Mida is a news and intellectual daily magazine, which aims to present the public with information and opinions not common in the Israeli media.
To paraphrase a famous quote: “Nothing national is alien to us”. We cover economics, defense, education, culture, academia, law, Zionism, Judaism, history, philosophy, art and more. Our purpose is to provide readers with new information on Israel, expose them to current events and thought from around the world and examine current public policy in a variety of fields as well as offer alternatives.
Our values can best be described as “classical liberal” or “conservative liberal”. We see individual freedom as a uniquely Western political achievement, one earned through personal responsibility and civic involvement. Alongside this, we recognize that elections alone are not enough for a democracy which ensures individual freedom; it must be supported by a coherent social identity and corresponding institutions, the most important of which are nationalism and religion. To us, voluntary and spontaneous civilian institutions are infinitely preferable to a Leviathan-like state awash in resources but harming individual and economic freedoms.
‘Mida’ aims to take a sober view of reality. We are driven by realism: we recognize that even though culture and values have a role in shaping history, it is mostly “fear, honor and interest” which drive the day-to-day agenda. We aim to be as faithful as possible to the facts instead of theories and wishful thinking.
The ‘Mida’ site is an initiative of El Haprat: Herut Ve’ahrayut Ezrahit (To the Individual: Civic Freedom and Responsibility), a non-profit organization.
Staff
Founding Editor
Ran Baratz
Editor in Chief
Akiva Bigman
Deputy Editor
Eric Greenstein
Associate Editor
Amnon Lord
Adminstration
Debbie Ben Harav