LEADERSHIP:
- Benjamin Lau suggests that Moses may have been too spiritual to lead the Israelites: “heaven help a nation whose leaders wander in spiritual spheres, but cannot sense the people’s distress.â€? (Haaretz)
- A Masorti rabbi looks at leadership in the Bible and in modern Israel. (The Jerusalem Post)
- In a glum assessment, Michael Berenbaum argues that not only the “leaders of Israel and of the Jewish people are failing us�, but he doesn’t see any impressive replacements. (Jewish Journal)
ORGANIZATIONS:
- “Aliya� tries to be an organizational home for Yeshiva world students who cannot or will not fit in, often because of assorted disabilities. (The Jewish Week)
- The far-left group Jewish Voice for Peace, a Berkeley-based group that opposes Israeli control over the Palestinian territories and works for human rights, peace and security in the region poses the question: “How far can a Jewish group go in opposing Israeli policies while still maintaining Israel’s right to exist�? (J.)
- The American Jewish Congress, with a new President, is “making a policy U-turn as it re-embraces an aggressively liberal domestic agenda.� (Forward)
- A sharp battle between two Israeli Haredi rescue organizations features accusations of fraud on both sides. (Ynet)
