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
Family Matters
A man is unable to marry because the Israeli Rabbinate decides that he is actually an adoptee, although there is ...
Tisha B’Av, Music, and Starbucks
Rabbi Reuven Hammer sees much present relevance to what Jeremiah had to say about the destruction of the first Temple ...
The West Bank and Settlements
With none of the security barrier’s four “fingers” (e.g. to enclose Ariel and Kedumim) built, and large gaps (e.g. between ...
Biblical Criticism, Translation, and Scholarship
Robert Wright sees King Josiah as “a king who wanted to eliminate domestic political rivals. Those political rivals would have ...
Jewish Organizations in the News
Defying the general trend toward a merger, the three branches of the JCC of Greater Philadelphia will each be going ...
Peace Process in Israel
Alon Pinkas, former Israeli consul-general in the United States says “By not recognizing Israel’s Jewish character, Palestinians exhibit potential irredentist ...
Water Issues
Much attention has been given to the use of “gray water,” but there are many different forms of gray water, ...
History and Archaeology
The Dead Sea Scrolls, claims Rahel Elior, do not constitute a lost Essene library, but rather a Jerusalemite library of ...
Israel & the Media
Whether the BBC is pro-Israel or anti-Israel may well depend on what time period you collect the data from–and who ...
Books, Books, and More Books
For one day at the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz, writers, and poets take the place of journalists in covering the news ...