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Choice Voices for the Week of
Thursday, September 5, 2019
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Fake news! The IDF’s tactical exercise in media deception
By
Biranit Goren
What happened last week in Avivim? I have a theory or two, but the military censor always makes it hard to distinguish actual from alternative facts
Analysis
Shulamit S. Magnus
Dybbuk or voice? On women’s ordination in Orthodoxy
Are the newly-minted female Orthodox rabbis up for making the changes Jewish law needs or are they no more than honorary men?
Susan Weiss
Why is the chief rabbi acting like the pope?
Get-refusal is a heinous, vengeful act that must be eradicated – but not without due process, and the other protections of a democracy separated from religion
Dennis Ross
and
David Makovsky
What Israel still needs to learn from Ariel Sharon
He was a hawk who put the needs of the state above his own politics, even when that led him to withdraw from Gaza
Pastels
By
Nora Amr
’This was where 14-year-old girls first saw lust-filled eyes and mistook them for a compliment’: Life in a Denmark ghetto
Naomi Chazan
The core electoral issue is women’s rights. Here’s why
The proliferation of battles over gender-related issues reflects an ongoing clash over Israel’s future as a liberal democracy
Dan Perry
Israel’s media helps Netanyahu, even as he attacks it
The media is scared to offend and instead of informing it aims to reassure, ultimately normalizing the abnormal
Romi Sussman
The September 1 Blues
As my sons head back to school, my heart hurts: each day I spent with them this summer felt like gold
Hazel Kassel Brief
A September 1 not found in the parenting manual
I should have been home more (I shouldn’t have taken on that extra work), because now the kids are officially gone, and I am here with an empty house
Yael Unterman
Elul breezes blow
There are 40 days until Yom Kippur to pause and reflect on who you are, and where you’re going to. Will you interrupt your busy schedule to take the time?
The strange feeling of not belonging to anywhere
By
Nurit Gil
Worst of all, I chose to say goodbye to the ones I love, and when I chose, I knew I would never be complete again
Top Ops
Shalom Yerushalmi
Netanyahu has chosen to go to war with the media
Rather than confront Hamas or Hezbollah, the PM battles the press, proving he will stop at nothing to ensure his political survival
Max J. Bleich
Am I pro-Israel or anti-Israel? I hate that question!
It’s a politically-manufactured debate, and American Jews need to reject it in favor of a nuanced dialogue on Israel
Miriam Groner
6 (baby) steps to a more sustainable lifestyle
You don’t have to be a hemp-wearing vegan hippie stereotype to rethink some habits and adopt a more intentional, environmentally friendly mindset
Sheldon Kirshner
Ban Iran from judo meets
Forcing its athletes to throw matches to avoid competing against Israelis should lead to automatic disqualification
Joel Haber
Join me in thanking Nauru
Let’s travel, as Israelis do, and go show one of the smallest, least-visited countries in the world our appreciation for their recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
Todd Berman
The moral failure of refusing to condemn murder
The toxic mix of contextualizing terror, removing agency from terrorists, and demonizing settlers masks the cold-blooded murder of teenagers
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