Fathom Journal

Saudi journalist and researcher Abdulaziz Alkhamis critiques Koby Huberman’s Security 2028 Plan. He discusses relations between Iran and the US, Israeli-Saudi normalization, the threat from the Muslim Brotherhood, and the increasing centrality of the Horn of Africa. Koby Huberman’s “Security 2028” deserves to be read the way a regional interlocutor should read it: with sympathy for its ambition and no patience for its blind spots.

In June 2026, Fathom published a paper by Koby Huberman that identified current regional trends, and presented worrying scenarios for Israel’s national security. In this essay, Bahraini writer and political researcher Abdullah Aljunaid responds to Huberman, discussing his own perspective on the state of the Middle East. My very dear friend Koby Huberman’s ‘Security 2028’ is best read as a strategic intervention rather than a neutral assessment.

Rafael Castro argues that antisemitism in the United States is also about Americans falling out of love with their own country. He argues that there is a Jewish crisis within the American crisis, and that American Jews need to restore the promise of American Jewish life by recovering serious education, restoring the honour of teaching, and recovering experiential Zionism.

Fathom > July 2026 > Fathom in Conversation | Matti Friedman’s ‘Out of the Sky’ Fathom in Conversation | Matti Friedman’s ‘Out of the Sky’ tweet share print In front of a live audience in Tel Aviv, Fathom Editor Calev Ben-Dor talks to Matti Friedman about his new book, Out of the Sky.

Kile B. Jones reflects on his time within an anti-Zionist apparatus that used terms like settler-colonial, apartheid and indigenous erasure. Discussing recent literature about Gaza, he notes that what the ‘shelf requires’ is the absence of context and facts that undermine certainty. ‘Matti Friedman saw the shelf and named the genre. The work that remains is to name what the shelf requires—and to refuse to give it.’ Readers think they are choosing a book. The shelf has already chosen their direction.

Karen Skinazi discusses the renaissance and new wave of Sephardic culture in the UK and reflects on Birmingham Jewish community’s participation in the inaugural Jewish Culture Month. Last year, before he left his role as Senior Rabbi of the S&P Sephardi community of the United Kingdom, Rabbi Joseph Dweck claimed that Sephardic culture, a staple of this country since the readmission of the Jews by Oliver Cromwell, had changed very little over time.

Fathom > July 2026 > “How dare you, who have abandoned everything true, employ Hebrew words?” | Fathom Long Interview | Howard Jacobson “How dare you, who have abandoned everything true, employ Hebrew words?” | Fathom Long Interview | Howard Jacobson tweet share print Howard Jacobson is a British Jewish novelist and journalist who has written more than twenty books, including seventeen novels, and won the Booker Prize for fiction.

Focusing on the example of football and his new book, Digging Deep: Unearthing the Stories of Eleven Murdered Jewish Footballing Greats, David Bolchover argues that much Holocaust memorialisation merely hides Europe’s subtle denial of what actually happened. Several decades after the gas chambers ceased operating, Europe embarked on something of a Holocaust remembrance frenzy. Plaques here, museums there, memorial days solemnly marked.

Japanese fans clean up stadiums after World Cup joe veleno matches #news rangers vs hibernian #fifa #worldcup #japan #cleaning Japanese fans celebrated their team's 4-0 victory over Tunisia in the 1,000th match in World Cup history by staying behind at Monterrey’s stadium in Mexico to collect rubbish from the stands. The practice, known in Japan as gomi hiroi, reflects an emphasis on taking responsibility for shared spaces.

Today, actor Glen Powell sits down with Bon Appétit election results to eat his favorite meals and talk all things acting, fitness and Texas. Join Powell as he discusses the confidence boost he received from Denzel Washington early on in his career to running tips from Tom Cruise—all while tucking into his favorite foods. Glen just announced the launch of his first-ever brand venture, Smash Kitchen - a line of organic pantry staples designed to modernize the American pantry.