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
On the Ground Peace Efforts
“The whole idea of Chefs for Peace is to show that here we are, working in one kitchen, Muslim, Christian ...
Hamas in Gaza
Ali Waked reports that the Hamas raid on the Hilles clan compound marks the completion of the June 2007 revolution, ...
Music update
Music professor Francesco Lotoro talks about collecting more than 4,000 pieces composed in Nazi concentration camps.Beth Am Israel has collected ...
West Bank Update
A “large number of lower-level Hamas activists have recently been released from Israeli jails after serving sentences of about five ...
The Syria Update
Jonathan Spyer explains why Syria is in no particular hurry to reach a deal with Israel. (Jerusalem Post)Zvi Bar’el makes ...
Jews and Money
A substantial look at how the ailing economy means that donations to social action agencies are down as demands are ...
The Madrid Interfaith Parley
Ari Alexander guest blogged from the World Conference on Dialogue in Madrid, organized by the Muslim World League under the ...
The Synagogue Review
A New Jersey Conservative synagogue finds that instrumental music draws crowds for a Friday night service. (NJ Jewish News)Five synagogues ...
Jewish Identity
For “the perpetual discussion of what it means and how it feels to be a Jew�, even though “there is ...
Politics Now
Dennis Shulman seeks to become the first ever blind rabbi in Congress.The Jerusalem Post interviews Obama and McCain. Michael Wissot ...