Michael Oren

Michael Oren, formerly Israel’s Ambassador to the United States, a Member of the Knesset, and Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, is the author of To All Who Call in Truth (Wicked Son, 2021).

Talking About My Generation
Reflecting upon the difficult years as early immigrants to Israel, and the legacy those ‘olim’ left behind
byMichael Oren
Are Politicians Who Talk About God Crazy?
The American personal relationship with God is weird and off-putting to Israelis, as I found out to my dismay. But the poles of religiosity may be reversing.
byMichael Oren
Is U.S. Aid a Threat to Israel?
The IDF is addicted to credits for shiny new American weapons. But the strategic price may be too high.
byMichael Oren
The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem
At best, Israel’s latest hit television show is plodding and predictable. At worst, it is willfully and dangerously ahistorical.
byMichael Oren
A Place to Call Home
The Australian series, set in the aftermath of World War II, portrays religious life (and Jews) with bracing sincerity
byMichael Oren
The Death of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
A big problem that the Biden administration suddenly won’t have to deal with
byMichael Oren
It Takes a Village
A French television drama shows courage in depicting the true scope of the country’s crimes during the Holocaust, which it then washes away in a bizarre assertion of moral equivalence
byMichael Oren