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Voices of 2020: The blog posts that helped us through the chaos
By
Miriam Herschlag
It was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year. And also a year when peace in the Middle East looked possible. These writers offered wisdom when we needed it most
Penny Cagan
2020 was the worst year ever
If we have to pretend this year was a ’gift’ for discovering ourselves, how can we grieve together for what we have lost?
Dan Perry
Good riddance to a kidney stone of a decade
We all know how bad 2020 has been, but do you remember all the lousy events of the years that preceded it? A recap, for your displeasure
A focused Netanyahu is down, but not out
By
Aron Heller
The prime minister’s unmatched zest for ruling has beaten down and worn out anyone with even a hint of potential to succeed him
Naomi Chazan
Calling all Israeli democrats!
Liberal parties must function in an openly democratic manner, including prioritizing pluralism – or risk losing the large democratic camp
Nitsana Darshan-Leitner
Justice must not be the price for peace with Sudan
The US Congress should stand firm in protecting the legal rights of the many victims of terror groups sponsored by the East African nation
Not just cheerleaders: Journalists’ role in covering UAE-Israel normalization
By
Ben Lynfield
Media on both sides can work together, telling the story warts and all to ensure leaders take public feedback on their actions into account
Larry Derfner
What to make of the folks in Trump Country?
I used to have a positive prejudice toward Middle Americans. Now my sense is that many Democrats feel as I do: alienated from them, bewildered by them, scared of them
Shadi Martini
They never said goodbye
When Jews started helping people in Syria who had been their sworn enemies for decades, it made me rethink my early prejudices against them
Michael Zoosman
The death penalty is an abomination
As a Jewish, former prison chaplain and descendent of Holocaust survivors, I know this: State-sponsored killing of prisoners is the epitome of evil
Dov Linzer
The sound of silence
Jacob and Joseph are reunited – and avoid talking about all that has happened, which prevents the healing that real communication could have brought them (Vayigash)
Marc H. Wilson
The day Abbie Hoffman came to my defense
I was a yeshiva student when I did a stint as a ’participant observer’ for the Chicago 7 – until the US marshals pointed to my kipah and dragged me from the courtroom
A cancel culture that risks canceling our own Jewish voices
By
Naomi Mittelmann Cohen
Some World Union of Jewish Students members are boycotting the annual congress over a New Israel Fund speaker. That is the opposite of leadership.
Benjamin Resnick
Pixar’s ‘Soul’ borrows from an ancient Jewish idea
When the big questions of human existence are explored in animation, I know I’ll find entertainment for my kids – and, this time, a display of more esoteric metaphysical truth
Top Ops
Scott Kahn
When Orthodox Jews ‘disagree’ with the scientific consensus
That ’2 Jews, 3 opinions’ claim is real: Judaism prizes argument – for the very existence of dissenting voices prove the rule, and the unanimous decision is suspect
Ruth Peri
It’s just another leap year. It shall pass!
’I wish I visited you more, Grandpa. I wish I’d made it to your birthday last year. I wish you’d reminded me that nobody knows what might happen in a leap year’
Carol Novis
I miss shopping. There, I said it.
I know, I know, there are real tragedies. But I can’t help it: I miss the heady feeling of enjoying something new – the sense of fresh possibilities
Jonathan-Simon Sellem
The Israeli government is neglecting its people
If you don’t have enough to feed your children, then the threat of Iran feels very distant indeed
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