It’s the end of August. Chofesh hagadol is over, thank God, and tomorrow morning the kids go back to school. In Jerusalem that means moving season is at its peak, because nobody switches...
Tag - settler violence
Choreography, Not Courage: Rahm Emanuel in Tel Aviv
Rahm Emanuel gave a speech in Tel Aviv yesterday. OK. Cool, right? I met his niece, Rebekah Emanuel in Jerusalem in 2012 at one of those 2-day conferences that the city’s tourist infrastructure...
Vigilante Criminals, Not Settlers
I want to be friends with Mayor Aliza Pilichowski. Maybe the three of us, her, me, and her husband Rabbi Uri Pilichowski, who has his own remarkable site full of essays and Torah teaching, can grab a...
Settler Vigilantism Isn’t Jewish Law. It Endangers… Everyone.
Jewish law does not bless settler vigilantism, not loosely, not by analogy, not through Pinchas, not through anyone. This isn’t a technicality for people who enjoy Talmud on the side. Vigilante...