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Menachem Rosensaft

Nov 5, 2026, 10:03 PM

A flickering light in an ever-darkening darkness

Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove - Park Avenue Synagogue livestream

Ever since the passing of Auschwitz survivor and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel in 2016 and the death of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks four years later, world Jewry has been without a clarion moral voice in the prophetic...

Nov 4, 2026, 3:10 PM

Rabin’s legacy: We must carve a path through our deep disagreements

Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin addresses thousands of supporters, gathered in the Tel Aviv Municipality plaza. Rabin was assassinated on his way home from the rally, on November 4, 1995. (Wikipedia)

He modeled the struggle for peace within, with our neighbors, and for the sake of our children’s security - and we can follow in his footsteps without falling apart

Nov 4, 2026, 6:13 AM

The right lesson from Rabin’s murder

This year’s commemoration ceremonies for the November 4, 1995 assassination of former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin garnered little attention. The Jewish calendar date fell five days before last week’s pivotal elections, and amid the surrounding media buildup, few...

Oct 30, 2026, 11:18 PM

Treasure Trove: ‘Never Again’ Also Applies To Us

From the Herzl and Zionism Collection of David Matlow, Toronto (www.herzlcollection.com). Photograph by David Matlow.

Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated on November 4, 1995. The assassin, a person who I will not name, was an Israeli law student and ultra-nationalist who opposed Rabin’s peace initiatives and, in particular, the Oslo Accords. Rabin...

Oct 13, 2026, 1:00 PM

The Nobel Piss Prize

Chairwoman of the so-called United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in Israel, South Africa's Navi Pillay speaks during a briefing to UN member states about the Commission's ongoing investigations at the UN offices in Geneva on April 16, 2024. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

When Ziophobia Masquerades as Moral Authority I have not respected the Nobel Peace Prize since 1994. That was the year the Norwegian Nobel Committee decided to award its most prestigious peace prize to Yasser Arafat—and make it infamous. Arafat was not merely...

Jul 6, 2026, 3:17 AM

Breakups and Oslo Accords

I sat in the shower, rosemary shampoo in my hair, water falling on me, replaying my last exchange with New Guy. Since I started dating at fourteen, I've had more breakups than I care to admit. They've come with...

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

Jul 3, 2026, 1:15 PM

Israel: Four Nations Divided by a Common (Dis)Communication System

The recent news about social media has focused on various countries’ efforts to legislatively prohibit social media use by youngsters. That’s a positive micro-turn, but not the macro-threat that is really undermining social cohesion and even democracy: the characteristics...

May 30, 2026, 5:43 PM

It’s Time For A Change: Service Year In Merhavim

Beautiful sunset in Merhavim, my photo

Returning to Merhavim on Sunday after the Shavuot holiday, we all felt that the year was drawing to a close. For me, it will end a month earlier, since the school year finishes at the end of June, while...

Apr 26, 2026, 2:15 AM

They Signed Letters — Not History

The Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin; the U.S. president, Bill Clinton; and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat at the Oslo Accords signing ceremony on the White House lawn, 1993. Public domain. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Israel Didn’t “Recognize Palestinians.” It Recognized a Negotiating Partner. A familiar claim keeps resurfacing: “Israel itself recognized the Palestinian people.” From that, a further leap is made: that Israel effectively conceded the name “Palestinians,” surrendering it to what I call UNRWA clientele. The...

Nov 30, 2025, 10:11 AM

War vs. Diplomacy

Oliver branch, courtesy of Wikicommons images

Since the “ceasefire” began over a month ago, on October 10, 2025, it seems that the extreme right-wing government of Israel has been itching to go back to war. Why? What is it that makes this government so trigger-happy,...

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