Tag: Israel
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Lessons From The Last Attack On Gaza
The last attack on Gaza was a failure. It’s essential that we learn from it, and don’t support Israel unconditionally.
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Circumcision Makes No Sense (And That’s Okay)
We’re wasting our breath trying to convince people that circumcision is logical. Because it isn’t.
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Blurry Glasses Reveal Hate Of “Ultra-Orthodox” Jews
A reflection on the recent spate of hate directed at Hareidi Jews after a story about blurry glasses went viral.
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Israelis and the Space-Scarcity Mentality
Guest post by Rivka Nehorai. “That remark was completely out of context for us. Israelis are notorious for being pushy when in line.”
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Jews Are Peculiar
I have thought before about the fact that many Jews have this strange look and way about them. How terrible, how racist, how politically incorrect, I know.
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Everything Is A Gift
How moving to Israel (and back to America) helped me appreciate the gift of life.
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Don Draper Is A Tzadik
A guest post by Lorelai Lehrer: “Don Draper – tzadik? What could be a more intriguing twist in the story – and what is more appealing than a character that struggles to overcome his dark side and comes out into the light?”
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Distractions
It’s beautiful to see that Jews care, that they’re passionate and they want so badly to change the world. There’s no bigger testament to the fact that we are the chosen people. But it’s also ugly.
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New York City And Israel: The Holy Connection
I never really got New York. It always seemed to be so fast, and so crazy and everyone seemed just a little full of themselves. Who in their right mind would want to live here, my Midwestern mind would wonder. I’d have a heart attack.