Israel

If Israel boycotted the Winter Olympic in Sochi, Russia next month would anyone really care? The games would go on ...

Israeli Maor Sanbata came to the United States this past summer to be a counselor at Camp Be’chol Lashon. Born ...

It’s Israel week on the Rabbis Without Borders blog. My colleagues Ben Greenberg and Alana Suskin discussed debates among university ...

In a recent post my fellow Rabbis Without Borders colleague, Alana Suskin, argues on behalf of those advocating an “Open ...

For other perspectives on this debate, read Rabbi Ben Greenberg’s post here and Rabbi Tsafi Lev’s post here.In her series about ...

This week, I am in Israel.On Friday, I visited with a group of 18-year olds participating in Habonim-Dror [Jewish Youth Movement] ...

Many wonderful things happened at last week’s JOFA Conference. But the highlight for me was Israeli Knesset member Ruth Calderon’s impromptu ...

I’ve just returned from a trip to Jerusalem where I participated in two important gatherings:  the Planning Summit for a ...

A numinous dream, last Wednesday:I am on Kibbutz Ein Dor, near the city of Afula in Northern Israel, visiting my ...

I have two issues with the title of this blog post. For one thing, I should not have to ask ...

The confluence of Thanksgiving and Hanukkah seems to have brought more than the usual rush of madness to Hanukkah, which ...

My recently-published memoir,  What Do You Buy the Children of the Terrorist Who Tried to Kill Your Wife? , chronicles ...