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The Israel Interviews
Probably the only Jewish woman in Gaza. (Haaretz) Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter. (The Jerusalem Post) Prof. Uriel Reichman, who ...
Chutzpah Alert
Ynet News recently reported the following story about Rabbi Avraham Yosef: During a radio show on which he replies to ...
The H Word, and Other News
Avi Issacharoff looks at why Israeli media is so unconcerned about Palestinians killing Palestinians. (Haaretz) The haredi in Israel are ...
Gaza/West Bank Fantasies
Nahum Barnea argues that current notions, based on a total Fatah/West bank and Hamas/Gaza separation are based on utterly unrealistic ...
Debating Peoplehood
Over at Jewcy, editor Joey Kurtzman and JTS provost Jack Wertheimer recently concluded a heated debate about the state of ...
Trying to be colorblind
Apparently there’s a new crisis in our community–addressing Jews of color.Or at least Jewish communal leaders are creating said crisis.The ...
A New Image for Israel
For our blog readers who also subscribe to Sports Illustrated (I know this may be a small percentage), “This Week’s ...
Coming to Israel
The US Reform movement is placing a major new emphasis on aliyah, with an explicit goal “to impact Israeli society.� ...
The Future (or Death) of Theology
The other day, Meredith blogged about Elliot Cosgrove’s Forward op-ed about the unfortunate decline of Jewish theology. But I’d like ...
Force or Diplomacy?
Israel is told, don’t end your conflict with Syria — this from Farid Ghadry, president of the Reform Party of ...
Where Have All the Theologians Gone?
The week The Forward has an op-ed from Elliot Cosgrove, a young, dynamic rabbi out of Chicago, asking “Where Have ...