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
The Essay That Helped Bring Down the Soviet Union
It championed an idea at grave risk today: that those of us lucky enough to live in open societies should fight for the freedom of those born into…
The New York Times
July 20, 2018
The Essay That Helped Bring Down
Can American and Israeli Jews Stay Together as One People?
Long-festering strains between the world’s two largest communities jeopardize the prospects of a shared Jewish future. Here’s a way forward.
Mosaic
Natan Sharansky and Gil Troy
July 9, 2018
Can American and Israeli Jews Stay Together as One People?
Examining the Three Phases of Zionism
Zionism in three phases: an early Holocaust-scarred phase; a midterm phase of learning to work together; and today’s phase of identity Zionism
The Canadian Jewish News
July 19, 2018
Examining the Three
Phases of Zionism
T he Azrieli Institute of Israel Studies at Concordia University hosted
Daniel P. Moynihan Street Would Honor America’s Bipartisan Love For Jerusalem
A bipartisan ceremony in Jerusalem this November, with Mrs. Moynihan attending, would allow Republicans to show the grace and leadership they lacked..
The Jerusalem Post
July 17, 2018
Daniel P. Moynihan Street Would Honor America’s Bipartisan
Love For Jerusalem
INN-sidious! An Open Letter to Birthright Participants
Extremist fear nuance; we don’t. Birthright’s educational vision is multidimensional but not contradictory.
The Jerusalem Post
July 3, 2018
INN-sidious! An Open Letter
to Birthright Participants
Extremist fear nuance; we don’t. Birthright’s educational vision is multidimensional but not contradictory.
D ear Taglit-Birthright Israel
Hartman High Sharpens Minds While Nurturing Souls
Tragically, too much of Religious Zionism has degenerated into a new idolatry, a land worship trumping all other values.
The Jerusalem Post
June 26, 2018
Hartman High Sharpens
Minds While Nurturing Souls
Tragically, too much of Religious Zionism has degenerated into a new
Hamas’ Birthday Gift to Israel
In May, Hamas gave Israel the kind of birthday present one would expect from totalitarian terrorists who will sacrifice anything…
The Canadian Jewish News
June 15, 2018
Hamas’ Birthday Gift to Israel
I n May, Hamas gave Israel the kind of birthday present one would expect from