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Jul 17, 2018, 7:09 AM

The humiliation clause and the status of Arabic

The nation-state bill is due to come before the Knesset this week for its final readings. If it passes into law, one of Israel’s longest-standing linguistic traditions will be changed -- the official status of Arabic will be revoked,...

Jul 17, 2018, 7:08 AM

“And Israel?” writes Paul Berman on Tablet -- almost as an afterthought -- toward the end of an essay lauding the primary election of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Contrast this with an essay in The Times of Israel last week by...

Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

Jul 16, 2018, 11:34 PM

G-d’s earthquakes? Fault the faulty, not the fault line

Many people are quick to credit Nature with birth but G^d with death. When an earthquake in China killed scores of schoolchildren, many questioned G^d's Goodness, and few blamed it on callousness of architects and builders who for sheer profit...

Avidan Freedman

Jul 16, 2018, 11:14 PM

Why not to fast on Tisha B’Av

You can set your calendar by it. You know the 9th of Av is around the corner when essays start surfacing questioning the relevance of mourning for the Temple's destruction in our time. How can we fast and weep...

Olivier Jack Melnick

Jul 16, 2018, 9:42 PM

Haman, Hitler and BDS: We should know better!

What do the book of Esther, the Nuremberg Laws of 1933 and the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement have in common? A lot more than meets the eye! There is a theme found in Esther about Haman’s disdain...

Nesanel Yoel Safran

Jul 16, 2018, 9:31 PM

I used to be Jewish

When I was Jewish -- call me "Jew" and I shrink. Now I’m a Jew -- I do not even blink. When I was Jew-ish – an irrelevant birth fact. Now I’m a Jew – an essential soul pact. When I was Jew-ish...

Raymond M. Berger

Jul 16, 2018, 8:56 PM

Saving Little Girls

Even proponents of cultural relativity realize in their heart of hearts that some cultures are better than others. You are walking down the street when suddenly you hear the screams of a child coming from inside a house. Troubled and curious,...

Barbara Diamond

Jul 16, 2018, 8:43 PM

The FIFA final 2018 — A life lesson learned

For two years in a row, I have found myself in the South of France for Bastille Day. That was yesterday. Today was the FIFA football final match between Croatia and France and my reaction to the event --...

Jul 16, 2018, 6:33 PM

Michael Jackson’s ‘Blood on the Dance Floor,’ 21 Years Later

Some years ago, while I was doing a research for my upcoming biography on Michael Jackson, I did an interview with Jackson’s old associate, director and choreographer Vincent Paterson. In early 1997, Jackson asked Paterson to work with him...

Jul 16, 2018, 5:54 PM

The Triple Threat Facing Jews in Europe: The Left

The last post looked at the anti-Semitism of the Right, which is reminiscent of the old anti-Semitism, twisted in new ways by the Internet. In some ways, modern Left-wing anti-Semitism is also similar to that of its ideological roots...

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