I’m not the only American Jew with a love/hate relationship with Israel, but my reasons are psycho-social, not political. During the past ten (!) years of my life, I’ve lived in Israel...
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Not Feeling The Love In Israel?
Six years ago, Gallup surveyed individuals in nearly twelve dozen countries (one country for every rose I received today) and asked them, “Did you experience love for a lot of the day yesterday...
Bridging the Gaps That Divide Us: Coping With the Tragedies in Aurora and Bulgaria
We mourn the twelve victims and fifty-eight wounded in the senseless slaughter in Aurora. We also mourn the suicide bombing which murdered five Israelis and two Bulgarians, and wounded dozens of...
Ahad Ha’am 2.0: Hebrew Literacy for Israelis in America
Ahad Ha’am, a great Zionist thinker and icon, knew that one of the keys to creating a thriving Jewish culture in Palestine, and among assimilating Jews in Europe, was reviving the ancient...
The Curse of Violent Extremism: From the 10th of Tevet to Beit Shemesh
Rabbi Shaul Robinson, Rabbi at Lincoln Square Synagogue in Manhattan, has unleashed a powerful essay that is receiving a ton of attention. While some of the points he advocates might not please...
The Story of Ami and Bar Ami
There once was a man who was having a conference about a crisis affecting Israel. He had a friend named Ami that he wanted to invite to speak. There happened to be another man in town named Bar Ami...
Obama’s Speech to the Muslim World in Cairo
This afternoon, Obama made a speech to the Muslim world from the historic al-Azhar University in Cairo. In his speech, he focused on the things which unite, rather than divide; discussing things...
America Goes Jewlicious
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