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The Jewish path back to Israeli democracy
By
Yossi Klein Halevi
I’ve been part of the Israeli story for too long to despair – sooner or later, this coalition of destruction will unravel
Moshe Shoshan
‘Our hands have shed this blood’: We must tell the full story of Rabbi Druckman
Those of us who revere the late rabbi must learn from his failures too, and resolve to never again accept as leader an unrepentant protector of sexual criminals
Joshua Hammerman
Everyone’s a little bit Jew-ish, except George Santos
’Ish’ is a useful suffix, because so many of us are blends of many things, including Jewish heritage, but falsely claiming your family fled the Nazis is a new low
Santos lies, Machiavelli sighs, and we get the leaders we deserve
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Stephen Daniel Arnoff
This lost, lonely young man and his complacent community teach us an essential lesson about leadership: We all stand on the shoulders of giants
Jeremy Ben-Ami
J Street and what it really means to be pro-Israel
I would be glad to meet publicly with those who disagree and discuss civilly our views of US-Israel relations, Israel’s future, and the organization I lead
Yitzhak Klein
Moving their cheese: politicians vs. bureaucrats
In a democracy, the political leadership’s role is to create change where needed, and that means elected officials must be in charge of the bureaucrats
Guy Goldstein
Is the dictionary antisemitic?
Did Hebrews inhabit ancient Palestine? A deep dive into Dictionary.com’s definitions for ’Jew,’ ’Israel,’ ’Hebrew,’ ’Zionism,’ and, of course, ’Jeroboam’
You are not a banana peel
By
Yael Davidowitz
Created in the divine image, humans are intrinsically holy and their bodies must be treated with respect. Why, then, are they being disposed of as fertilizer?
Avi Weiss
Jews do count: Stop anti-Jewish hatred
I look to political leadership and grassroots activists, to pulpit rabbis and the general public to make so-called antisemitism utterly and always unacceptable
Yosef Blau
The coalition is throwing mental health professionalism to the winds
UTJ’s agreement to eliminate the standard of qualifications for therapists puts the psychological health of the country at risk. It must be stopped
Our food system’s resilience is cracking
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Michal Bitterman
Note to the new government: Israel discards millions of tons of food a year at a cost of billions of shekels – policies and plans are urgently needed
Top Ops
Anat Thon-Ashkenazy
Making the anti-discrimination law discriminatory
Here’s how to make the law protecting vulnerable populations meaningless: Add 3 amendments that infringe on the right to human dignity and the value of equality
Sally Abrams
2022: This year’s indispensable voices on Israel and the Jewish people
With so much excellent content out there, I limited my list to those whose insights in the years’ stories gave me a burst of inspiration or a jolt of uncertainty
Michael Marmur
A government that uses Torah as a spade to dig with
With Israeli democracy under assault in the name of Judaism, we – rabbis from across the denominational spectrum – are compelled to speak out
Nadiv Mordechay
Splitting up ministries will undermine effective governance
It’s worth asking whether these structural changes are reasonable and aimed at improving government functioning, or only at satisfying politicians’ hunger
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