In future timesâmay they be happier and calmerâwe will remember the year between April 2019 and March 2020 as Israelâs annus horribilis. ...
"I remember where, or whom, each object came from, what it stands for, and why Iâve kept it." ...
When my daughter Bracha decided to sell her apartment in Modiâin, a small city between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, and move to a spacious corner house in Elkana, one of the first settlements over the so-called Green Line, no ideology or nefarious government scheme played any part in her decision. ...
Countries with proportional election systems usually resist political paralysis. When multiple parties can form coalitions, the theory goes, polarization wonât happen as readily. ...
Iâve worn a yarmulke in public every day of my adult life. While I can recall a few times when someone yelled at me or hurled an insult my way, these have generally been rare occurrencesâexcept when Iâm also holding my husbandâs hand. ...
Today, journalism is under attack on an unprecedented scale. It has always been the target of those who want to obfuscate facts and spread confusion. ...
In many ways, Edith Halpert embodied the spirit of American pragmatism, which is how she explained herself: âI either had to stagnate, which was a thing I dreaded, or go ahead, and the only way to go ahead was to do something beyond what I was doing." ...