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Aug 26, 2017, 8:25 PM

Stop Pay-For-Slay Now!

“But whatever it is, I don’t know who you are and I don’t know what we’ve been playing here. So I was crying because I don’t know if I love you anymore and I don’t know what I’m going...

Apr 18, 2017, 5:10 PM

Even in Jerusalem, It Could Have Been Anyone

In Jerusalem, the City of Peace, it could have been anyone. In many cities in Israel, whether they cross the Green Line or not, human beings are being targeted for the crime of being. Sadly this past Friday, when the Palestinian...

Feb 24, 2017, 7:11 AM

Clergy is not a Hebrew word

Yeshivat Maharat graduates at their ordination ceremony at Ramaz High School in New York City, June 16, 2013 (photo credit: Joe Winkler/JTA)

The brouhaha isn't really about women's ordination, it's about the waning influence of Orthodox pulpit rabbis

Feb 13, 2017, 1:20 AM

Israel Fumbles the Ball

It came as a pleasant surprise when I first heard about the NFL delegation to Israel, which is scheduled to arrive later this week. As a huge football fan and Israeli Zionist, I was ecstatic to hear that NFL...

Feb 8, 2017, 3:16 AM

A few Super Bowl-related thoughts

Arg! New England again! OK, so now you know. I am not a Patriots fan. Never have been. See, I am from Baltimore. Ravens fans don’t care as much about any other team. Certainly, the Patriots. The only worst thing...

Jan 15, 2017, 5:17 PM

Learning how to ride again

This was written November 2015 in response to the shooting of Ezra Schwartz obm, an American student studying abroad in Israel for the year. At the time I did not publish this and I realize there are so many...

Jan 12, 2017, 10:39 AM

Sunset over mourning

It's embarrassing to burst into tears in the middle of a business meeting. That's what happened to me last year when a friend from our community was killed by an Arab terrorist, down the road from our home. This time it...

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Jan 3, 2017, 10:01 AM

The Obama legacy

On January 20, 2017, President Obama's political nemesis since 2011--Donald Trump--will become his successor in the White House. Undoubtedly, this is humiliating for him. The first Black president of the USA is being followed by someone who was rabidly...

Nov 11, 2016, 5:28 PM

Finding the Light in the US Elections

I’m looking out over Lake Kenilworth in Asheville, North Carolina, and see thousands of glimmering darts of sunlight on what can sometimes be a very dark and murky body of water. And that is a metaphor that speaks to...

Nov 6, 2016, 10:22 PM

Dear Future Ash

Dear Future Ash, If you’re reading this, you’re most likely pissed. You’re pissed, and you’re looking for something to bring you up. You’re most likely also going through that short phase you sometimes go through (about once a year), where...

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