Arriving in Israel 30 years ago, I never imagined my Jewish identity, worn so defiantly and proudly through the antisemitism-laced Soviet years, would be revoked…
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My dad’s an IDF veteran. My grandparents founded a kibbutz. Growing up in Denmark, I took my Jewishness for granted. But my experience of Israel’s…
How one man’s quest, half a century ago, for the right to define his own family’s identity unwittingly set up a momentous clash between Israel’s…
We spent three weeks quarantined in our hometown, New Rochelle. But in Jerusalem, we’ve found lockdown, little leadership and a pandemic out of control. Our…
A major post-coronavirus shakedown is about to hit Jewish institutional life. Who is best prepared to survive it? Source: https://www.haaretz.com
Right now, Israel looks a lot safer than in New York, London or Paris. Does Israel have a moral duty to serve as a haven…
Source: https://www.haaretz.com
Ignore the alarmist propaganda: The new Citizenship Act doesn’t mean Modi is creating a ‘Hindu Pakistan.’ And India isn’t now governed by Nazi-era Nuremberg laws …
The idea of mass immigration is uneconomic for a country this rich and crowded. Immigrants should be welcome but Israel doesn’t need to be giving…
Source: https://www.haaretz.com
Source: https://www.haaretz.com
Source: https://www.haaretz.com
Source: https://www.haaretz.com
As Israel turns 70 this year, I can’t help but feel proud. It was hard for me to really understand what Israel was when I…