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Peter Beinart: ‘The Palestinians are suffering more than the Israelis’
By
Zvika Klein
In the first in a series on progressive US Judaism and Israel, the writer insists the American pro-Palestinian movement is not, by and large, antisemitic
Dan Magder
After the rockets
Of course, Israel doesn’t negotiate with the Palestinians while under attack, but Israel isn’t negotiating with Palestinians now either, even with a ceasefire in place
Sarit Zehavi
A new reality on Israel’s northern border
The 19 rockets Hezbollah fired into Israel Friday did not shake the IDF’s non-escalation strategy, but any Israeli fatalities could tip the scales to war
Have more children!
By
Michael Eisenberg
Taking care of the next generation makes us invest time, energy, and resources to make the world a better place; and then the kids will solve the climate crisis
Naomi Chazan
5 ways Israel’s government ignores the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
A value-based approach would lay the groundwork for a lasting political accommodation – if only Bennett and Lapid dared to try it
Breaking down in front of the entire world
By
Ilana Kwartin
Dina Averina was raised on the Soviet value of victory at all costs. In beating her for Olympic gold, Linoy Ashram shook up the ethos of an empire
Stacey Goldman
Why I stopped wearing tefillin
I was going to be a Conservative rabbi when I grew up; instead, a stint of intensive Torah study in the Orthodox world set me on a different path
Getting to know my Mum, z”l
By
Naomi Kalish
A family history that explains how a rabbi came to put up a crucifix in the room of a dying Jewish woman who survived the Holocaust
Adele Raemer
Moshe Etzion – On his own terms
I never heard my fellow kibbutz member – a Holocaust survivor and bereaved father – say an angry word or raise his voice or even respond with sarcasm
Chaim I. Waxman
Restore us to You, oh God – but where to?
If not for the Delta variant, outdoor prayer services would mostly be back inside, but maybe we should continue them, even when the pandemic is over
Rachel Barenblat
Rabbis are supposed to offer hope on the High Holidays. What if I can’t?
Given the damage we humans have wrought on our health and well-being and the earth itself, I knew I needed inspiration myself before I could help others
Encountering the Divine in prayer and sexuality
By
Nathan Lopes Cardozo
The experience truly cannot be expressed in words. It takes us out of ourselves, and yet allows us to connect most powerfully
Kenneth Jacobson
100 years of debunking The Protocols: The fight goes on
The London Times’ refuted the insidious antisemitic conspiracy a century ago, yet the poisonous message is still spread in Iran, the Arab world and beyond
Top Ops
Dan Perry
Civil marriage now
Most Israelis want the state to stop denying hundreds of thousands of citizens the right to marry – and this government might even be able to make the change
Alon Goshen-Gottstein
The moral challenge of the third vaccine shot
The World Health Organization’s call for a freeze on booster shots until poor countries can get their first doses deserves serious consideration in Israel
Yirmiyahu Danzig
The Igbo Hebrews and their struggle against antisemitism
Could it be that Western Civilization’s eurocentric and antisemitic bias has blinded the Jewish world to the existence of an entire community of our own people?
Glenn Sacks
Shut up and teach? Why labor unions weigh in on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
My union condemned Israel because an injury to working people in one country needs to be resisted by working people throughout the world
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