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I am not throwing away my shot
By
Shira Pasternak Be'eri
Still debating? Like you, I’m worried about the unknown dangers of the COVID vaccine. But I’m more worried about the dangers of getting COVID-19
Bishara A. Bahbah
A Christmas message to Hamas
You who have brought zealotry and intolerance to Gaza are not worthy to lead a Palestine where Christians have always played integral roles
David Rosen
Dramatic educational changes are underway in the Arab world
Until recently, Saudi textbooks presented Islam as the only true religion and denounced Jews and Christians as enemies of Muslims
Marcus Sheff
An opportunity to change the cycle of hate
How the Arab and Muslim world perceives Jews and Israel is being influenced for the better by recent changes to school textbooks
From the blogs
Netanyahu’s two Israels
By
Yossi Klein Halevi
He is our most talented leader and our most destructive politician, bringing unprecedented agreements with Arab countries and scorched earth in our governance
Kenneth Jacobson
The Moroccan normalization: Another step forward
Even as the peace train is pulling out, changing the regional dynamic perhaps permanently, the Palestinian issue cannot be ignored
Aaron Klein
Historic peace is the fruit of the Netanyahu Doctrine
Fueled by President Trump’s Mideast policy, the PM’s tenets of ’peace through strength’ and ’peace (not land) for peace’ are transforming the region
Ephraim Mirvis
As chief rabbi, I can no longer remain silent about the plight of the Uighurs
Writing in The Guardian, Rabbi Mirvis calls on every person to act against the ‘unfathomable mass atrocity…being perpetrated’ in China
Michael Rose Knopf
How to topple tyranny? Simple. Just never give up
Justice can prevail only when people recognize that every action, no matter how small, can make a difference
Molly Tolsky
Meet the ‘cow’ who spent 2020 mooing at anti-Semitic tweets
With more than 21 thousand followers, the bovine troll employed humor and facts to school those who tweeted hateful tropes
Mark Levenson
Teach ‘A Christmas Carol’ in yeshiva. Really.
Dickens’ immortal tale of Ebenezer Scrooge perfectly reflects Jewish teachings that frame repentance as a return to a moral life
Rona Miles
My daughter is FlatbushGirl and I couldn’t be prouder
When a Brooklyn newspaper wouldn’t print a photo showing her face, she took bold action to effect change. For that, she has paid a high price
Joseph and his brothers in the voting booth
By
Arnold M. Eisen
America is divided over status, a conflict in which the forces of envy, resentment and vengeance are dangerously in play
Tamar Wyschogrod
I volunteered to take minutes – 2020 had other plans
As we made agonizing, life and death decisions for our community, the synagogue Covid committee I chair discovered we were on our own
Top Ops
Bernard Brode
The Shirbit data hack was an attack on national security. Now what?
The ransomware breach that targeted an insurer for government workers is a rude wakeup call for businesses to prioritize digital safety
Eran Globus
Gimme that old-right politics and some young, new candidates
The next elections will be a referendum on Israel’s post-pandemic socioeconomic future. Time for the cynical old guard to move aside
Molly Livingstone
It’s not checkmate, it’s a lockdown
Take a moment and remember where you were this time last year. Did you throw up a little in your mask? Our new normal is a numbed reality of what was
Olga Markus
We are from the garden
Russian-speaking Jews have yet to find their place in the American Jewish community but don’t give up on them — we need each other
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