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  Darkness is the absence of recognition

  BG IMG LINK Previous Article Next Article “Moses held out his arm toward the sky and thick darkness descended upon all the land of Egypt for three days. People could not see one another, and for three days no one could get up from where he was.” (Exodus 10:22-23) When he was twelve, Aryeh Even…

  By Noah Efron

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  For women trapped in abusive relationships, quarantine can be more dangerous than COVID-19

  For most of us, the shelter-in-place order that followed the outbreak of the new coronavirus is a challenge. But for women trapped in abusive relationships, being confined to the home can be more life-threatening than COVID-19, the disease the virus causes. Domestic violence afflicts one in three women nationally, according to the Centers for Disease…

  By Marisa Fox-Bevilacqua Mar 28, 2020 | 6 min read
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  The silver lining of Benny Gantz’s astonishing betrayal

  Israeli politicians, with their famous lack of principles and shifting priorities, often make fools of prognosticators trying to discern the direction in which the country is headed. Along the way, they also tend to make fools of their own supporters, or anyone who placed a cautious amount of faith in them. Still, opposition leader Benny…

  By Abe Silberstein Mar 27, 2020 | 3 min read

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  Benny Gantz’s shameful betrayal of Israeli Arabs

  In an unexpected turn of events, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s main challenger, Benny Gantz, has been elected Knesset speaker. He won this position by securing the votes of the very right-wing groups that have been relentlessly delegitimizing and questioning his leadership for the past 14 months, while his left-wing allies — all of whom…

  By Muhammad Shehada Mar 26, 2020 | 4 min read
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  Coronavirus is going to radicalize millennials

  This pandemic is going to change us. It’s going to radicalize my generation. It has to radicalize us. I’m a millennial, born roughly in the middle of the millennial generation as defined by demographers. This means one of the first formative events of my childhood was the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, followed by the…

  By Joel Swanson Mar 26, 2020 | 4 min read
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  Dear President Trump: A fellow New Yorker is begging you – Make America COVID free again!

  Dear President Trump, I am a native New Yorker, just like you. I grew up in Manhattan and reside in Brooklyn. I am an attorney (yes, one of those people everyone loves to hate) and have a husband and a rescue puppy named Teddy. We are anxious, scared and practicing SOCIAL DISTANCING. SOCIAL DISTANCING! pic.twitter.com/H2jR59wArx…

  By Sophie Solomon Mar 25, 2020 | 2 min read
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  Nationalism got us here

  The rapid spread of COVID-19 around the world has led to the largest public health crisis in a generation. Global cases are nearing the 400,000 mark. The virus has brought the global economy to its knees, with economists increasingly in fear of a lasting depression. President Trump has consistently been a source of misinformation during…

  By Marcus Johnson Mar 25, 2020 | 3 min read
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  In the age of coronavirus, Israel’s blockade of Gaza is a death sentence

  Gaza, one of the most densely populated areas on earth, has become a ghost town. #صور l من شوارع #غزة عقب قرار وزارة الصحة بإغلاق المقاهي والأسواق والأماكن العامّة كإجراء احترازي لمنع تفشّي #فيروس_كورونا في القطاع.#Gaza #COVIDー19 pic.twitter.com/D0CrvIPMQ2 — بوابة اللاجئين الفلسطينيين (@refugeesps) March 22, 2020 On Sunday, after two people tested positive for COVID-19,…

  By Muhammad Shehada Mar 24, 2020 | 4 min read
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  I’m just so angry

  I’m angry and I can’t help but be angry about what this country faces. I’m not angry at the coronavirus that threatens to cause so much havoc it might unleash a second Great Depression. It’s just a virus, after all, that likely lurked in a bat somewhere in China until it was transferred into another…

  By Issac J. Bailey Mar 23, 2020 | 4 min read
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  Netanyahu is using coronavirus to assault Israel’s democracy

  It is understandable in a crisis such as the current pandemic that countries will declare states of emergency or impose emergency regulations. Removing red-tape, repurposing government agencies (including the military), and even restricting people’s movement are necessary to combat the rapid spread of the virus. But we should be extremely wary of the overreach of…

  By David N. Myers and Daniel Sokatch Mar 23, 2020 | 4 min read
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  Israel must act now to prevent a coronavirus disaster in Gaza

  Gazans used to joke that Israel’s blockade, which keeps out the world, will keep out the coronavirus — wishful thinking, it turned out; the coronavirus has finally come to Gaza. The results may be catastrophic, and Israel has a unique role in assisting current and future patients in Gaza. After 13 years of blockade imposed…

  By Mohammad Awawde and Zvi Bentwich Mar 23, 2020 | 4 min read