Miscellaneous Essays and Commentary

Collection of essays I wrote that do not fit into other categories
My Choice for (Little) Man of the Year

My Choice for (Little) Man of the Year

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Just what does "unprecedented levels" of police violence mean in 2023?

Just what does "unprecedented levels" of police violence mean in 2023?

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The Israel Medical Association and once-sterile environments

The Israel Medical Association and once-sterile environments

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Two stories you probably have not heard about Mount Meron and Lag B’Omer

Two stories you probably have not heard about Mount Meron and Lag B’Omer

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Interview: Anna Rezan, who brings to life little-known stories from Greece during the Holocaust

Interview: Anna Rezan, who brings to life little-known stories from Greece during the Holocaust

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Jewish Ukrainian's life blew up with the first bombs in Odessa.

Jewish Ukrainian's life blew up with the first bombs in Odessa.

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Interview with former South Sudanese Refugee in Israel

Interview with former South Sudanese Refugee in Israel

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Interview: Canadian social work student confronts antisemitism in her program

Interview: Canadian social work student confronts antisemitism in her program

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Jewish woman escapes from the Palestinian Authority

Jewish woman escapes from the Palestinian Authority

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Elie Joseph says he is fighting for the soul of Israel

Elie Joseph says he is fighting for the soul of Israel

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Ilana Shemesh: Israeli homebirth pioneer founds birthing center for Ugandan Jews

Ilana Shemesh: Israeli homebirth pioneer founds birthing center for Ugandan Jews

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Uzay Bulut: Interview with exiled Turkish non-Jew against antisemitism in Turkey

Uzay Bulut: Interview with exiled Turkish non-Jew against antisemitism in Turkey

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Merav Levi: I thought I would die a prostitute -- Interview

Merav Levi: I thought I would die a prostitute -- Interview

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Jewish doctor rescues abandoned girls in India. Interview with Dr. Michelle Harrison.

Jewish doctor rescues abandoned girls in India. Interview with Dr. Michelle Harrison.

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Shadi Khaloul and the unkept promise to the Aramaeans of Israel

Shadi Khaloul and the unkept promise to the Aramaeans of Israel

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Rami Younis: Back to Beit HaGefen to Incite Against Israel

Rami Younis: Back to Beit HaGefen to Incite Against Israel

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Interview: How MK Ofer Cassif passed the Rubicon into anti-Zionism

Interview: How MK Ofer Cassif passed the Rubicon into anti-Zionism

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Terror in Bnei Akiva, Lod

Terror in Bnei Akiva, Lod

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Jerusalem Day 2022: One Day -- Two Publications

Jerusalem Day 2022: One Day -- Two Publications

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Interview: Falsely arrested for peaceful support of Jews of Ramla

Interview: Falsely arrested for peaceful support of Jews of Ramla

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Arabs Against Themselves, Part I - Even MADA is not safe in Arab towns

Arabs Against Themselves, Part I - Even MADA is not safe in Arab towns

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Security, the Movie: The Power of Lies to Ruin Lives (and Reflections Related to Israel)

Security, the Movie: The Power of Lies to Ruin Lives (and Reflections Related to Israel)

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Jurassic Park Author Dedicated Entire Novel to Fake Media Before Fake Media was a Thing

Jurassic Park Author Dedicated Entire Novel to Fake Media Before Fake Media was a Thing

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Abu Ali Express -- not the shopping site, an Arab writing in Hebrew to Israelis

Abu Ali Express -- not the shopping site, an Arab writing in Hebrew to Israelis

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No Image

France and its Indigenous Muslims

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After Celebrating the Heroes....What Then?

After Celebrating the Heroes....What Then?

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Journalists Play "Fish" With the News

Journalists Play "Fish" With the News

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If Cyprus was Like Israel

If Cyprus was Like Israel

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Quebec Terrorists, the Israeli Joint Arab List and Democracy

Quebec Terrorists, the Israeli Joint Arab List and Democracy

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Election Paralysis? Let Me Help.

Election Paralysis? Let Me Help.

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Kirk Douglas: Academic Study Comes Out in Time for His Memorial

Kirk Douglas: Academic Study Comes Out in Time for His Memorial

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Ben-Dror Yemini: Not Always Saying What is Comfortable to Hear

Ben-Dror Yemini: Not Always Saying What is Comfortable to Hear

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Deal of the Century: Changing the Language If Not Much Else

Deal of the Century: Changing the Language If Not Much Else

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Sometimes Shows of Our Resilience Just Make Me Mad

Sometimes Shows of Our Resilience Just Make Me Mad

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EVERYONE is Making Trauma Worse for Philippine Kids in Israel

EVERYONE is Making Trauma Worse for Philippine Kids in Israel

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Takah Killing Stirs the Pot - Racism Floats to the Surface

Takah Killing Stirs the Pot - Racism Floats to the Surface

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Twin Sister of Kay Wilson's Murdered Friend Shares Her Story for First Time

Twin Sister of Kay Wilson's Murdered Friend Shares Her Story for First Time

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Former Haifa Mayor, Yona Yahav, and Reflections on Political Vision

Former Haifa Mayor, Yona Yahav, and Reflections on Political Vision

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McJesus: What Was Really Going On? What Should have Happened Instead?

McJesus: What Was Really Going On? What Should have Happened Instead?

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McJesus: Hold Your Horses!

McJesus: Hold Your Horses!

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Rabbi Sacks: The Arabs Are Our Cousins, Not The Muslims

Rabbi Sacks: The Arabs Are Our Cousins, Not The Muslims

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Margit Kovacs -- The Life of a Hungarian Jewish Artist 1902-1977

Margit Kovacs -- The Life of a Hungarian Jewish Artist 1902-1977

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From the Frying Pan into the Fire:  A Haifa Therapist Goes to Nahariya and Ma'alot

From the Frying Pan into the Fire: A Haifa Therapist Goes to Nahariya and Ma'alot

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American Jews -- Galloping to the Polling Stations in Israel?

American Jews -- Galloping to the Polling Stations in Israel?

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Ouch! The Nation-State Law and the Druze

Ouch! The Nation-State Law and the Druze

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Medical Care For Non-Israeli Arabs In Israel?

Medical Care For Non-Israeli Arabs In Israel?

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Moriscos: What If There Had Been A UN in the 1600s?

Moriscos: What If There Had Been A UN in the 1600s?

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Tripping in Samaria And Talking With Settlers

Tripping in Samaria And Talking With Settlers

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Terrorism Tourism (Or: What to do near Gaza on a Friday morning.)

Terrorism Tourism (Or: What to do near Gaza on a Friday morning.)

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60 Minutes On The Steps Outside Of Kiryat Arba

60 Minutes On The Steps Outside Of Kiryat Arba

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Times of Israel: Start Thinking About What You Write!

Times of Israel: Start Thinking About What You Write!

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Mudar Zahran: Promising Jews A Garden Of Eden

Mudar Zahran: Promising Jews A Garden Of Eden

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Did The Jordan Is Palestine Conference Live Up To Expectations?

Did The Jordan Is Palestine Conference Live Up To Expectations?

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Much Ado About Mudar Zahran

Much Ado About Mudar Zahran

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Jordan Is Palestine: So What? The Conference Review Part I

Jordan Is Palestine: So What? The Conference Review Part I

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Contradiction In Ki Tisa: Stiff-Necked Appeasers

Contradiction In Ki Tisa: Stiff-Necked Appeasers

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Ras Ali – Bedouin Success Story

Ras Ali – Bedouin Success Story

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Khawaled Access Road: Discrimination Or Common Sense?

Khawaled Access Road: Discrimination Or Common Sense?

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Fahad Almasri: Roadmap For Peace Between Syria And Israel

Fahad Almasri: Roadmap For Peace Between Syria And Israel

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Syria's Fahad Almasri Continues To Woo Israel - Is He A New Sadat?

Syria's Fahad Almasri Continues To Woo Israel - Is He A New Sadat?

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Israel Versus Palestine: Punctuating History And Narratives In The Middle East

Israel Versus Palestine: Punctuating History And Narratives In The Middle East

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Obama's Choice: Mommy Or Daddy? Dream Or Reality?

Obama's Choice: Mommy Or Daddy? Dream Or Reality?

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Dear John (Kerry): No "E's" For Effort Handed Out Here

Dear John (Kerry): No "E's" For Effort Handed Out Here

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Arab American Institute Predicted UNSC Resolution 2334 In October

Arab American Institute Predicted UNSC Resolution 2334 In October

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UNSC Resolution 2334: I Am Glad The US Abstained And Here Is Why

UNSC Resolution 2334: I Am Glad The US Abstained And Here Is Why

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Joseph Aaron Stang: Galut, The Court Jew, And Arab Law

Joseph Aaron Stang: Galut, The Court Jew, And Arab Law

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The Balfour Declaration: How British PM Theresa May Got It Wrong

The Balfour Declaration: How British PM Theresa May Got It Wrong

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Multiculturalism In Toronto As I Wrote About It In 1974

Multiculturalism In Toronto As I Wrote About It In 1974

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Fahad Almasri Offers Israel Real Peace And Middle East Stability . . . But . . .

Fahad Almasri Offers Israel Real Peace And Middle East Stability . . . But . . .

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One Week After Haifa's Fires The Real Story Begins

One Week After Haifa's Fires The Real Story Begins

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Pyro-Terrorism In Israel: 7 Points to Ponder

Pyro-Terrorism In Israel: 7 Points to Ponder

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Why Are There Exactly 72 Virgins Waiting In Heaven For The Islamic Martyr?

Why Are There Exactly 72 Virgins Waiting In Heaven For The Islamic Martyr?

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Yom Kippur Blanket Forgiveness -- Can That Work?

Yom Kippur Blanket Forgiveness -- Can That Work?

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Yom Kippur Blanket Apology -- Sincere Or A Pointless Temporary Fix?

Yom Kippur Blanket Apology -- Sincere Or A Pointless Temporary Fix?

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Does Hillary Need To Atone For Her Handling Of The 1975 Rape Case?

Does Hillary Need To Atone For Her Handling Of The 1975 Rape Case?

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Kirk Douglas – Can You Really Liken Trump To Hitler? Really?

Kirk Douglas – Can You Really Liken Trump To Hitler? Really?

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Is Syria A Country Worth Fighting For? Should Israel Care?

Is Syria A Country Worth Fighting For? Should Israel Care?

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Workplace Sexual Harassment In The White House -- Time For Hillary To Come Clean About It

Workplace Sexual Harassment In The White House -- Time For Hillary To Come Clean About It

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Who's In Cahoots With The Russians: Hillary or Donald?

Who's In Cahoots With The Russians: Hillary or Donald?

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Livni at Shurat HaDin -- No Left & No Right

Livni at Shurat HaDin -- No Left & No Right

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Nir Barkat: How To Beat Terrorism

Nir Barkat: How To Beat Terrorism

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Surprise: Poor American Muslims Are The Victims Of Orlando Terror

Surprise: Poor American Muslims Are The Victims Of Orlando Terror

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The Iran Deal - Is Netanyahu Vindicated?

The Iran Deal - Is Netanyahu Vindicated?

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Syrian Refugees Don't Stay Home to Fight for Syria

Syrian Refugees Don't Stay Home to Fight for Syria

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Reflections on the French Flag Filter on Facebook

Reflections on the French Flag Filter on Facebook

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UNESCO: The Eiffel Tower is a Sacred Muslim Site

UNESCO: The Eiffel Tower is a Sacred Muslim Site

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Watch Your Language, Ynetnews!

Watch Your Language, Ynetnews!

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Yisrael Katz: Belgian Chocolate and Terrorism

Yisrael Katz: Belgian Chocolate and Terrorism

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Syrian Refugees and Their Own War Effort

Syrian Refugees and Their Own War Effort

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Coming Home/Missing Home: Toronto and Israel

Coming Home/Missing Home: Toronto and Israel

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British Mandate of Israel - OOPS! - Palestine

British Mandate of Israel - OOPS! - Palestine

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The Feisal-Weizmann Agreement Is Not What it Appears

The Feisal-Weizmann Agreement Is Not What it Appears

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Hanukkah Then and Now: Let's Not Be So Naive

Hanukkah Then and Now: Let's Not Be So Naive

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Torah Ambivalence Toward Rape - Deuteronomy 21:10-14

Torah Ambivalence Toward Rape - Deuteronomy 21:10-14

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Passover: the 10th Plague & Protecting Our Kids

Passover: the 10th Plague & Protecting Our Kids

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Peering Into A Damaged Mirror: What You See From Here is Not What You See From There.

Peering Into A Damaged Mirror: What You See From Here is Not What You See From There.

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Psychotherapy Can Be a Religious Experience - Joel 2:12

Psychotherapy Can Be a Religious Experience - Joel 2:12

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Hating the Hate and the Syrian Refugees

Hating the Hate and the Syrian Refugees

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Who Is a Colonialist? With My Apologies to England and France

Who Is a Colonialist? With My Apologies to England and France

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Three Refuge Cities – Deuteronomy 4:41-49 – Part II

Three Refuge Cities – Deuteronomy 4:41-49 – Part II

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Sealing Out the Night - A Wartime Diary

Sealing Out the Night - A Wartime Diary

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Enemies of the Jews - Parashat Va’ethannan: Deuteronomy 7:1-11

Enemies of the Jews - Parashat Va’ethannan: Deuteronomy 7:1-11

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What if Esau Had Received His Rightful Blessing? (Genesis 27:1-30)

What if Esau Had Received His Rightful Blessing? (Genesis 27:1-30)

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Right-Wing Demonstration in Haifa - 10 October 2015

Right-Wing Demonstration in Haifa - 10 October 2015

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Descendants of Esau and Jacob: Naming Names and Telling Tales (Genesis 36:1-43)

Descendants of Esau and Jacob: Naming Names and Telling Tales (Genesis 36:1-43)

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Shira Rubin: Dishonest Reporting on Israel

Shira Rubin: Dishonest Reporting on Israel

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Esau versus Jacob: Naming Names and Telling Tales (Genesis 36:1-43)

Esau versus Jacob: Naming Names and Telling Tales (Genesis 36:1-43)

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Coming Home: An Israeli in Sierra Leone

Coming Home: An Israeli in Sierra Leone

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“Chosen” People? Tolerated, Perhaps. (Ha’azinu: Deuteronomy 32: 19-28)

“Chosen” People? Tolerated, Perhaps. (Ha’azinu: Deuteronomy 32: 19-28)

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Power of choice (Ha’azinu: Deuteronomy 32: 19-28)

Power of choice (Ha’azinu: Deuteronomy 32: 19-28)

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Former Refugees Have a Dream: A Kibbutz in South Sudan

Former Refugees Have a Dream: A Kibbutz in South Sudan

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Joseph's Brothers Prostrated Themselves - Are We? (Bereshit 42:1-7)

Joseph's Brothers Prostrated Themselves - Are We? (Bereshit 42:1-7)

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Israeli Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis

Israeli Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis

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Lerman, Not Up to the Challenge?

Lerman, Not Up to the Challenge?

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Ritual Washing, Mindfulness, and New Beginnings (Exodus 30:17-21)

Ritual Washing, Mindfulness, and New Beginnings (Exodus 30:17-21)

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Sam Harris: Not an Antisemite and Not Pro-Zionist

Sam Harris: Not an Antisemite and Not Pro-Zionist

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What Has Deuteronomy Got to Do with Bullies on Facebook? (Deuteronomy 19:15-21)

What Has Deuteronomy Got to Do with Bullies on Facebook? (Deuteronomy 19:15-21)

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Is Our Only Hope Via a Strong Arm Policy? (Exodus 13:17-14:31)

Is Our Only Hope Via a Strong Arm Policy? (Exodus 13:17-14:31)

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First Inspiration - Deuteronomy 33-34: Understanding Being the Parent of Adult Children

First Inspiration - Deuteronomy 33-34: Understanding Being the Parent of Adult Children

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Professor Sternhell says Israel is becoming fascist. Are we?

Professor Sternhell says Israel is becoming fascist. Are we?

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