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
Israelis in the Diaspora
-Can Israelis become at home in the Diaspora? (Zeek)-And, for those expat Israelis, what of the next generation? (Haaretz)-And a ...
In the Diaspora
-Jude Stewart says that R.B. Kitaj tried to show us what “Diasporist art looks like.â€? (Nextbook)-Reuven Hammer makes the case ...
On Language
–Expressions of love change over time, from “Dodi li va’ani lo,” to “Ani ohev otach!” to “zeh haromantika” to “bar/bat ...
Israel & Gaza
-Diverse analysis on the increasingly urgent issue of whether and how Israel should invade Gaza: International Herald Tribune Bernard Avishai ...
Israel’s Government
-David Kimche makes the case for Tzipi Livni taking over leadership of Israel. (The Jerusalem Post) -Nehemia Shtrasler argues that ...
Secular Humanistic Judaism
-A look at 32 year old Rabbi Adam Chalom, the new leader of Humanistic Judaism. The Society for Humanistic Judaism ...
Conservative/Masorti Judaism
-A report on Conservative Judaism’s annual Rabbinical Assembly convention, which had the theme “Religion in the Public Square.â€? (Washington Jewish ...
Hooking Up
-JDate is now offering “a bulk rate to rabbis who want to buy membership accounts for congregants.� But singles gotta ...
Education in Israel
-Former Harvard University president Neil Rudenstine argues that the only real solution for Israel’s universities is private philanthropy. (The Jerusalem ...
In the West Bank
-Fatah is implementing “unprecedented internal reforms to democratize the ailing movement in the face of the electoral threat from political ...