Ops & Blogs | The Times of Israel » Gila Weiss http://blogs.timesofisrael.com The Marketplace of Ideas Wed, 22 May 2013 10:50:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Why I am Excited About Karin Elharar http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/why-i-am-excited-about-karin-elharar/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/why-i-am-excited-about-karin-elharar/#comments Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:34:35 +0000 Gila Weiss http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=99778 I am excited about Karin Elharar entering the Knesset.  In order to understand why, I invite you to engage in a very simple exercise.  The next time you find yourself out and about—strolling in your neighborhood, shopping, wherever—take five minutes in which you pay close attention to the terrain.  Ask yourself “could I navigate this [...]

The post Why I am Excited About Karin Elharar appeared first on Ops & Blogs | The Times of Israel.

]]> http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/why-i-am-excited-about-karin-elharar/feed/ 3 Letter to Yair Lapid http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/letter-to-yair/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/letter-to-yair/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:10:00 +0000 Gila Weiss http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=97974 Dear Yair, First of all, congratulations. I’m one of the people who voted for you, and I’m thrilled by your success. A week or so ago you wrote an article directed toward English-speaking olim, or in our parlance, “Anglos.” Anglos, you argued, “are classically dreamers and optimists who feel empowered to be part of the solution.” [...]

The post Letter to Yair Lapid appeared first on Ops & Blogs | The Times of Israel.

]]> http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/letter-to-yair/feed/ 13