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
A Dead Horse Rigged to a Land Mine?
Now is the time to strike a deal with the Palestinians, says Yossi Beilin, because “the Palestinians have a pragmatic ...
Food Glorious Food
Eating kosher in Rome, Italy, is not really a problem, with “five full restaurants, eight fast-food places of various kinds, ...
Crime & Violence in Israel
According to Betzalel Kahn, “Policemen in Jerusalem, under direct orders … have been seeding violence and wreaking destruction aimed at ...
The Bedouins of Israel
Rahat, the largest Bedouin settlement (40,000 residents, with another 10,000 nearby) has only one branch bank; no other bank will ...
Why? Why? Why?
Why has Hannah Levine died more than once–and is still alive at age 96? (Haaretz) Why has Hamas fired three ...
Jews in Far-Flung Places
A Jew spends time in Earth orbit. He took a mezuzah along, but on Passover, no Matzah. (San Diego Jewish ...
What Should Be Done?
Should Israel try to negotiate a “shelf agreementâ€? — a final-status deal that would then be put on the shelf ...
The Israel Interviews
Probably the only Jewish woman in Gaza. (Haaretz) Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter. (The Jerusalem Post) Prof. Uriel Reichman, who ...
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 ...