Israel
The Shame of Israel
It was after sustaining over 1,000 rockets fired into Southern Israel from the Gaza Strip since the beginning of 2012, ...
Let’s Dance at The Kotel
The recent reports of women being dragged from the Kotel — the Western Wall — while Torah scrolls were ripped ...
Mr. Prime Minister, Tear Down This Wall!
In June 1975, I was getting ready to leave Israel after a year of study. I bumped into a friend ...
An Intentional Detour
In my last few blogs, I wrote of my hope that The Promise of Israel can help foster a new ...
Ideas Do Matter
In my previous blog, I wrote that I hoped that The Promise of Israel might give new shape and direction to the ...
The Nation-State
People sometimes ask: What would you like your book to accomplish? In this case, my answer is easy: I would be thrilled ...
“Wow! I Didn’t Know I Live in Such a Progressive Country!”
Having traveled frequently to Israel for the last decade, I have many amusing stories of security interviews before boarding flights ...
The Dangers of Nice
When I set out to write the story of the Aleppo Codex, I imagined that I would be writing an uplifting ...
My First “Freedom Ride”
A couple of years ago I learned about a new front in the internal Israeli struggle over religious freedom: gender ...
Five Comix about Israel Worth Reading
As a public speaker and comic book educator, people often ask me to recommend comic books or graphic novels of ...