Current Affairs

Some issues in Israel are complicated. 

Let’s face it, most issues in Israel are complicated. 

Sometimes we do not do them or us justice when we skim through only a headline.

In this new section, Pushing the Button, we hope to take a headline further, inviting different voices and different media to shed light into unexpected areas.

There are times when a short article or gathering of responses are not enough. Israel’s current affairs are such that occasionally an explosion of interest emerges from a small and ephemeral issue. There are other times when deep, long-lasting, and ethically complex issues arise, and a thicker in-depth response is required. 

For these moments Makom creates a Briefing. A Briefing engages with larger questions, draws on texts and documents from around the subject, offering Jewish thinking and educational directions for work.

Makom’s Hot Topics aim to ask Jewish questions of Israeli current affairs.

Designed to be short, accessible, and challenging, each Hot Topic attempts to ask us to align our Jewish identity with the ongoing drama of Israel and the Jewish People.

We are currently experimenting with a double-format – two pieces from two different perspectives on the same issue… Comments are welcome!