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
Paying the Price
Moishe Ayre Friedman attended a Holocaust denial conference in Tehran, and in response, the Vienna Orthodox school has expelled his ...
Coming to Israel
The US Reform movement is placing a major new emphasis on aliyah, with an explicit goal “to impact Israeli society.� ...
Force or Diplomacy?
Israel is told, don’t end your conflict with Syria — this from Farid Ghadry, president of the Reform Party of ...
Is the PA Disbanding?
GAZA TURMOIL: Danny Rubinstein noting that “recent events we have been witnessing in Gaza are actually the disbanding of Palestinian ...
Jew vs. Jew
The ultra-Orthodox rabbinical court, Haredi Badatz, placed a curse on both the participants in the upcoming Jerusalem Gay Pride parade ...
Poverty & Racism in Israel
POVERTY AND WORK ISSUES: Workforce participation of Ethiopian men aged 22-64 has fallen substantially in the past 10 years. (Haaretz) ...
Pack of Lies or Ugly Truth?
ISRAEL–LAND AND RESIDENTIAL ISSUES: “We are being sent abroad, quite simply, to lie,” says a senior Israeli diplomat serving in ...
The Holocaust: A Political Asset?
THE HOLOCAUST: Amira Hass argues that Israel has turned the Holocaust “into a political asset� that “serves Israel primarily in ...
Leadership & Organizations
LEADERSHIP: Benjamin Lau suggests that Moses may have been too spiritual to lead the Israelites: “heaven help a nation whose ...
Jewish News Roundup
A look at the very broad impact made by the election of Begin in 1977. (Jerusalem Post) Galia Oz, daughter ...