Daniel Chertoff

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Jul 14, 2024, 4:52 PM

Japan vs. Israel: A Study in Contrasts

I recently fulfilled one of my oldest dreams – to visit Japan. My wife and I spent 3 weeks there – 10 days as part of a tour and 10 days on our own. Japan did not disappoint. It...

Jan 17, 2022, 7:21 PM

No Greater Love

74 years ago, on January 18, 1948, during the early stages of Israel’s War of Independence, a convoy left Kibbutz Maale Hachamisha in the Judean hills bound for Jerusalem. The convoy included food, arms and some passengers and was...

Sep 22, 2020, 3:38 PM

Losing the Calendar: Corona and the Jewish Year

One of the paradoxes of human nature is the simultaneous yearning for freedom and the need for structure. People look forward to retirement but come to understand that “the only thing worse than working, is not working.” Studies show...

Jun 16, 2020, 11:58 AM

The Greatest Generation: an appreciation

Pity us poor deluded baby-boomers. We think we are special because we grew up with incredible music – the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Crosby, Stills and Nash, to name just a few; because we are among the largest cohorts by...

May 18, 2020, 12:53 PM

Jerusalem divided: 1947

A British policeman checking papers of passers by on a street in Jerusalem, during the British Mandate, 1947 (Wiki Cc)

It was a 'hodgepodge' of neighborhoods. Today, with Arabs and Jews on the corona frontlines, the fissures are slowly fading

May 10, 2020, 2:44 PM

100 years of peace-making: UNSCOP & other reports

This Friday, May 15, will mark the 73rd anniversary of the establishment of UNSCOP, the UN Special Committee on Palestine. UNSCOP was the last of at least half a dozen efforts undertaken between the end of World War I...

Apr 24, 2020, 2:25 PM

Breaking the Siege of Jerusalem – the Burma Road

On June 11th, less than a month after Israel declared its independence (May 14, 1948) and the conventional war began, Yitzchak Rabin, the 27 year-old commander of the Harel brigade of the Palmach, gave my father, Mordecai Chertoff, and...

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About Me

Daniel Chertoff worked in the finance industry, in various capacities, for many years. He is the author of "Palestine Posts: An Eyewitness Account of the Birth of Israel" (Toby Press, 2019). He and his wife, Arlene, have lived in Israel for over 35 years and reside in Jerusalem.

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