Our new friends at Judapest – a site that stands out for its beauty and content even if one doesn’t speak the requisite Hungarian – and I were having a brief chat where one...
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Positive Israeli News – Invention of Silent Cell Phone Conversation Imminent
Finally! No more running out of the meeting room apologizing, “I’m sorry, let me get rid of this call.” Israelis are apparently on the verge of marketing a technology that will...
The Shame of Israeli Banks AKA Chutzpah in Israel
Just a few days ago, the New York Times reported about Collette Avital’s report on the incomprehensible delay on the part of Israel’s banks and the state of Israel to compensate Holocaust...
Heart rending eulogy for Oded Sharon
Avi Dichter, head of the Shin Bet, gave a moving eulogy for Oded Sharon, the agent who was killed apprehending a suicide bomber.
Israel’s silent heroes
The nature of the discussion about Israel tends to focus on the political and cultural. Sadly, these days we often find ourselves asking pointed questions about Israel’s military and security...
The Last Palestinian
A couple of years ago, Robert Malley, who had worked under Dennis Ross, along with Hussein Agha, wrote a very important article for the NY Review of Books. In that article, they provided the first...
Ambitious Rabbi Divides Community
Speaking of the New York Times, they had an interesting story about the new rabbi who took a three hour bus ride to the town of Greenport, NY to interview for a position leading the town’s only...
Oy! A Light unto the Nations Indeed!
The New York Times had a cover story yesterday about the laxness of Israeli banks in compensating Holocaust victims who had assets locked away and who should have received compensation for those...