Noah Efron, at The Blogs

Oct 24, 2023, 4:04 PM

These 3 American rabbis are the voices I trust right now

Rabbi Sharon Brous of Ikar in Los Angeles, Rabbi Angela Buchdahl of the Central Synagogue in Manhattan, and Rabbi Rachel Timoner of Congregation Beth Elohim in Brooklyn, NY (YouTube screenshots from their Shabbat sermons delivered on October 14, 2023. Montage by The Times of Israel)

Rabbis Buchdahl, Brous and Timoner forged, with their words, a path between 'tribal brotherhood' and 'universal otherhood'

Oct 8, 2023, 5:24 PM

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Now, in the awful quiet of this moment

Israelis donate blood at Magen David Adom emergency services in Jerusalem, following an unprecedented attack by Hamas terrorists on Israel, October 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Just before the retaliation and recriminations, it's worth noting three things we’ve discovered in this tragedy

Sep 27, 2023, 12:33 AM

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There was magic too: Yom Kippur, Tel Aviv, 5784

Illustrative: People ride bicycles, walk and gather on the empty streets in Tel Aviv, on the eve of Yom Kippur in Tel Aviv. September 24, 2023. (Omer Fichman/Flash 90)

In Habima Square, hundreds joined a hastily organized Ne’ila prayer service with no divisions, just astonishment

Apr 25, 2023, 6:06 PM

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The prayer Kobi Oz sings to his grandfather is a prayer for Israel

At a live performance on a Tel Aviv rooftop, I look around me, and people’s cheeks are damp with tears

Oct 24, 2019, 4:06 PM

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The day Zubin Mehta gave us his heart

Zubin Mehta conducts the Israel Philharmonic for the last time in Mahler's Symphony No. 2, "Resurrection" (Screenshot via medici.tv)

How can Israel repay the Indian-born maestro who came to comfort a war-shocked land and stayed for half a century?

Jun 6, 2019, 9:33 AM

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Nechama Rivlin was us

The late Nechama Rivlin, wife of President Reuven Rivlin, on June 16, 2016. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)

She had no airs, she was generous, thoughtful and idealistic: where can you find those qualities today in Israel? Everywhere

Jul 23, 2018, 5:51 PM

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Here is what’s really Jewish about a Jewish state

Members of the LGBT community and supporters participate in a protest against a Knesset bill amendment denying surrogacy for same-sex couples, at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on July 22, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

No, it's not a flag, an anthem, or even a capital

Aug 17, 2015, 11:35 AM

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‘Die all you f**kers’

On discovering that the Facebook troll who sincerely wants him and his pals dead has a kinder, gentler side

Aug 3, 2015, 3:54 PM

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The us-them politics of baby-burning and teen-stabbing

Left and Right have taken terrible leaps of illogic in turning horrific murders into partisan issues

Jan 1, 2015, 10:50 AM

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Israel’s very survival is not at stake here

Tom Friedman, Etgar Keret and all the rest prophesying doom for the March 17 elections are way off the mark

About Me

Noah Efron hosts TLV1's "The Promised Podcast" (http://tlv1.fm/content/full-show/promised-podcast/). He teaches history & philosophy of science at Bar Ilan University, and has served on the City Council of Tel Aviv-Jaffa and, these days, he is running again, on the Hozeh-Hadash-Hayarok-Bamerkaz-Meretz list. You can reach him at noahjefron@gmail.com

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