If We Remove Our Masks, We Have a Chance to Save the World
These past weeks have brought a recipe of complication and hardship which have sent us reeling in disbelief. From Ebola, ...
Beep, Turn the Page.
When I was growing up, I used to listen to records of GI Joe or Sci Fi stories that came ...
How Should We React To Our Oasis Of Acceptance?
I used to think that there were two different mindsets when it came to living Jewishly: the experience of those ...
Religion and Politics: Already Mixed
It’s Israel week on the Rabbis Without Borders blog. My colleagues Ben Greenberg and Alana Suskin discussed debates among university ...
Terror in Afula, Seen from Afar
A numinous dream, last Wednesday:I am on Kibbutz Ein Dor, near the city of Afula in Northern Israel, visiting my ...
The War of Narratives
When I first started writing, I loved reading advice for writers from my favorite authors. Yet there was one common ...
Baruch Goldstein
The perpetrator of the Hebron massacre is both vilified and celebrated.
Zionism, the Palestinians, & Peace
Do the various ideologies of Zionism allow for the practical coexistence of Jews and Palestinians?
Yitzhak Rabin’s Final Speech
Late Prime Minister Rabin's last remarks at a Tel Aviv peace rally.
The Wye River Memorandum
Signed by Israeli Prime Minister Natanyahu and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat in 1998.
Israel and Lebanon: A History
Internal Lebanese politics have long influenced relations with Israel.