Aviva Safir

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Dec 10, 2023, 6:21 PM

Outliving the Enemy

That’s our legacy. Having a voice at the world table when our enemies have been silenced. Out living Hamas. Outliving Hezbolla. Outliving Houthis. Outliving anyone who has it out for us. Even when we’re dead, we’re still very much alive....

Oct 3, 2023, 6:02 AM

When you imagine your best night ever with your partner the last place it would be is in a crowded, vulnerable, temporary hut you built on your porch. Yet, ironically the Sukkah is the Jewish symbol of sex. Did...

Sep 19, 2023, 6:45 AM

How to Honor Democracy

“Friends and Citizens” and September 19, 1796. Does any of this ring a bell? Ready to retire, George Washington had published his farewell address to the newly formed American nation. In it he gives timeless advice that we all need...

Jul 21, 2023, 6:53 AM

Don’t give up! Other ways you can make a change

If only you’d fight for your kids' education like you do for democracy. I wonder how many parents in Israel are aware of the extent of the educational system crisis in Israel. You talk about the future of Israel...

May 2, 2022, 11:37 AM

Is it really anti-feminist?

I grew up in an "ultra-Orthodox" community, and I went to your typical Bais Yaakov school. I didn’t have your typical family, so naturally I questioned rabbis and Torah more than my friends did. I spent a year in...

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