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
Israel, Settlements, and the Diaspora
Does pressure on the Israeli government from diaspora Jews have any chance of actually making a difference? (Ha’aretz)Yossi Verter sees ...
The Two State Solution: Advocates & Adversaries
Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon said that the government has agreed to the “acceptance of the road map to peace ...
Birkat Hahammah
For a long time, Jews were concerned about rituals that might have seemed too pagan. The idea of focusing on ...
Recent Commentary on Israel and Two Opinions on Gaza
What does the rise of Avigdor Lieberman mean for Russians in Israel, and for the non-Russians? (Slate)If Hamas-Fatah Unity talks ...
Tu Bishvat
David Seidenberg has put together a diverse collection of Tu Bishvat resources, including a 17th century blessing for a Tu ...
A Few Words on Jewish Organizations
A look at the range of services provided by the Jewish Braille Institute, which serves 35,000 customers in more than ...
Holocaust in the News
A potential convert finds himself “never able to connect emotionally with the Nazi genocide as so many of my fellow ...
Chaos in Hebron
Violence continues in Hebron as “IDF officials described the severity of the settlers’ riots as ‘unprecedented.’ They said the violent ...
Obama & Israel
Kadima’s Tzipi Livni, Likud’s Binyamin Netanyahu and Labor’s Ehud Barak all want to sound like Obama (Jerusalem Post).Ari Shavit sees ...
Israeli Film,Theatre, & Politics
The playwright Gilad Evron criticizes establishment theater in Israel, and other matters. (Haaretz)Some Israeli actresses, most notably Ayelet Zurer, are ...