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Let me first thank Evan Krasner for responding to my critique of his original post.  I appreciate his choice to continue the conversation beyond a simple point-counterpoint, and I’ve learned a lot already. Evan clarifies something regarding the debate at his school that I actually didn’t understand, which I’m grateful for. The debate’s original format […]
Drawing swastikas. Committing arson. Rioting en masse. Just another day in the Palestinian Territories, na’chon? Sadly, no. Â In fact, we can’t blame these latest developments on terrorists, at least not in the traditional Arab sense of the word. Â Nor can we pinpoint these heinous acts to Gaza or the West Bank or even East Jerusalem. […]
Monday, I got a call from the Jewish Agency. They said, “Good news, you’ve been approved to make Aliyah!” And so that was it. Perhaps it was a decision I’d already made, but there was my stamp of approval, my final confirmation. I remembered a converation I had had with someone just the other day. Upon […]
In “The Prophet’s Wife,” his unfinished work, Milton Steinberg delves into the tortured lives of Hosea and his harlot wife Gomer, brining obscure Biblical figures to life with vivid emotion.
Israel was founded on an idealistic community structure. From the seeds of socialism, Jews from predominantly Russia and Poland sought a re-creation of the Jewish identity as strong pioneers on kibbutzes. Kibbutzes were places where sabras were fostered and women found equality as their physical labor gained value. But after the 1973 War, the kibbutzes […]
All Jews know the Temple Mount is sacred. Those who have been lucky enough to visit what remains in Jerusalem have prayed at the Wailing Wall, stuffed little messages into its crevices, and reveled in the holy atmosphere surrounding the ancient Jewish center of worship. For centuries, Jews have wanted to reclaim the Temple Mount, […]
And we’re off! Â The proximity talks have officially begun. That’s right: the discussions-before-the-discussions are underway. Â The Palestinian Authority, after receiving assurances from the U.S. and Israel, has finally agreed to sit down to the American-brokered indirect negotiations. Â Special envoy George Mitchell’s shuttling back and forth between the two parties now, and all onlookers agree that….ummm……errrrr……..well, […]
Why should anti-Zionism be wrong? Harpo Jaeger defends the co-validity of differing opinions on the Jewish state, and says that the more we seek to understand each other’s views, the more we stand to gain as a community.