Israel
“Rabbi, please, let me immerse in the mikveh alone!”
I have two issues with the title of this blog post. For one thing, I should not have to ask ...
The Thanksgiving Nakba
The confluence of Thanksgiving and Hanukkah seems to have brought more than the usual rush of madness to Hanukkah, which ...
How My Memoir Convinced the NY Post to Advocate for Israel’s Destruction
My recently-published memoir, What Do You Buy the Children of the Terrorist Who Tried to Kill Your Wife? , chronicles ...
Good Reasons to Institute Civil Marriage in Israel? We’ve Got Thousands.
Avishalom Westreich and Pinhas Shifman, religious Israeli legal scholars of marriage and divorce law who presented compelling proposals at JOFA’s Agunah ...
The Demise of the Chief Rabbinate
In the spring of 1921, Rabbi Abraham Isaac HaKohen Kook became the first Chief Rabbi of the Land of Israel ...
Yitzhak Rabin: Captain, O My Captain!
The yahrzeit for slain Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, passed with scant notice here a few days ago on the 12th of ...
Give Peace A Chance?
When news broke last week that Israelis and Palestinians had agreed to a new round of peace talks, how did ...
Empathy for a Convicted Aryan Brotherhood Killer
If we fail to treat others, even the worst among them, humanely, than it is we who ceed the ‘moral ...
Why I hope a Right-Winger Becomes the Next Chief Rabbi of Israel
There is a big election coming up on Wednesday, one many American Jews might not be aware of. In response ...
Queer, Trans*, and In Israel
Living in Israel, for me, meant mastering the art of feigning ignorance. “Ani lo mevin, ani lo mevin. Rak midaber ...