Tuesday June 19, 2018 | 5 Tammuz 5778
We asked this question one year ago, so we’d now like to see if your answers have changed. We’ll run a comparison in our next print edition, coming out July 1. Love him or hate him, you’ve got to admit he brings out opinions! Share yours in our poll!
Last month’s events unfolded with nauseating familiarity. We have seen this time and again. One side provokes the other which leads to response which leads to retaliation which leads to violence, accusations and the beginnings of new provocations. The only difference is the number of casualties and the heat of the lulls as we […]
In my dreams, I can see a better way in Gaza. Palestinians spent weeks engaged in a “Great March of Return,” a series of protests at the Gaza-Israel border that have included gunfire at Israel Defense Forces soldiers, throwing rocks and rolling burning tires at the security fence. Palestinians have been wounded and killed […]
The Chronicle recently featured three commentaries on the U.S. embassy in Israel. All favored its move to Jerusalem. On an issue this fraught, it seemed important to present an alternative view. To be sure, one of the commentaries, by Zak Mazur, appeared to oppose the embassy move. But as Mazur made clear, he was only […]
Gideon Taylor of the World Jewish Restitution Organization writes this piece on the successful efforts of Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) to get restorative legislation passed. Now, Taylor wants to see it pass the House of Representatives. Seventy-three years ago, Howard Melton was liberated from a death march from the […]
From its pre-state days, Israel has aspired to be both a light to the nations and a normal country like any other. These two countervailing goals were articulated by Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion. He often spoke to the aspiration that Israel should become, in the language of Isaiah, “a light to the […]
International politics is roiling, like a pot that needs its lid lifted. We hear of controversial news regarding Israel – does it ever leave you feeling angry or conflicted? Has Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s questionable attentiveness to Diaspora relations left you wondering? No doubt, the news out of Israel can be difficult to synthesize at […]
Let me get this out of the way: I believe Jerusalem — certainly western Jerusalem; definitely the Jewish Quarter of the Old City; and even some neighborhoods in the eastern half of the city — are Israel’s rightful capital. Given my view, one would assume I’m elated that President Donald Trump formally recognized Jerusalem […]
I felt furious over the controversy this past December about whether the world should recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital city. I am no fan of President Donald Trump and his administration. Yet I have to say that purely on the merits, he was right about this issue. In fact, the U.S. and the whole […]
I have good news and I have bad news. The good news is that the government is taking climate change really seriously. Truly, it is. “Effects may be felt in all aspects of life, including: water, public health, agriculture, energy, biodiversity, coastal infrastructure, natural disasters, national security, and more,” warns a government website. “Climate […]
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