The Jerusalem Post

I am resigning as a Blue and White delegate to the World Zionist Congress  (WZC), which starts on October 20, 2020. Although personally honest, Blue and White’s leader, Benny Gantz, fell into the trap of treating the Zionist Congress like a juicy carcass for sleazy pols …

Hypocrisy alert:  why do the Trumpaphobes who gleefully report that Vladimir Putin and the Russians hope Donald Trump is re-elected, overlook the intelligence analyses claiming that China and Iran are rooting for Joe Biden? I know it’s bad form to make complex arguments shortly before …

Q: What’s worse than a Sukkot-in-Seger, with Sukkah huts lacking guests? A: A Sukkot-in-Chaos-and-Cowardice, with leaders lacking the guts to stop political violence. The bloody clashes during this lovely if too-quiet Sukkot for most demand a bold response from our leaders — especially the man …

Sukkot, the feast of Tabernacles, our temporary hut holiday, is also the Great Jewish Guest-a-Thon. This year, with guests from our world banned, let’s welcome more guests from the mystical world. The Kabbalistic ushpizin  custom – guests in Aramaic – welcomes one of Israel’s “seven shepherds” …

The Rosh Hashanah death of the 87-year-old Supreme Court Justice and liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg has sent the already edgy American Jewish community into a tizzy.  One synagogue replaced the traditional Rosh Hashanah Haftorah with an earnest but culture-clashing and cringe-worthy singing of Ginsburg’s …

Whenever I jog in the Old City, I stop at this amazing spot overlooking the Western Wall, grasp the top of the railing, and prop myself up about five times. I look like I’m exercising my biceps, but I’m really stretching my soul. Last week, …

The New York Times  recently ran a stunning report: “Parents Got More Time Off; Then the Backlash Started.” The article detailed how America’s wealthiest tech companies  unintentionally “created a rift between parents offered more benefits” this year “and resentful workers who don’t have children.” Haves weren’t …

This week, PublicAffairs of Hachette published Never Alone: Prison, Politics and My People , by Natan Sharansky and me, culminating a three-year dialogue about the Israel-Diaspora dialogue.  The copyright page says: “Printed in the United States of America” – but the book truly was made in …

So, you’ve made it to Israel for the year? Welcome. Now, you must serve two successive sentences – a two week bidud  – quarantine – to ensure your body is healthy, followed by a ten-month experience to stretch your soul. Use this time. Prepare for this …

These days, the angel of death seems to be hovering above, swooping down more than usual – and not just via the coronavirus. My fifth month of mourning my mother began with three blows: a favorite teacher, the Revolutionary War historian Bernard Bailyn, died at …