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 - West Bank
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...
We went to the West Bank looking for drugs. You won’t believe what we found!
Edge sent Nick Moss to the West Bank to see how the Israeli occupation has affected the Palestinian people’s ability to get high. What he discovered was unbelievable. You can see all around me...
JewliciousReads: The Betrayers
The Betrayers a Novel by David Bezmozgis Little, Brown and Company Publication Date: September 23, 2014 For nearly four years, Yitzhak and Adina Rosenberg would send a Rosh Hashana gift basket to...
Are Israeli Textbooks Any Better Than Palestinian Ones?
Today, a report of a comprehensive comparison between Palestinian and Israeli textbooks was released in Jerusalem. For decades, the common wisdom among politicians has been that Palestinian...
Obama-Netanyahu: What’s the deal?
Does President Obama's reception of PM Netanyahu form a constructive dialogue, a rift, an insult, an honest discussion, a small disagreement among friends and allies, a reaffirmation of the US-Israel...
Time to End the Palestinian Authority’s Sham and Release Gilad Shalit in the Process
Israel has been facing a problem for some years now because of a fiction. The invention of the “moderate Palestinian leadership” began upon Arafat’s death when it was announced by...