Twenty-five years ago, the world was rocked by the assassination of Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin. Just a year after winning the Nobel Peace Prize – together with Shimon Peres and the PLO’s Yasser Arafat – for his part in…
Rabin’s Legacy: 25 Years Later
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Opinion We must be the heirs of Rabin’s dream
This essay is part of a collection of essays commemorating the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. The collection was produced in partnership with BINA: The Jewish Movement for Social Change. “When God returned the exiles of Zion, we were like dreamers” (Psalms 126:1) On the 25th anniversary of the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, I find…
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Opinion We are not the ones who have forgotten what it means to be Jewish
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Opinion Rabin’s legacy is not peace. It’s occupation.
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Opinion Yitzhak Rabin: Inspiration for Israel’s youth.
This essay is part of a collection of essays commemorating the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. The collection was produced in partnership with BINA: The Jewish Movement for Social Change. Yitzhak Rabin, assassinated 25 years ago this week, was an unlikely hero for young people. He was a 73-year-old man with a gruff military style who spoke…
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Opinion As a child of Israel’s periphery, I learned from Rabin we must be equal – and we must be one
This essay is part of a collection of essays commemorating the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. The collection was produced in partnership with BINA: The Jewish Movement for Social Change. Every November, when the State of Israel comes together to remember Yitzhak Rabin of blessed memory, a number of personal flashbacks rush through my mind. The year…
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Opinion We need to take back our Judaism and save our democracy
The Jewish people are an ideological people. The Jewish State is an ideological state. For as long as the State of Israel aspires to be a Jewish and democratic state, those who control the Judaism will control the democracy. This is not a religious statement. This is a political statement. Yitzhak Rabin, who devoted his…
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