Opinion

Judaism Doesn’t Want You to Wander and Live Just Anywhere — or Does it?

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I was a remote worker long before the pandemic made it a thing, but it was only this year that I really took advantage...

‘Two Israels’: What’s Really Behind the Judicial Reform Protests

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When Benjamin Netanyahu put his controversial calls for judicial reform on pause two weeks ago, many thought the protesters in Israel and abroad might...

Letters to the Editor: April 14

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Israel’s Supreme Court Needs Reform The title of “Israel’s Right-Wing Puts the Independent Judiciary in Crisis” (March 17) is both misleading and untrue, as are...

In Israel, The People Speak, But They are Not Always Heard

The last election in Israel resulted in the first solid government in five years. Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party, rightwing but traditionally secular, aligned itself...

A Gift to Ben-Gvir?

In the 75 years of Israel’s existence, the Jewish state has developed a strong, multi-faceted military establishment, complete with an army, navy and air...

Keep the Free Inquiry Rule

In 2020, the U.S. Department of Education issued the Free Inquiry Rule, which requires public and private institutions of higher education that receive Education...

Parshat Shemini: What Makes a Chasid Kosher?

What’s kosher? Literally, “acceptable” or “fit.” In Leviticus 11, which we read this week, kosher means fit to eat. With so much time spent...

What’s Really Happening in Israel

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When Israeli judicial reform was proposed in January, the left protested, demanding that the legislative process stop so negotiations could take place. It was...

Proud of Israel, Proud to be Israeli

My wife, Judy, and I made aliyah in May 2017. Our time is divided between Tel Aviv and the U.S., although more of my...

Israel: The Jewish State and the State of the Jews

We are living in unprecedented times here in Israel, and we are witnessing history being made. Before moving to Israel, I devoted decades of...