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April 26, 2013
11:04 am

A Call for Dialogue, Understanding, and Respect

"My sins I mention today." (Genesis 41:9) This week, for the first time since I moved to Israel, I went to a bar right ...

March 6, 2013
5:58 am

Please don’t let Pollard die in jail

This week, MK Yoni Shetbon initiated a Knesset plenum discussion of the plight of Jonathan Pollard. Here is a translation of the speech (my first in the Knesset) that......

January 21, 2013
11:43 am

Memorable Moments from a Memorable Campaign

The election campaign is coming to an end and it is time to reflect on what has been a remarkable two months. I have......

January 8, 2013
7:17 pm

Shas racism – a much needed wake-up call

I am embarrassed with my country. I am ashamed that a racist attack against our brothers and sisters from the former Soviet Union was even allowed to be......

December 11, 2012
5:19 pm

Resolve to make a change: say hello

The following is a true story. I wish it weren’t so. My wife and I moved into our newly purchased home in Cincinnati,Ohio and began to notice a man who......

December 2, 2012
5:29 pm

Why I am running for Knesset with the Yesh Atid party

Eight years ago my wife and I took our four children, hugged and kissed our parents, said "goodbye" to all our friends and family, and boarded a Nefesh B'Nefesh......

November 23, 2012
12:35 pm

Why the Gaza Operation MUST Impact these Elections

The discussions at the Shabbat table this week will likely be about Hamas, cease fires, IDF reservists, Morsi, Obama, Netanyahu, etc. Did we do enough damage to Hamas? Should......

November 12, 2012
10:34 am

Any Given Sunday…..in Sderot, Israel

How did you spend your Sunday? Most parents in Israel dropped their children off at school and then went to work. Parents outside of Israel......

September 24, 2012
10:14 pm

Yair Lapid and an anti-Zionist Hassid: The lesson I learned in 5772

As the holy day of Yom Kippur brings 5772 to its official close and truly begins 5773, I have been thinking about the greatest lesson I have learned during......

September 20, 2012
12:34 pm

Moderate/Non-Coercive Judaism = Stronger Judaism

The headline says it all. One of my good friends, Mickey Gitzin, wrote a column for one of Israel's top news sources with a headline proclaiming that an ultra-Orthodox......

September 8, 2012
11:17 pm

Bike rental controversy reawakens issues of religion and government in Israel

Residents of Tel Aviv have demanded the right to make use of the city's bicycle rental service, Tel-O-Fun, on Yom Kippur. Last Friday the Tel Aviv-Jaffa municipality......

August 26, 2012
10:44 am

It begins with education: Facilitating full acceptance for all Israelis

The yearning in the eyes of Ethiopian Jews is something that I will never forget. I witnessed this twice. The first time was when I was privileged to welcome......

August 21, 2012
6:34 am

Netanyahu plays ‘rabbi roulette’ with our security

I had initially made a deliberate decision not to offer an opinion about the Iran situation. After all, what do I know? I am not privy to the intelligence information on......

August 15, 2012
10:14 pm

An open letter to Noa Rothman, Yitzhak Rabin’s granddaughter

Dear Noa, I must begin by thanking you for something that you did for me 17 years ago without even realizing it or knowing me. I sat glued to the television......

July 28, 2012
11:12 pm

A ray of hope on this darkest of days

I don't know who she was or what she looked like. But I will always remember the sound of her cry. It was last year, on Tisha B'Av, the Hebrew......

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