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Calm down everyone, social media is not killing our kids
By
Yaakov Ophir
and
Hananel Rosenberg
The moral panic — triggered by flawed science — over the ‘dire’ effects of screen time won’t help address the actual challenges Web use raises for children
Abd-al-Hamid al-Ghabin
The road between Saudi Arabia and Israel passes through Al-Aqsa
The Arab-Israeli conflict was a delusion fed by tyrannical forces; today there is a dazzling historic opportunity to achieve peace
Naomi Chazan
We’ve seen other democracies fade away too
Take a charismatic, populist leader, add a polarized society, and favor some special interest groups to see the rule of law fail and democracy decline
Emmanuel Navon
Mr. Prime Minister, it is time to go
Likud members like me are forced to decide between keeping Likud in power and sticking with Netanyahu, even if it means losing power
Yuval Shany
Remove Netanyahu right now on grounds of temporary incapacity
There’s an unacceptable, extreme conflict of interest between Netanyahu the accused and Netanyahu, head of the executive branch
Nevet Basker
Those settlements are not illegal
Just because you CAN do something doesn’t mean you SHOULD: A primer on the Israel’s rights in the West Bank
Ron E. Hassner
Passion, ignorance, and teaching the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Among my students who ’care deeply’ about the ’Israeli occupation, only 25% placed the Palestinian Territories (correctly) south of Lebanon
Yisroel Juskowitz
It’s Israel, stupid
The incongruous support of so many Orthodox Jews for this immodest, immoral man is shortsighted, and not only about the Jewish state
Preventing sexual exploitation in our schools and camps
By
Ethan Eisen
5 clear guidelines to ensure that the only people talking about sexuality and sexual expression with our children have been trained to do so well
Ann D. Koffsky
To those at Agudah who laughed about Orthodox feminism
Why are you mocking those of us who do not wish to be erased? Who want to return to our tradition, to the ways of our grandparents?
Rachel Gould
Love me some Amazon?
Ah, but when I go into a vintage clothing store or a local spice dealer, I reclaim the incalculable and priceless value of the social interaction
Dorit Sasson
In the Jewish heart of Pittsburgh, Mr. Rogers was actually our neighbor
After the Tree of Life attack, I recalled Rogers’ advice to ’look for the helpers.’ There were many — including Tom Hanks
Yael Unterman
Insiders-outsiders: My favorite dvar Torah
If we divide humanity into ’Moses personalities’ and ’Isaac personalities,’ I find myself a natural Moses — and remade myself to be an Isaac
From the blogs
How does it feel to be white?
By
Masha Kisel
The feeling Jews have of vulnerability, of ’not feeling white,’ is not a denial of others’ suffering, it’s a tool of solidarity
Top Ops
Amanda B. Dan
This World AIDS Day, I’ll be thinking about my gay son’s future
Sometimes, the Jewish community shies away from talking about tough topics like AIDS, but we must, for we can save whole worlds
David Gerwin
Are NY yeshiva students getting a decent education?
The claim that ’everything is in Torah’ doesn’t mean that Talmud study provides the skills and information necessary for a productive life in today’s America
Geoff Winston
Life’s beauty outshines the shadow of evil
On an inspiring chance encounter with Moshe Holtzberg, who survived the Mumbai terror attack that killed his parents
Julia Malaga
Shtisel complicated my Judaism (spoiler alert)
Exposure to the closed, marginalized culture on the small screen made me realize how important it is to build bridges to the people of this Israeli sector
Zaki Shalom
and
Jacob Aaron Collier
First-strike nation
Targeted killings in Gaza and Syria enhanced deterrence against Hamas and PIJ, but the strategy of preemption may be less useful against Hezbollah and Iran
Arie Hasit
Tel Aviv Shabbat buses, private weddings, a chief Conservative rabbi, oh my!
Israelis are foregoing the approval of the chief rabbinate in favor of their own freedom of religious expression
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