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I love Poland
By
Yossi Klein Halevi
A people deserves to be judged by its best, not its worst, and the best of the Poles are among the Jews’ most trusted friends
Philip Earl Steele
Time for a Polish-Israeli pivot from Holocaust to Zionism
Focus should shift to a history that spawned luminaries of modern Jewish nationhood that include David Ben-Gurion and Menachem Begin
Naomi Azrieli
and
Eyal Kaminka
‘Never forget’ can’t apply to those who never even knew
Widespread Holocaust ignorance demands ramped up teaching with a focus on historical specifics, not moral platitudes
Michael Aarenau
Banned, assassinated, and now mainstreamed: Kahane lives
It’s the boiling frog phenomenon: what began innocently enough with a few bad eggs ends with hatred and extremism engulfing the Knesset
Yoseif Bloch
Todah, Tzipi
The lawmaker who is leaving politics was repeatedly left holding the bag, but she plowed on and changed Israel for the better
Assaf Weiss
The one place LGBTQ Jews should feel totally safe
After fighting for acceptance in the Jewish community, we’re now being hounded by American LGBTQ organizations
Robby Berman
Declared undead: A strange ruling in NY court
A brain dead beating heart cadaver can never come to back to life, regardless of a NY judge’s decision
The Alternative Universe Purim
By
Yael Unterman
It turns out that the Jewish people have been shaped by Purim: we can’t give it up, and no one can take it away from us.
Rachel Pleet
The power of one
It’s not every day that you and only you can save the life of a woman dying from cancer
Sharon Galper Grossman
I have no family history of breast cancer; I got tested for the BRCA gene anyway
Those who test positive can take measures that may save their lives; if you’re Askhenazi, like I am, how can you not find out?
PHOTO ESSAY: How a paintbrush met a photograph — scenes of Israel
By
Chaim Bezalel
When you’re a photographer, your wife’s an artist, and the Gulf War has driven all your tourist customers way, what’s a creative couple to do?
Top Ops
Guy Lurie
We need a Government Code of Ethics now
As the AG prepares to indict PM Netanyahu, such a code would stem the expected increase in attacks on law enforcement
Naomi Chazan
Israel is undermining its very raison d’etre
Remember the fiasco of an Israeli pact with apartheid South Africa? No? Neither does the current Israeli administration, and they’ll pay for it
Marcus Sheff
Doubling down on the PA’s curriculum deception
UNWRA officials lied when they pledged to address the hate being taught in Palestinian elementary schools
Ze'ev Feig
An open letter to Yair Lapid
You would do well to make a small sacrifice now, for the sake of the State of Israel and the Jewish people
Mohamed Ahmed
Correction: The American Somali-Jewish relationship is strong
We are minorities facing the same problem of extreme hate — anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and racism
Doug Seserman
A Presidents Day comparison: Washington and Ben-Gurion
Both founding fathers were distinguished military leaders with a passion for intellectual pursuits
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