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June 13, 2013
10:02 am

Ethnic Profiling’s Double Standard

When I was 16 years old, two major things happened in my life. My grandfather passed away suddenly, without warning. One day he was there giving me a birthday......

April 28, 2013
7:08 pm

What is this need you have?

...and why don't I have it? Years ago, I visited a friend and her family over Shabbat. I had made aliyah the year before with my three young children; she......

April 7, 2013
7:23 pm

The Holocaust…and a Shoe

What can you learn from a shoe? As I stood in the Maidanek death camp almost a decade ago, I remember trying to understand, trying to envision, trying to......

March 21, 2013
2:24 pm

Obama’s miscalculations

There are, at times, no words to describe the feeling of watching some historical event happen, knowing what will take place, and yet wonder why others see such a......

March 10, 2013
1:03 pm

National divides

I have always felt that the worst of our enemies are those within our own borders. Those who betray Israel by demanding it adhere to policies that weaken our......

March 5, 2013
1:12 pm

Obama Wants a Timetable for Withdrawal…

Just before his visit to Israel, apparently the Obama administration has leaked that Obama is coming here not for a photo opportunity, but to seriously move the defunct peace......

February 17, 2013
10:03 am

Defining Moments

We all have moments that define our lives, even different facets of our lives. Certainly getting married and having children are some of those moments. Moving to Israel, visiting......

January 27, 2013
10:08 am

Meeting BBC on My Terms

Well, I did it. I agreed to meet a BBC team to show them, from the point of view of an Israeli, what our lives are like. Specifically, they......

January 23, 2013
4:12 am

Election will bring War, Poverty, Pestilence…

There, now that I've got your attention, let me tell you that the Middle East of this morning is fundamentally the same as it was yesterday. We have not......

January 22, 2013
1:37 pm

The Strength of Home

It seems that others knew before I did which way I should vote. I have been torn between two parties and with all the social responsibility that was instilled......

January 21, 2013
11:01 am

On What Shall I Vote…

What is the issue that means the most to you? Economics, security, equality, education? Health, wealth, respect, land? So small a country and yet, so many issues. Which one......

December 23, 2012
7:45 pm

Maybe there is no future…

At least not the one Yair Lapid and his party, Yesh Atid (There is a future) envision for Israel. You can’t vote if you don’t learn; if you don’t understand......

December 3, 2012
9:22 pm

E1 is a mountain…not a statement

After a long day at work, I got a phone call from my mother who was upset about England, France and Germany condemning Israel and apparently threatening to withdraw......

November 6, 2012
9:34 pm

I’ve been disenfranchised!

While everyone is talking about the US elections - Obama or Romney, very quietly the Bayit HaYehudi party went about holding its elections for chairperson today. From a very......

September 27, 2012
4:40 pm

Would it have changed the world….

Would it have changed the world...if someone had spoken out against Hitler and his plan? Before he'd started, as he was amassing his army of death, perhaps in the......

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