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Choice Voices for the Week of
Thursday, December 27, 2018
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‘And who by fire’: To the loving memory of Rona Ramon
By
Yakir Englander
Perhaps you just wanted your body to burn, like the body of your husband, and like the body of your son that I helped return to you
Analysis
Alon Tal
An eviction order for Rutti the Hyena
When human beings take over wild animals’ territory, the animals make themselves at home in town
Analysis
Shmuley Boteach
Heather Nauert has the right stuff
I also hesitated, but now I know that the former top news anchor and State Department spokesperson is far more than a charming talking head
Analysis
Emmanuel Navon
Like Obama, Trump is eroding American credibility
The US pullout from Syria is both a strategic and a moral mistake
Analysis
Elise Ronan
What is healthy? 3 years and counting
It’s time to talk about the physically debilitating effects of the drugs that keep me (blessedly) alive, post-cancer
Joshua Hammerman
How a Jew should respond to ’Merry Christmas’
Here’s a one-word answer that is far better than saying ’I’m sorry, I don’t observe Christmas’
Analysis
Zev Stub
The Jews I know never ate Chinese on Xmas
The tradition actually runs deep — especially for those immigrants whose pathway to America took them through New York
Analysis
Nechama Goldman Barash
The Rabbinate’s 65-year monopoly on marriage and divorce
A spousal registry, civil unions for those with no religion — there are ways to get married without the formality of ’getting married’
Analysis
Dan Perry
The ’best obtainable version of the truth’ is not ’fake news’
You can have the tabloid fictions about UFOs; I’ll take the news stories that prevent chaos and enable free societies to function
A bad neighborhood just got worse
By
Yael Shahar
The US ground forces in the Mideast were a declaration of intent, maintaining America’s right to have a say in the region; Trump just gave up that right
Top Ops
Judy Freedman
The Knesset’s senior club
What makes you think you have something to contribute in your golden days that others, 30 years younger, cannot do better?
Elkana Bar Eitan
Should Israelis be able to vote absentee?
Jewish Agency chair Bougie Herzog says yes, but I have a few questions first
Avi Bell
Is ‘East Jerusalem’ Palestinian territory?
Who cares if the PLO is making two contradictory claims in two international courts? Outrageously, nobody
Nevet Basker
Major lessons from minor events
When Israelis demanded greater force against Gaza attacks, Israel’s hawkish prime minister did the unexpected: nothing
Shuki Friedman
Anti-Zionism is a dangerous form of anti-Semitism
The Jewish state is a refuge for any Jew in need, which means that anyone standing against Israel stands against Jews
Kenneth Jacobson
Fight terror, block Iran, protect Israel — or leave Syria
By the standards of Trump’s own foreign policy goals, he is coming up dangerously short
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