A vital incentive
May 22, 2013
Charitable giving is a time-honored American tradition that strengthens communities and sets the standard for the rest of the world. Read More
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The tools they need
May 14, 2013
During our roundtable discussion this week with participants in various local teen leadership programs, the students were asked, “What don’t adults get about teens?” Read More
Self defense
May 8, 2013
Fears that Syria’s civil war would spread into neighboring countries is an academic concern for much of the world, but an existential crisis in Israel. Read More
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At home and abroad
May 1, 2013
When talk turns to Jews and lobbying, the subject is usually Israel. Read More
Insult to injury
April 24, 2013
It’s a testament to America and humanity in general that calamities like the Boston Marathon bombings tend to generate more thoughtfulness than stupidity, more kindness than cruelty. Read More
A teacher’s response
April 17, 2013
In Boston, the Combined Jewish Philanthropies did not turn to a rabbi, a politician, or a terrorism expert to make sense of the unfolding tragedy. Instead, they shared the words of a third-grade teacher. Read More
Compromise at the Wall
April 9, 2013
Natan Sharansky stood up to the KGB over years of nonviolent resistance, opening one of the small cracks that would eventually bring down the Iron Curtain. Now he faces a perhaps more daunting task: Mediating efforts between pluralists and Orthodox authorities over access to the Western Wall. Read More
Leaps of empathy
April 3, 2013
In his March 21 speech in Jerusalem, President Obama asked young Israelis to make a leap of empathy. “I honestly believe that if any Israeli parent sat down with [Palestinian] kids, they’d say, ‘I want these kids to succeed,’” he said. Read More
‘We are you and you are us’
March 27, 2013
President Barack Obama’s visit to Israel seemed to accomplish many things. But perhaps the most important accomplishment of the two-day visit was the affirmation of what the Israeli government called the “deep and multifaceted relations between Israel and the United States.” Read More
The many meanings of Passover
March 20, 2013
A glorious aspect of Passover, which no doubt contributes to its wide observance among Jews of all stripes, is the flexibility of its message. Read More
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