Lessons From Oslo – 25 Years Later
Oslo proved that the problem wasn’t with Israeli leaders, but Palestinian political culture – and Palestinian leaders.
The Canadian Jewish News
September 17, 2018
Lessons From Oslo –
25 Years Later
T wenty-five years ago, when then-U.S. president Bill Clinton brought Palestinian President

Needed: Zionist Salons in Hebrew, Not Just English
“Will the real Zionist please stand up?”
The Jerusalem Post
September 20, 2018
Needed: Zionist Salons in Hebrew, Not Just English
“Will the real Zionist please stand up?”
R ather than just lament and often exaggerate the supposedly unprecedented gap between Israel

The Little Program That Could (Change the World)
Every writer learned to think critically, to express emotions eloquently and to learn joyfully.
The Jerusalem Post
September 11, 2018
The Little Program That Could (Change the World)
Think how transformational writing each story was – even if you competed yet lost.

Mechinot: Country Clubs for the Soul
Essentially, the Israeli army, with the Education Ministry, offers high school graduates a gift of a year or so to mature.
The Jerusalem Post
August 28, 2018
Mechinot:
Country Clubs for the Soul
Essentially, the Israeli army, with the Education Ministry, offers high school

‘Stalked-Homeland Syndrome’ Distorts Left and Right
How can things seem so good in Israel while the conversation about Israel sounds so cranky?
The Jerusalem Post
August 21, 2018
‘Stalked-Homeland Syndrome’ Distorts Left and Right
How can things seem so good in Israel while the conversation about Israel sounds so cranky?

The Right Idea in the Wrong Bill at the Wrong Time
Canadian multiculturalism sits on a delightful contradiction that both extremes in the Israel debate aren’t absorbing.
The Canadian Jewish News
August 20, 2018
The Right Idea in the Wrong
Bill at the Wrong Time
I n 1957, former prime minister

To My Anguished Israeli Arab Friends
Nevertheless, please, read the law. I just reread it – and reject this sky-is-falling language. Democracy worked: The bill is better balanced…
The Jerusalem Post
August 14, 2018
To My Anguished
Israeli Arab Friends
Nevertheless, please, read the law. I just reread it –

To My Son on Graduating From Officers Training
Americans pray “May you be safe,” and we say “Amen.” Israelis wish you “sherut kal v’mashma’uti,” an easy yet meaningful service.
The Jerusalem Post
August 7, 2018
To My Son on Graduating
From Officers Training
Americans pray “May you be safe,” and

Palestinians Need a Nelson Mandela
Comparing Zionism to apartheid is not just offensive, but stupid, like comparing Americanism or Palestinianism to Nazism.
The Jerusalem Post
July 24, 2018
Palestinians Need a
Nelson Mandela
Comparing Zionism to apartheid is not just offensive, but stupid, like comparing Americanism or Palestinianism to Nazism.

Why Tikkun Olam Can’t Fix American Judaism
Jews are embracing a version of liberalism that jeopardizes the community’s future…
Jewish Journal
July 18, 2018
Why Tikkun Olam Can’t Fix American Judaism
T his past spring, Rabbi David Wolpe dared to banish politics from his pulpit. The denunciations in these pages of