems that need to top the agenda

      Times of Israel, March 16, 2021.  PDF file

 

      Pandemic was the promo. The complete film will destroy Israel

      Haaretz, Feb. 5, 2021.  PDF file

 

      "The buck stops here" – words that don’t connect for Netanyahu

      Haaretz, Sept. 24, 2020.  PDF file

 

      Wanted: A total change of mindset to eradicate COVID-19 in Israel

      The Jerusalem Post, July 22, 2020.  PDF file

 

      Open letter to the next generation: the opportunity of calamity

      Haaretz, April 8, 2020.  PDF file

 

      When Israel’s "everything will be ok" mindset hits the fan

      The Jerusalem Post, March 31, 2020.  PDF file

 

      Israel’s Lethal Brew of Deficient Education and Demography

      The Jerusalem Post, December 6, 2019.  PDF file

 

      Demography, Democracy and Delusions - What’s on the line in Israel’s upcoming elections

      Times of Israel, September 9, 2019.  PDF file

 

      "Teach Your Children Well"

      Haaretz, August 7, 2019.  PDF file

 

      Changing the discourse - A visual primer for Israel’s 2019 elections

      Jerusalem Post, April 8, 2019.  PDF file

 

      Israel’s steady productivity retreat since the 1970s

      Haaretz, April 1, 2019.  PDF file

 

      Israel’s “Natural” Coalition Partners, and their Education

      Haaretz, January 8, 2019.  PDF file

 

      The Israeli bar exam as a national parable

      Haaretz, October 26, 2018.  PDF file

 

      The education system that’s endangering Israel’s future

      Haaretz, Sept. 2, 2018.  PDF file

 

      School vacations, Shabbat and thinking within the box

      Haaretz, July 26, 2017.  PDF file

 

      You won. Now what?

      A note to Israel’s ultra-Orthodox and settlers

      Haaretz, July 2, 2017.  PDF file

 

50 years after the Six Day War and 40 years after Israel's political turnaround

A Zionist Dream for the 21st century

Entire three part series in one PDF file

 

      A Zionist Dream – Part 1

      Haaretz, June 1, 2017.  PDF file

 

      A Zionist Dream – Part 2

      Haaretz, June 8, 2017.  PDF file

 

      A Zionist Dream – Part 3

      Haaretz, June 19, 2017.  PDF file

 

      Jeopardizing Israel’s beacon

      published on eve of Israel's 69th Independence Day

      Haaretz, May 1, 2017.  PDF file

 

      Exasperating Israel's patients – A health system that has lost its way

      Haaretz, April 9, 2017.  PDF file

 

      When the weak and the strong have equal voting rights

      Haaretz, March 13, 2017.  PDF file

 

      The one-state solution: placing the Titanic on jet skis

      Haaretz, February 3, 2017.  PDF file

 

      An election for changing outdated national paradigms

      published on eve of national elections

      Ynet, March 16, 2015.  PDF file

 

      Some daylight on Western-style weekends in Israel

      Haaretz, June 6, 2014.  PDF file

 

      The 'New' Politics and Economics

      Haaretz, March 30, 2014.  PDF file

 

      Saving the Israeli Oasis

      Haaretz, July 8, 2013.  PDF file

 

      Independence from benefits – to education

       In commemoration of Israel's 65th Independence Day

      Haaretz, April 17, 2013.  PDF file

 

      Israel's Moment of Truth

      Haaretz, July 13, 2012.  PDF file

 

      Sounding the Alarm (interview)

      Haaretz, August 5, 2011.  PDF file

 

      Time for Likud, Labor and Kadima to Join Forces

      Ynet, November 22, 2010.  PDF file

 

      The Worst Threat of All

      Haaretz, December 25, 2009.  PDF file

 

      Academic Vision and Nightmare

      Haaretz, October 9, 2009.  PDF file

 

      It’s the System, Stupid

      Haaretz, February 10, 2009.  PDF file

 

      The Other National Debt

      Haaretz, January 28, 2009.  PDF file

 

      A Tragic Truth of Modern Israel

      Haaretz, October 24, 2008.  PDF file

 

      Learning the Education Basics

      Haaretz, September 21, 2008.  PDF file

 

      Knesset Centrifuges

      Haaretz, July 30, 2008.  PDF file

 

      Child Benefits and Common Sense

      Haaretz, June 6, 2008.  PDF file

 

      Israel’s Academia – The Bright and Dark Sides

      Haaretz, May 7, 2008.  PDF file

 

      Israel's DNA

       In commemoration of Israel's 60th Independence Day

      Haaretz, May 2, 2008.  PDF file

 

Crisis in Israel's Universities

series in Haaretz

 

      Canary in the Academic Mine

      Haaretz, March 11, 2008.  PDF file

 

      Shutting off the Academic Oxygen

      Haaretz, March 18, 2008.  PDF file

 

      Israel's Academic About-face

      Haaretz, March 26, 2008.  PDF file

 

      The Third Tuition Option

      Haaretz, April 13, 2008.  PDF file

 

On the brain drain from Israeli universities

two part Vox series

 

      An Academic Exodus

      Vox March 13, 2008.  PDF file

 

      Academia in Israel and the U.S.

      Vox March 14, 2008.  PDF file

 

        Vox is a Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) policy portal aimed at "promoting research-based policy analysis and commentary by leading scholars."

 

      A State of Inequality

      Haaretz, January 7, 2008.  PDF file

 

      Gaps in Income and in Understanding

      Haaretz, January 1, 2008.  PDF file

 

      Science Fiction

      Haaretz, December 18, 2007.  PDF file

 

      The Black Hole Called Education

      Jerusalem Post, December 18, 2007.  PDF file

 

      The Educational Tower of PISA

      Haaretz, December 13, 2007.  PDF file

 

      From 1948 to 2008

      Haaretz, November 22, 2007.  PDF file

 

      A Lesson in Spin

      Haaretz, September 2, 2007.  PDF file

 

      Who is a Jew?

      Haaretz, August 17, 2007.  PDF file

 

      The Sicarii of the Third Temple

      Haaretz, July 26, 2007.  PDF file

 

      12 Months of National Emergency

      Haaretz, June 19, 2007.  PDF file

 

      To the Boycotting Brits

      The Jerusalem Post, June 5, 2007.  PDF file

 

      The Expensive Education Leadership Vacuum

      Haaretz, March 27, 2007.  PDF file

 

      The Moment of Truth

      Haaretz, February 6, 2007.  PDF file

 

      The High-Risk Roads of Israel

      with Avi Naor, founder and chairman of the Or Yarok Association

      Haaretz, January 16, 2007.  PDF file

 

      The Education Minister and the Facts

      Haaretz, January 11, 2007.  PDF file

 

      Education Reform Now

      Haaretz, December 24, 2006.  PDF file

 

      Education Minister in Denial

      Haaretz, December 13, 2006.  PDF file

 

      The Litmus Test for Governmental Reform

      Haaretz, October 16, 2006.  PDF file

 

      The System’s Broken and Needs Fixing

      Haaretz, September 21, 2006.  PDF file

 

      Roadmap to Governance

      Haaretz, September 11, 2006.  PDF file

 

      It's Not Personal, It's Governmental

      Haaretz, September 4, 2006.  PDF file

 

      The Day After

      Haaretz, August 8, 2006.  PDF file

 

      Separate but not Equal

      Haaretz, July 6, 2006.  PDF file

 

      The State of Israel's Education

      Haaretz, June 20, 2006.  PDF file

 

      Education or Interest

      Haaretz, June 12, 2006.  PDF file

 

      Gaps in Education and in Understanding

      Haaretz, June 1, 2006.  PDF file

 

      Draft Economics

      Haaretz, May 18, 2006.  PDF file

 

      Convergence to a Common Toolbox

      Haaretz, May 10, 2006.  PDF file

 

      The Impact of Policy

      Haaretz, April 10, 2006.  PDF file

 

      Go and Learn - Again

      Haaretz, January 2, 2006.  PDF file

 

      Go and Learn

      Haaretz, December 26, 2005.  PDF file

 

      Route 6 and Levantine Capitalism

      Haaretz, November 26, 2005.  PDF file

 

      The Real Political Big Bang

      Haaretz, September 25, 2005.  PDF file

 

      On Avigdor's Lawn

      Haaretz, August 31, 2005.  PDF file

 

      Netanyahu, the Market and the Jungle

      Haaretz, August 18, 2005.  PDF file

 

      A National Security Grand Strategy

      Haaretz, August 4, 2005.  PDF file

 

      The Grand-Master and His Dangerous Game

      Haaretz, July 5, 2005.  PDF file

 

      On Values and Settlers

      Haaretz, June 9, 2005.  PDF file

 

      The Jewish State and the Jewish People

      Haaretz, May 4, 2005.  PDF file

 

Socioeconomic Threats and the Way to a Turnaround

The entire series in one pdf file

      The Economic Threat

      Haaretz, February 4, 2005.  PDF file

 

      The Social Threat

      Haaretz, March 11, 2005.  PDF file

 

      The Education Threat

        with former commander of the Israeli Air Force, Maj. Gen. (res) Herzl Bodinger

      Haaretz, March 17, 2005.  PDF file

 

      The Health Threat

      Haaretz, February 13, 2005.  PDF file

 

      The Budget Threat

      Haaretz, March 21, 2005.  PDF file

 

      Toward a True Socio-Economic Turnaround

       Haaretz, April 28, 2005.  PDF file

 

      Another Lesson in Educational Integrity

      Haaretz, January 3, 2005.  PDF file

 

      The Ministry of Education for Values

      Haaretz, December 23, 2004.  PDF file

 

      The Eyes of a Nation

      Haaretz, December 15, 2004.  PDF file

 

      How a Nation's Future is Determined

      Maariv, December 5, 2004.  PDF file

 

      Education in Israel: A Problematic Present and a Hopeful Future

      Haaretz, October 10, 2004.  PDF file

 

      The Question of Questions

      Maariv, September 26, 2004.  PDF file

 

      The Children of '86 and Israeli Democracy

      Haaretz, August 9, 2004.  PDF file

 

      Herzl's State

      In commemoration of 100 years since Herzl

      Maariv, July 12, 2004.  PDF file

 

      The Status Quo Isn't an Option

      with former Israeli National Security Advisor, Maj. Gen. (res) Uzi Dayan

      The Jerusalem Post, May 6, 2004.  PDF file

 

Socioeconomic Roadmap

The entire series in one pdf file

English version of series originally published in Hebrew in Globes

Russian version of series (partial) published in Vremya Yiskat

 

      Israel's March of the Lemming

      The Jerusalem Post, January 29, 2004. PDF file

 

      Three Paths to the Precipice

      The Jerusalem Post, February 5, 2004. PDF file

 

      On Haze and Policy

      The Jerusalem Post, February 12, 2004. PDF file

      Vremya Yiskat, May 2004.  PDF file in Russian

 

      A Tale of Two Countries

      The Jerusalem Post, February 19, 2004. PDF file

       Vremya Yiskat, May 2004.  PDF file in Russian 

 

      Asleep and Drifting Toward the Falls

      Haaretz, March 22, 2002.  PDF file

 

      Poverty, Growth and Education in Israel

      Haaretz, March 23, 2001.  PDF file

 

Articles from "National Socioeconomic Priorities"

project for Prime Minister Ehud Barak

      Education

      Haaretz, June 11, 2000.  PDF file

 

      Transportation Infrastructure

       Haaretz, June 15, 2000.  PDF file

 

      Disparity and Education

      The Jerusalem Post, September 29, 2000. PDF file

 

      On Long-Run Growth and Income Disparity Among Nations

      The Independent, London, November 23, 1997. PDF file

 

 

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