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Richard Kronenfeld
Mar 29, 2023, 1:32 PM
Lamenting the Decline of Liberty
The story is told that when Benjamin Franklin left the closing session of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, passersby in the street asked him what kind of government the delegates had given us, to which he replied, “A republic,...
Judy Halper
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Recently, I heard a Palestinian man describe the experience of driving home through a checkpoint, with his family in the car. He found himself faced with a barrage of semi-automatic weapons pointed at him, and he was forced, in...
Daniel Raphael Silverstein
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A Prayer for a Country Poised Between Demise and Rebirth
(Please read out loud if you're able and willing...) May we remember that our faces are mirrors of each other, our fears are mirrors of each other's, our hopes are mirrors of each other's, and all of our children will...
Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden
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It's not the first time I think Dershowitz is talking total nonsense Professor Alan Dershowitz is a judicial giant. Yet, he lives in the US which shows in what he thinks. He doesn't understand what happens in Israel now. He...
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Israel’s Civil Society – Beyond Democratic Crisis
Israel’s innovative and largely democratically and progressively-leaning civil society – non-government organizations and philanthropy – has played a historical role in driving Israel’s rocky but significant society-building progress over recent decades. Precisely the kind of progress which has contributed...
Soli Foger
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‘Them or Us’ = Alarming Disunity
I recently returned from a trip to Israel, where while visiting family and friends, my wife and I tried to make sense of the political upheaval following the government’s proposed changes to the Supreme Court appointments, the limits imposed...
Sari Ellen
Feb 26, 2023, 8:26 AM
Shut-Down Nation
“Democracy?” said the Likud Customer Service Rep. “You don’t need it.” “But Israel's a Parliamentary Democracy—.” “Democracy, shlock-ocracy. Here, try on radical fringe politics, it’s the best.” "You’re disrespecting our values: equal rights, morality, justice, compassion—” “Radical fringe politics will look great on...
Judy Halper
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He Was Known to the Police
Two young men were killed in Lod on Wednesday, one by a car bomb, the other shot. Both were “known to the police.” As the video of the burning car made the rounds, people peered at narrow road visible...
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