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Mar 27, 2023, 3:24 PM

Profile in Courage

In 1956, then US Senator John F. Kennedy wrote a book profiling a number of United States Senators, who showed unusual courage in being consistent with their moral and ethical beliefs, despite their personal and political belief. The story...

Mar 19, 2023, 5:53 PM

A (Not So) Simple Solution

After having been silent for a long time, the current controversy over "judicial reform" is sending me back to the keyboard. It is not that I have some greater insight than others. Just the opposite --- I don't, but...

Apr 4, 2019, 9:46 PM

The Passing of Heroes, Sung and Unsung

In August of 1963, as a 13-year old, I began a spiritual journey which still impacts my life 55 years later. Two of the people who were so significant in that process, passed away this week, Cantor Sherwood Goffin...

Sep 18, 2018, 3:55 PM

I Did Not Know Ari

Sometimes it is hard to sort out emotions. Maybe "sort out" is not the correct expression. Maybe it is more the inability of trying to make sense of the different feelings that have come over me, one after the...

May 15, 2018, 1:53 PM

Our Pride Is Still Here

Two years after the Six Day War, Jerusalem was still a small town. As a visiting Hebrew University student, I shared an apartment in Givat Shaul, a short walk across Sderot Herzl and down Rechov Ruppin from the University...

Apr 22, 2018, 3:47 PM

50, 60, 70 and Counting

Twenty years ago, I was here in Israel during the 50th anniversary celebrations. As a reminder, that was the only time (so far) that there was actually a two-day Yom Haatzmaut, in itself a unique experience. I watched those...

Mar 16, 2018, 6:38 PM

Benefits or Bribery: What’s the Bottom Line?

A recent article by Prof. Yoram Yuval started me thinking about the corruption allegations mushrooming around Prime Minister Netanyahu, as recounted daily in the local media. It seems that no matter what Bibi does or does not do about...

Mar 4, 2018, 12:29 PM

Needed: More Playgrounds

Part of the new playground at Independence Park, Jerusalem. (Jessica Steinberg)

Sure, kids love swings and slides, but it's the mix of adults chatting on the sidelines who gain the most

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About Me

David I. Cohen was a State's Attorney in Connecticut for 37 years , serving on the Management, Technology and Capital Crime committees. He was an instructor in talmud at Bi-Cultural day School in Stamford, CT. He made aliya in 2015.