Tell Zelenskyy: 'Shtadlanut' works in quiet

Tell Zelenskyy: 'Shtadlanut' works in quiet

A certain Jewish skill gets pronounced obsolete—right up until institutions seize up and diplomacy turns rigid. The skill is “shtadlanut,” Jewish intercession: the disciplined ability of a trusted person, operating outside the spotlight, to gain access to decision-makers and quietly shift an outcome before positions calcify and failure becomes inevitable. Shtadlanut depends on one condition: silen...