Jonathan Javitt

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Mar 1, 2017, 8:20 PM

Praising Mordechai and eradicating Haman in modern Israel

Every so often events force one to adopt a new perspective and laugh at the complexity and contradiction that is Israel. Yesterday, I drove for the first time up the new road to Jerusalem, through the new Harel tunnel...

Oct 2, 2016, 1:59 PM

Shimon Peres, Avinu Malkeinu, and a final message of reconciliation

Of the many remarkable aspects of the passing of Shimon Peres z”l, I believe the most remarkable -- and least remarked upon -- was his request, memorialized in his will, to have the prayerbook hymn “Avinu Malkeinu” sung at his funeral....

May 2, 2016, 1:06 PM

Hitler and Zionism: For once Ken Livingston is telling some truth, so what’s the fuss?

Not infrequently, the British manage to cloak nefarious hypocrisy in a seemingly righteous cowl. The recent decision to suspend (red) Ken Livingston from the Labour Party is one of those deliciously British ironies that ranks with the Royal Family’s...

Dec 4, 2015, 8:41 AM

Mark Zell’s attack on Donald Trump is misguided and misleading at best

In today’s Times of Israel, Mark Zell spoke out as the “Head of the Republican Party in Israel” in order to criticize the candidacy of Donald Trump and pronounce that Mr. Trump can’t be and won’t be the next...

Jul 26, 2015, 3:47 AM

Yom Hashoah, Tisha b’Av, and the confusion of an Oleh Chadash

Marking the Shoah together with the Temples' destruction would make clear that the Nazis were not exceptional

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About Me

The author is a physician, policy expert, and thought leader in healthcare transformation and digital health. He has served as Professor of Medicine and Public Policy at Johns Hopkins and Georgetown Universities and been commissioned by US Presidents Clinton and Bush to serve in several roles within the Executive Office of the President focused on health policy and national security. In September 2014 he and his family made Aliyah to Zichron Yaacov.