Nancy Goodman, at The Blogs

Sep 17, 2024, 7:56 PM

It’s so nice when we hear from Israel’s peace partner. Yahya Sinwar doesn’t open his mouth very often, but we don’t need much to catch his drift. This man heads the peaceful Arab country we envision alongside a Jewish...

May 17, 2024, 8:28 AM

Egypt, talk Rafah to me

Egypt, how do you explain Rafah? In my lifetime, you negotiated a basic peace with Israel. I remember when the maps of Israel changed at my synagogue and Sunday school. I believe this was during a phase, much like a...

May 11, 2024, 4:31 PM

To Queen Rania al-Abdullah, Jordan

Your Highness, I read your recent interview on CBS’s Face the Nation, and I believe there are a few questions remaining I’d like to ask you. What does it feel like to be in the family that robbed all Arabs under...

Apr 24, 2024, 5:15 AM

Get a grip, Higher Education

My masters degree is in Student Development in Higher Education, and I worked in academia for over 15 years. A college campus is a college campus, and what is occurring on college and university campuses today against Jewish students...

Apr 7, 2024, 11:35 PM

Dayeinu? Lo, today it is not enough for us

Green glazed earthenware Passover seder plate made by Jewish DPs in the Föhrenwald displaced persons camp.

Engraved on the rim of the plate is a scene of slave laborers being forced to work by a master in the shadow of a pyramid and a group of buildings representing historic Jerusalem. The Hebrew text on one side of the decorative motif reads: "From Slavery to Freedom," and on the other: "This Year in Jerusalem". Inside another decorative motif are the Hebrew and English words "JOINT" and "Religious Office". Stamped on the back is the Hebrew term "Sheerit ha-Pletah" [Surviving Remnant] and the English, "Employment Board".

This seder plate was given to U.S. Army chaplain Rabbi Nathan Abramowitz by Jewish DPs at the Föhrenwald displaced persons camp.

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Are we really going into Passover on April 22 with hostages still held by Hamas? How are we to bear through refrains of “let my people go” at Jewish tables around the world with over 130 hostages still in Gaza,...

Mar 19, 2024, 11:52 PM

Let’s make a movie, President Biden!

You got me, President Joe. I thought a normal thought, and come to find out it doesn’t relate to Israel. I know this drill and should have known better. The thought was, you’re going to build a pier and help...

Mar 11, 2024, 8:30 AM

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In the Kalanit fields

Seeing red in the wake of October 7 can spark Jewish survival instincts, shed Jewish insecurity, and reveal the truth about Jewish anti-Zionists

Feb 6, 2024, 8:49 AM

It’s time for some self-care, my people

I don’t know about y’all, but I don’t live anywhere near Israel and I’m feeling this terrible collective experience heavily in my soul and body. It breaks my imagination thinking of those in Israel, enduring this strain for survival...

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A Chicagoland native, Nancy is a licensed counselor and writer living in her own private Idaho. There is something about the arid summers and making latkes in the potato state that connects Nancy to her Jewish roots. She believes Jehovah forgives Jews who don't attend services or keep kosher, if they stand for Israel.

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