Update, October 30: A reader pushed back on X, and he was partly right. See where the votes went below. Our forecast said Netanyahu’s camp would win 53 seats. It won 53 seats. You’d think...
We Called Netanyahu’s 53 Seats: How Our Israel Election Forecast Did, Part 2
Last week we ran Israel’s election 50,000 times. On election night we checked that forecast against the exit polls. Now the real ballots are in, and the number that matters most...
We Called the Deadlock: How Our Israel Election Forecast Did, Part 1
Last Friday we ran Israel’s election 50,000 times and said the most likely outcome was a deadlock: nobody gets to 61 seats. Tonight at 10 pm the exit polls came out, and that’s what they...
Adam Brody Said “Genocide.” Nobody Wants This.
My mom has a new laundry show. That’s not me being mean. ScreenRant reviewed Season 3 of Nobody Wants This and said it went from a watercooler must-watch to a “folding laundry show...
Who Will Win Israel’s Election? We Ran It 50,000 Times
Israel’s 2026 election is on Tuesday, October 27, and here is the short version of the polls: almost certainly, nobody wins outright. We did an all hands on deck situation to figure out...
Bibi: The Supreme Court Can’t Pick October 7th Investigators Because They are All Leftists. Are They Though?
This post exists because my mother screamed at me on the phone. She asked who I was voting for, and before I could get a word in she told me, in no uncertain terms: “We are Likud!!” My...
Rabbi Dov Lior Says You Can “Take” Palestinian Olives. Let’s Grade the Excuses.
Last Friday, Rabbi Dov Lior, the former chief rabbi of Kiryat Arba (the settlement next to Hebron), issued a halachic ruling, meaning a ruling on Jewish religious law, that Jews are allowed to...
A Defensible Call, a Terrible Meeting, and Cenk: What the Leaked CBS Tape Actually Shows
On the third anniversary of October 7, CBS News ran a piece by veteran correspondent Holly Williams on its evening newscast. Before it aired, the network’s new foreign editor rewrote parts of...
Sinatra and Bacharach Are Back in New York, and We Have Free Tickets.
New York has had a turbulent few months at City Hall, and plenty of Jewish New Yorkers have felt it. Happily, the city still does one thing better than anywhere else, which is put on a show. Two...
A 102-Year-Old Is Jumping Out of a Plane for Lone Soldiers. What’s Your Excuse?
Last Thursday I went to The Michael Levin Base annual gala at the Jerusalem Theatre, which I wrote about beforehand. Now that I’ve sat through it, I have a few things to add and one urgent ask...