"How do we reach Jewish young people?" has long been one of the central mantras of the organized Jewish community, as those of us who work as Jewish professionals can surely attest. But while we wring our hands over at the state of the Jewish future, a remarkable new generation...
Posted September 30, 2010 | 13:15:33 (EST)
The deadline on Israel's "settlement freeze" has come and gone. On the West Bank, construction crews are gearing back up and the settler celebrations have begun. Abbas is mulling over his options with the Arab League. Once again, the peace process seems...
Posted June 2, 2010 | 22:55:44 (EST)
As I read the myriad of reactions to the Gaza Freedom Flotilla tragedy last Sunday, I'm struck by one recurring theme: the sense of astonishment that these activists responded to the Israeli Navy with violence.
In other words, they didn't act according to the script. They didn't behave...
Posted May 11, 2010 | 21:25:25 (EST)
I've noticed an interesting pattern in Alan Dershowitz's recent HuffPo columns.
On April 21 he smeared Jeremy Ben Ami and the pro-peace, pro-Israel lobbying group J Street, putting words in Ben Ami's mouth and saying that J Street has "gone over to the dark side."
On May 4 it was...

Posted September 29, 2011 | 13:43:16 (EST)