Philosophy: I Need It

The Last Song Before Eternity

He conducted the hymn of brotherhood while being denied brotherhood himself. Das Lied von der Erde as his answer to Beethoven's Ninth.

Jul 7 • Yonatan Daon-Stern

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Of Writing

Four Pieces for Unsung Voice

Jul 4 • Yonatan Daon-Stern

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June 2026

On Forming a Person

Thomas Mann, Bildung, and the Education We Lost

Jun 8 • Yonatan Daon-Stern

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May 2026

Israel’s Flotilla

How Israel Taught the World to Sail Against It

May 21 • Yonatan Daon-Stern

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Eurovision and the Death of the Artist

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May 14 • Yonatan Daon-Stern

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The Ghetto with an Atom Bomb

On Orbán, the Israeli Right, and the Failure of Zionism

May 2 • Yonatan Daon-Stern

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April 2026

Why Most Public Speakers Fail

I recently had the chance to sit down with Nikos Sotirakopoulos for a conversation on something I take very seriously: communication.

Apr 25 • Yonatan Daon-Stern

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Lebanon, Again

The same ceasefire, the same enemy, the same betrayal.

Apr 17 • Yonatan Daon-Stern

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Unconditional Surrender

How the West surrendered victory (again) to Iran

Apr 8 • Yonatan Daon-Stern

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The Forgotten Capitalist Heaven

Lübeck, the Hanseatic League, and the Lost Architecture of Trust

Apr 5 • Yonatan Daon-Stern

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March 2026

The Legend of Gilbert Kaplan

How Music Can Change a Life

Mar 26 • Yonatan Daon-Stern

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The Unworthy and Unwilling Gulf States

In the Israel–America–Iran War

Mar 19 • Yonatan Daon-Stern

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