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May 6, 2018, 2:33 PM

Israel’s shrinking commitment to agricultural research

Uri Alon grows 15 kinds of cherry tomatoes of all different colors and tastes in his pick-your-own greenhouses. (photo credit: Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)

Such signature Israeli innovations will become fewer and further between due to shortsighted funding cuts

Mar 27, 2018, 2:59 PM

A myth-busting Passover primer on asylum seekers

There seems to be a great deal of disinformation about Israel’s refugee policy and the nature of the Eritrean and Sudanese refugees seeking asylum here. Last week I organized an academic symposium at Tel Aviv University on the controversy surrounding...

Jan 30, 2018, 3:10 PM

Tu Bishvat 5778: From radical amazement to radical environmentalism

Illustrative: The remaining 25 or so glaciers in Glacier National Park may melt entirely within the next decade or two, scientists say. (Uriel Heilman/JTA)

Species are being erased, land is eroding, Israel's carbon footprint is expanding: Where are the rabbis?

Nov 13, 2017, 2:06 PM

Nine reasons why having nine children is a bad idea

Trash collectors work at a dump outside Jerusalem (Photo credit: Kobi Gideon / Flash90)

Large families accelerate the wholesale devastation of the Almighty’s creation

Oct 30, 2017, 12:24 PM

Sound tracks: Pianos and railway stations

Piano in the Tel Aviv U rail station (courtesy Alon Tal)

The mix of musicians is a melodious antidote to the alienation and distrust that divide us

Jul 16, 2017, 2:25 PM

Hitting back: A philanthropic strategy that responds to the Western Wall controversy

A philanthropic strategy that responds to the Western Wall controversy (and doesn't withhold donations from hospitals)

Jun 27, 2017, 3:49 PM

‘Distilled’: the extraordinary life of Charles Bronfman

In his memoir, Distilled, the Birthright co-founder paints a surprisingly candid picture of a life well-lived

Jun 2, 2017, 12:15 PM

Trump leaves Israel hot and dry

A Bedouin boy walks with a dry bush during a sandstorm in Wadi Na'am, an unrecognized Bedouin village, in the Northern Negev desert near Beersheva, January 6, 2015 (photo credit: AFP/MENAHEM KAHANA)

In quitting the Paris accord, the US president has condemned the region to further warming and volatility

Apr 19, 2017, 2:53 PM

Freedom from fear in Haifa

Israeli scientists convinced the public of the risk of far more potentially explosive ammonia than the country uses

Mar 5, 2017, 3:59 PM

Fifty years later, it’s time to liberate the Western Wall again: An open letter to Minister Tzachi Hanegbi

Minister of Regional Cooperation Tzachi Hanegbi seen at a press conference exposing the State archive on the "Yemenite Children Affair", now open to the public online, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on December 28, 2016. (Ohad Zwigenberg/Pool)

Forty years later, it's time to liberate the Western Wall again, by making it a place which welcomes all Jews

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About Me

Professor Alon Tal, is the chair of the Tel Aviv University Department of Public Policy and a veteran environmental activist.