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
The Peace Process
Shlomo Avineri argues that if the Palestinians were to unilaterally declare themselves a state, little would change on the ground, ...
Teaching the Holocaust
A look at some disagreements in how the Holocaust should be taught, including the emphasis on victimhood, the importance of ...
The Anat Kam Affair
The gag order barring the Israeli media from reporting on the Anat Kam case comes under increased criticism. (Ha’aretz)Then, the ...
Israel Advocacy Roundup
Michael Freund suggests a Birthright-type program to bring “clergymen and jurists, prominent doctors, lawyers and scientists, and even sports stars ...
Israeli Business Roundup
A look at Israel’s successes in developing robotic fighting and unmanned vehicles for the battlefield, including drones and “the Guardium ...
Israeli Politics Roundup
In an extensive interview, Shaul Mofaz attacks Tzipi Livni for lack of leadership in Kadima, and with her “inability to ...
The New Settlement Freeze
Amos Harel points out that “in practice … there will be nearly no change in settlement construction, at least not ...
Recent Holocaust News
You’ll get a chance to see Anne Frank as a “feisty teenager” rather than a “tragic Jewish saint.” (New York ...
Obama and Israel Roundup
Khaled Abu-Toameh, the most prominent Arab Israeli newspaper columnist, places the primary blame for the current stalemate in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations ...
Middle East Roundup
Has Yitzhak Rabin’s memorial day become the occasion for delegitimizing the national-religious community? (Jerusalem Post)Rob Eshman explains why the “e-mails, ...