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
Diaspora & Israel, Messianism and Families
Are there really more Muslims than Jews in the US? (Chicago Jewish News)Should Jews shun “Messianic Jews“? (Beliefnet)Soli Shahvar, Amos ...
Conversion & Intermarriage
Can a person be too evil to convert to Judaism? (Forward)Says Julie Wiener, “I, a liberal intermarried Jew feel ambivalent ...
Israel & the Arts
A talk with Hanoch Rosenne, Israel’s most famous pantomime artist (Ha’aretz)A look at the considerable success of the The Mayumana ...
Denominationalism: The Future of Reform, Conservative & Orthodox
Miami’s Reform Bet Breira decided to merge with a Conservative synagogue, so the synagoguge has dual affiliation, one of at ...
Israeli Reactions to Netanyahu’s Speech
The full text of Netanyahu’s foreign policy speech at Bar Ilan can be found here. (Ha’aretz)Reactions:“Netanyahu had the worst of ...
Israeli Response to Obama’s Cairo Speech
Thumbs up:Yossi Sarid called it “the speech of our lives, the lives of all the damned in all the areas ...
Jews and Languages
In a first, the Knesset officially marked Yiddish Language and Culture Day on June 2, including the release of a ...
The “Jewish State” and Hebrew Problems
A.B. Yehoshua asks why the label of a “Jewish state” so important, especially since “the combination ‘Jewish state’…sounds hostile and ...
Family Matters
In the last few years, quite a few gay men in Israel have decided to become parents and raise children ...
Israel: Settlements, Conflict, and Iran
Netanyahu says Israel will not stop construction in Jerusalem or halt building to accommodate “natural growth†in the settlements. He ...