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Choice Voices for the Week of
Thursday, January 2, 2020
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From the blogs
Voices of 2019: 12 necessary ToI blog posts
By
Miriam Herschlag
An unscientific, non-comprehensive selection of writing that blew minds, wrenched hearts, changed views and tickled funnybones
Yael Shahar
Synagogue security: Not a do-it-yourself job!
5 rules from a veteran of ’various security services,’ or how a well-trained team can make the difference between life and death in an emergency
Donniel Hartman
I hate talking about anti-Semitism
When we focus on the hate, it can become the defining element of Jewish life, when that should be living lives of moral and spiritual greatness
Jonathan D. Sarna
Anti-Semitism is a symptom
Hate-mongers emerge during times of intense social and cultural stress, revealing more about America’s underlying maladies than about Jews
Ashley Rindsberg
Time’s up for American Jews
At this time, Jews need to stand tall with the expectation that racially and religiously-motivated violence is now a part of life
Isaac Herzog
Putting out the welcome mat for an anti-Semite
Malaysia’s PM is proud to speak out against ’the Jews,’ and yet is feted by Trump, Obama, and others who officially denounce anti-Semitism
Shulamit S. Magnus
There is a name for this and it’s not anti-Semitism
The pseudo-scientific term, coined by a German racist, obscures the rising tide of hatred. We need to use the J word
We cannot avoid hate, but we can fight it
By
Shana Schochet Lowell
I don’t live in a Jewish area. I realize we could be attacked because of our menorahs in the window. So I open my shutters wide and put my biggest menorah up front
Benny Gantz
Israel needs unity, not immunity
Netanyahu should have assured Israel that the country is more important than any person’s job; instead, he is perverting the rule of law
Idit Shafran Gittleman
The decade in review: Women’s service in the IDF
An unprecedented number of female soldiers in increasingly more important roles should not be stepping aside in ’consideration of of religious soldiers’
Shuki Friedman
The decade in review: Religion and state
Israel’s once sacrosanct status quo seems less relevant than ever, with the essence of what it means to be a Jewish state in flux and at stake
Jonathan Sacks
Joseph and the risks of power (Miketz, Covenant and Conversation 5780)
Did Pharaoh’s second-in-command pave the way for the oppressive enslavement of his people? (Miketz)
Ilana Fodiman-Silverman
’If we don’t kill her today, we will get her another day soon’
Tante Anna convinced me that miracles that seem to be unique, discrete events can resonate throughout our daily lives; no time brings that home more than Hanukkah
He’s an ultra-Orthodox rabbi, she’s a secular Jew. They share a goal
By
Sivan Rahav Meir
These two former Israelis have formed an improbable partnership to tackle the worrying threat of assimilation. Only in America
Top Ops
Michael J. Salamon
Israel’s Malka Leifer problem
Shockingly, many childhood sexual abusers who come to Israel make no attempt to hide or even desist in their perverse behaviors
Justin Amler
A Jew is a Jew is a Jew
Neither Ashkenazi, nor Mizrachi, we all came from the Land of Israel thousands of years ago, and one day we will all return there
Emma Eytan
‘I live on the fourth floor. I haven’t been outside in years’
Ending intergenerational poverty will take more than feeding the 300+ elderly, primarily Holocaust survivors, who are limited by economics, disabilities, and loneliness
James R. Russell
Who started World War II?
If we really need to ask, let’s take care not to forget which country bore the brunt of it, paying a high price to end the war
Avi Issacharoff
With Hamas truce bid, Netanyahu and Bennett head to disastrous new 2-state idea
The PM and defense minister seem to be moving toward creating a de-facto state in Gaza, and another comprising Israel and the West Bank. This would have dire consequences
Adam S. Ferziger
8 candles: Hanukkah and anti-Semitism 2019
Armed security, handgun training for congregants, a polarized discourse, and an improbable act of Jewish solidarity in Jersey City
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