Kim Treiger-Bar-Am, at The Blogs

Kim Treiger-Bar-Am

Jan 4, 2024, 2:59 AM

Modern times should not be called an era of post-truth. Truth is valued. Even those who spread fake news often want it to be believed as true. And truth is indeed valuable. It enables us to live in a shared...

Nov 9, 2023, 12:17 AM

Thoughts and Feelings about the War

I made Aliyah from the US many years ago, and write these words to communicate with Americans and readers from around the world - Jews and others - my thoughts and feelings about the War in Israel and Gaza. People...

Mar 14, 2023, 3:01 AM

A Call for a Constitutional Convention

The time is ripe to hold a Constitutional Convention. Since 1948, a constitution hasn’t been written, but repeated attempts have been made. It has been discussed over and over again. Current events might pose a moment of a constitutional crisis...

Feb 20, 2023, 10:50 AM

The Coalition’s Fake News

Fake news is a worldwide problem. Mis-information is not absent from the judicial revolution that the government has proposed in Israel, which is pulling the nation apart. A few of its points of fake news are as follows: The...

About Me

Kim made aliyah from the US after her studies of law and philosophy at Yale. She completed her doctorate in law at Oxford. She has practiced as a lawyer and taught at various Universities in Israel. She is the author of three books: "Positive Freedom and the Law", as well as "Freedom and Respect in Jewish Ethics", and recently "The Ethics of Truth."