Mark Berch
Since 2002, Mark Berch has been providing Jewishly oriented web links to members of his shul (Tifereth Israel, a small Conservative synagogue in Washington DC where his family has been members for almost 40 years). In real life, he is a Patent Examiner.
Articles by Mark Berch
Muslims and Jews
-As Jewish-Muslim interfaith efforts intensify, critics say that Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is selective in which acts of terrorism ...
Passover is Coming
-On a technicality, as Judge rules that Israeli stores may display (and sell) bread during Passover. Howls — and debate ...
The West Bank
-The illegal Shvut Ami outpost, built in part on privately owned Palestinian land, has been evacuated nine times, and now ...
Israel’s Minorities
-In the wake of blast that severely injured 15-year-old youth belonging to their community, Messianic Jews speak out against ill ...
Christians and Jews
-An “observant Catholic with Jewish tendencies, and … a Jew sobered up from a drugged out mysticism� combine to write ...
Women in Israel
-Israel’s parliament is only 14.2% women, ranking it 101 out of 188 countries, even below some Muslim countries like Tunisia ...
Jews & the Disabled
-A look at the treatment of marginal individuals (lepers, the disabled and the mentally ill) in medieval Northern European Jewish ...
Attitudes Toward the “Other”
-A majority of Israeli public feels religious and secular Jews ought to live in separate neighborhoods. (Ynet)-A new poll looks ...
The World of Jewish Education
-Photojournalist Zion Ozeri believes in using photography to teach Jewish values. (NJ Jewish Standard)-The Center for Online Jewish studies has ...
Reform Aliyah
-A new documentary focuses on American Jews who visit Israel, “the type of American Jew for whom support of Israel ...