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Category Archives: Israel
Decoding Israel Studies vs the Israel Lobby
David Pinsof’s Alliance Theory starts with a simple premise. Humans use ideas, moral language, and expertise to recruit allies and coordinate against rivals. Intellectual fields are not just about truth seeking. They are also alliance markets where people signal which … Continue reading
Decoding Ronen Bergman
Ronen Bergman’s position as a bridge between the Israeli security apparatus and the global liberal elite has undergone a profound stress test since 2023. Alliance Theory suggests that his primary function is to maintain the symmetry between these two worlds. … Continue reading
Decoding Israeli Journalism Nachum Barnea
Alliance Theory starts with a blunt premise. Speech is coalition behavior. It signals who you are aligned with, who you are criticizing, and what kind of social order you are trying to preserve. Barnea is not just a reporter. He … Continue reading
Decoding Rabbi Michael Melchior
Per Alliance Theory, Rabbi Michael Melchior is a classic alliance broker operating in a high conflict field. Start with the raw materials. He is an Orthodox rabbi, ordained in the Scandinavian and Religious Zionist orbit, grandson of Denmark’s chief rabbi, … Continue reading
Israeli Intellectuals Who Pose As Enlightened And Above Tribalism
Several public intellectuals in Israel operate in the same “charismatic centrist” space as pop-philosopher Micah Goodman. They often use similar social paradoxes to maintain authority: they claim to be mere observers while influencing policy, and they project a “buffered” intellectual … Continue reading
Torah for a Time of War: A Moral Map for an Impossible Present
This essay won the 2024 Simon Rockower award for excellence in Jewish thought & life. It is by Yehuda Kurtzer, the President of the Shalom Hartman Institute and co-editor of The New Jewish Canon. Per Alliance Theory: The essay is … Continue reading
Decoding The Shalom Hartman Institute
Per Alliance Theory: The Shalom Hartman Institute is an advanced factory for producing a pro-Israel alliance among the highly educated and left-leaning. While it presents itself as a center for “pluralism” and “Jewish thought,” its primary function is to provide … Continue reading
Decoding Micah Goodman
Israeli pop-philosopher Micah Goodman operates as a savvy high-capacity narrative stabilizer whose influence is measurable through significant book sales and sustained presence in elite media. His book, Catch-67: The Left, the Right, and the Legacy of the Six-Day War, sold … Continue reading
How Do Members Of Israel’s Leading Yeshivot View Each Other?
Per Alliance Theory: Aish HaTorah Ohr Somayach How they see themselves Gateways. Emergency responders. Without us, thousands would be lost. How the elite yeshivot see them Necessary but second tier. Good at persuasion, weak at producing top learners. Belief inflation … Continue reading
How Israel’s Various Alliances View Each Other?
Alliance Theory premise to keep in mind. Groups do not primarily argue about truth. They compete over status currencies, boundary control, and legitimacy. How they see each other follows directly from what each group rewards. Start with the Ashkenazi Litvish … Continue reading