By Leonard Fein
Israel refuses to examine people who claim refugee status on a case-by-case basis. By Israel’s preferred definition, asylum seekers are ‘infiltrators.’ So much for being gracious to the stranger.
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By Hillel Halkin
Yitzhak Rabin was poised to return the Golan Heights to Syria as part of a peace deal. Hillel Halkin writes that the current civil war proves why that would have been a catastrophic decision.
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By Stav Shaffir
Israel needs to use technology to open up its government to society. Stav Shaffir says that’s one way to restore young people’s faith in the system to change their lives for the better.
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By Laura Rozen
Dzokhar Tsarnaev will be tried fairly, defended and punished. Thanks to our justice system, America may get some important answers about the Boston Marathon terror bombing.
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By J.J. Goldberg
Resistance to Benjamin Netanyahu’s tough stance with the Palestinians is growing from an unlikely source. Israel’s military brass is alarmed that his policies could backfire.
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By Leonard Fein
A Boston resident, Leonard Fein, was in Jerusalem when terror struck in his hometown. What can Israel teach us about how to deal with violence?
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By Shayna Zamkanei
Why are we joyous on Lag B’Omer? Should we be mourning during the Omer? The answers are not as straightforward as they seem.
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By Robert Zaretsky
France’s Chief Rabbi Gilles Bernheim portrayed himself as the personification of morality over politics. But he did himself in with a shocking failure of ethical judgment.
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By Dana Evan Kaplan
There’s a new controversy roiling the Reform movement: Can an applicant to rabbinic school be married to or dating a non-Jewish partner?
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By David Hazony
American gun-rights backers have sought to invoke Israel’s experience to bolster their claim that a heavily armed society is safer. If only they knew how wrong they are.
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Cleveland Kidnapping, Elizabeth Smart and Us
Tracing the Jewish Origins of the Holy Ghost
Ethical Kosher Seal Stalls Amid Orthodox Opposition
Baby Boomers’ Rocky Road to Jewish Love
Rama Burshtein Offers Rare Glimpse of Orthodox World
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