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Choice Voices for the Week of
Thursday, April 16, 2020
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I’m so done with this pandemic. How about you?
By
Beth Steinberg
The day I gave up on words and threw a tantrum — and my son with language disabilities came to comfort me
Daniel Gordis
We need a new era of no double-standards
The many Israelis who hold themselves apart from everyone else do no worse than the leaders who exempt themselves from the rules they impose on the rest of us. All to our detriment
Naomi Chazan
What’s missing from COVID-19 management? Women.
Full recovery won’t happen without including gender disparities that reveal women have been harder hit economically and otherwise
Op-Ed
Xi Jinping’s China did this
By
Irwin Cotler
and
Judith Abitan
The corrupt, criminal regime wasted 40 days blocking information while it crushed domestic dissent and ensured COVID-19 would become a global pandemic
From the blogs
This battle is between the virus and all of humankind
By
Wang Yongjun
The vilification of China, out of political motives or plain ignorance, contradicts the facts: Experts have praised our safety measures and scientific efforts
Shula Mola
and
Micha Odenheimer
They moved school online and locked the underprivileged kids out
Educational authorities have a moral obligation to find solutions for families with limited or no access to computers, internet and tech skills
A giant tallit, curtain knobs, and 4 broomsticks – what more do you need?
By
Susannah Schild
My daughter’s official wedding date was days away; the florist had cancelled, as had the hall and the band — but the empty cliffside was the perfect pandemic setting
Hilary Faverman
Stranded in paradise: A coronavirus oddysey
When we left Israel for 7 months of backpacking with the family, we could not have predicted that the coronavirus would extend our stay in Indonesia
Nili Bresler
I’m a different kind of ‘prepper’
I may resemble a Doomsday hoarder, but the opposite is true: I’m busy chopping garlic and getting ready for the New Beginning to come
Linda Lovitch
My FOMO moved online and boy, am I tired!
This is a time to slow down, you say? Become more contemplative? Hell no! I’ve got to get to my Zoom class on ’The Science of Well Being’
Top Ops
Sander Gerber
PA and Hamas try to ‘coronawash’ their own corruption
Israel has no role in the Palestinians’ medical supply shortage. The real story is a shortage of leadership — and rampant corruption
Dan Perry
Winners and losers in the world after corona
Out with globalization, liberal democracy and US credibility. In with sustainability, social democracy and Bibi Netanyahu
Robert Festenstein
Hugs will have to wait
With condolence visits out, this pandemic has upended the mourning process. Zoom and WhatsApp will have to do for now
Naftali Schiff
The Angel of Death visited us this Passover
The tragedy is too big to avoid – which means we and our children too can give thanks for the unwanted opportunity to consider what matters in life
Alon Goshen-Gottstein
Rabbi Eliyahu Bakshi Doron – an interreligious appreciation
The former chief sephardic rabbi, who died Sunday of the coronavirus, viewed Judaism as a source of peace and worked to build bridges with other faiths
Gilad Cohen
From the East, good shall come
Remember the sparse diplomatic relations and limited trade between Israel and countries such as China, South Korea, Japan, India, Singapore? No longer; now, they come to our aid
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