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Time to battle the racists in our midst

Michael Melchior — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 16:04:41 +0000

This morning we awoke, in the state of the Jewish people, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, with huge signs in yellow and black reading “Beitar [Jerusalem's soccer team] will forever remain pure.” We are returning to an agenda of racism that is spreading like wildfire in our midst. How fortunate we are to have Arcadi [...]

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We needed substance, we got slogans

Michael Melchior — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:35:00 +0000

For the first time in many years, I have the opportunity to view the election campaign from the outside. And I must say, the best days of these past few months, have been the snow days. I’m sorry to say it, but yes, once again the media is at fault. I followed the U.S. election [...]

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The pervasive violence in our midst

Michael Melchior — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 21:37:10 +0000

With the jolt and shock of the mass murder in Connecticut we will once again bear witness to a futile discussion about faulty policies around gun laws and the inordinate power of the gun lobby in the U.S. We know and grow weary of the claims for and against, and we also know that nothing [...]

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Pursuing the Meimad mission from beyond the political arena

Michael Melchior — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:41:01 +0000

For the first time since 1999 I am not running in the Knesset elections. Because so many friends and supporters have urged me in recent months to go back into politics and run again, I feel it is only right to provide a brief explanation why, in the end, I decided not to do so. [...]

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They had a choice and they chose evil: on the murder of Norway’s Jews

Michael Melchior — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:05:32 +0000

This week, I traveled to Oslo to mark the 70th anniversary of the deportation of Norway’s Jews to the extermination camp at Auschwitz on November 26, 1942. From every state in Europe they took the Jews by cattle car, but from Norway they had to load the Jews on ships. On Monday, at a quarter [...]

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There is another way

Michael Melchior — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 08:36:55 +0000

It was very difficult for me to write during the first days of Operation Pillar of Defense because three of my sons are in the army, many of my family and friends have been called up to reserve duty, (many of whom I said goodbye to with a prayer that they return speedily and safely), and [...]

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Finally, I can say it: I’m happy about Obama

Michael Melchior — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 09:59:46 +0000

As a public figure in Israel, I was hesitant, until now, to express an opinion regarding the US election. I think that it is inappropriate for people in the public sphere to intervene with the democratic processes in countries that are not their own. However, after all is said and done, we got up this [...]

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