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What Emiratis are like: Insights from a Jew who lived among them
By
Michael Bassin
None of the Emiratis I was friends with were bothered by me being a Jew or a supporter of Israel. But others were…
David Eden
I was the Jewish ‘journalism expert’ at United Arab Emirates University
I was the first Jew any of my students and most others during my time in Al Ain, had ever met. I never had a single negative reaction
Michael Oren
Stunning Israel-UAE deal upends the ‘rules’ about peace-making in Middle East
Setting aside a focus on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as the main impediment to peace, to work on the region’s other priorities, marks a fundamental shift that just might work
Jason Isaacson
How about a modest deal with Israel? The UAE official smiled at us…and said no
After 25 years of quiet visits to the Gulf, we came to expect incremental progress, but, in fact, this audacious peace move makes perfect sense
Yossi Klein Halevi
Born of internal Arab despair, UAE deal gives Israel genuine chance of peace
5 thoughts on the deal: The Arab world’s crisis; a Palestinian state?; the tragedy of Netanyahu; the right’s betrayal; and what makes Israelis tick
Naomi Chazan
Israel and the UAE: A reality check
Before you read too much into this act of diplomacy, keep in mind that even conversations about a just and lasting peace are a long way off
Varda Spiegel
Trump just dog-whistled to Christians that Jews are ingrates
Forget the false claim he moved Israel’s ’capital’ to Jerusalem, I worry when the US president suggests Jews aren’t excited enough
Yosef I. Abramowitz
Shabbat dinner with Kamala and Doug
At dessert, the now-US VP contender told us her goal was to hold the center together on Israel in the Democratic Party
My father hid from the Nazis in a coffee pot. True story.
By
Esther Toporek Finder
The tale of how my dad survived by climbing into a pot wearing wooden clogs made much more sense when I finally saw the pot and the shoes
Silvia Foti
My grandfather wrote the ‘Mein Kampf’ of Lithuania: Here’s what it says
I expected WWII hero Jonas Noreika’s booklet to be a rallying cry to patriotism. I was not prepared for what I found instead
Nathan Jeffay
Israel forgot 53 COVID deaths. Stats screw-up is devastating — and irrelevant
Statistics have become our pandemic security blanket, and with its major miscalculation, the government has taken away a source of calm
Jim Shalom
We kept COVID-19 out of two nursing homes
Unfortunately, residents pay a price for the isolating measures that are keeping them alive, both in terms of how we provide care and how their families interact with them
Jenny and Tzippy and that aching middle place
By
Sarah Tuttle-Singer
Of mothers and daughters, and cats and kittens, and that time of maturity when surely we will all get along
Top Ops
Hannah Gal
The young ’wokes’
In the wake of Bari Weiss’s resignation, a growing subculture defines ’wrongthink,’ narrowing the bounds of what any of us can say
Keren R. McGinity
These days, serious Jews marry who they fall in love with
The claim that a Jew either cares about their heritage or marries a non-Jew is an outdated notion by those who have not studied intermarriage
Diana Barshaw Rich
Beauty, thankfulness, comfort and study: The power of prayer
I have found prayer in my silent accounting of everything I have to be thankful for, but I’m convinced that if I could believe in God, I’d pray better
Douglas MacKinnon
Jared Kushner is worthy of a Nobel Peace Prize
His work on the UAE-Israel deal should put him in the running for the Prize. But with Trump as his father-in-law, the chances are zero
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