Complicated Thoughts About Ukraine
As Russia stands on the verge of invading Ukraine my feelings are mixed, and contradictory to many others.
Lies of Apartheid and Occupation
Israel is constantly being bombarded with accusations of apartheid and occupation. So, I interviewed three people from around the world about those claims.
The Voice of Silence
I knew about Ephraim before as I spent much of my early adulthood engrossed in the movement to free Soviet Jews.
Two Wrong Archbishops Don’t Make a Right
Most of those who I asked and work in the sphere of building bridges between Jews and Christians just shrugged it off in the vein of dishonest “church leaders will be church leaders.
The Inspiring Ron Agam
Spent a fascinating morning this week in Miami with my children and my friend, the great artist Ron Agam.
A Christmas Crusade: Scapegoating the Jews
Anyone connected to reality would be perplexed by church leaders’ campaign to blame Israeli Jews for driving Christians out of Israel, as the country’s Christian population actually increased last year.
Warm Love and Hot Soup for Israeli Soldiers
Of course, it’s unspeakable that we should have to live with the threat of terrorists stabbing and shooting at civilians, or ramming their cars into Israelis on the side of the road.
Europe’s Jewish Students Face Anti-Semitic Onslaught
That young people across Europe continue to have either insufficient or inadequate understanding of the Holocaust and little real knowledge of the Israel-Palestinian conflict
Hanukkah Guide for the Perplexed 2021
The “Festival of Lights” highlights the centrality of the Land of Israel in the formation of Jewish history, religion and culture.
The Dollar’s Crashing Sends Waves Throughout Israel
Two seemingly parallel and completely unrelated things happened this week with an astonishing response.