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May 19, 2021, 7:57 PM

Like lemmings to the sea

On the 20th anniversary of the Meron disaster, no one believed it could happen again A period of gradually renewed calm followed the formation of a shaky, but somehow durable, national unity government back in 2021, spurred into existence following...

Jan 6, 2021, 12:36 AM

Letter to an American Jewish friend 2.0

Whenever someone asks me why I made aliyah and my siblings didn't, I don't really have an answer. We're each unique, of course, but we all had the same parents and Jewish education, and had been to Israel at...

Nov 11, 2018, 12:55 PM

Pittsburgh and Jerusalem

At a vigil for the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre, Tree of Life Rabbi Jeffrey Myers told attendants, “My holy place has been defiled.” He spoke the bitter truth that terrorism defiles mankind, no matter where it strikes. This...

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Ilan Chaim is a former chief copy editor and editorial writer of The Jerusalem Post. His novel, The Flying Blue Meanies, is available on Amazon.

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