Rabbi Dow Marmur
Rabbi Marmur is spiritual leader emeritus of Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto. Now a resident of Israel, he may be contacted via dow.marmur@sdjewishworld.com
Will a reelected Trump turn on Israel?
Only the naïve among us have ever believed that Donald Trump was personally committed to Israel and that his much heralded “deal of the century” would bring an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Skeptics...
The letter that Avigdor Liberman will never write
The “letter” below has, of course, never been written; it’s a product of my imagination. Yet without a move along its lines, Israel won’t have a government and we may have to go to...
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Gantz benefits from excesses of Netanyahu
Benny Gantz, the leader of Israel’s Blue and White party, may have a distinguished record as the former IDF chief of staff (as have two other leaders, Ashkenazi and Ya’alon) and an attractive manner,...
The calm in Israel – genuine or false?
Formally, Iran isn’t at war with Israel. But what about informally? The random reflections below are variations on this question.
Hamas and the splinter groups in Gaza, inspired and supported by Iran, are attacking Israel....
Worry over U.S. – Israel relations after Bibi, after Trump
Is it possible that the U.S. president, considered by many to be more supportive of Israel than any of his predecessors, uses the terminology of anti-Semites? Have his Jewish daughter and her family not...
Reasons for skepticism in Israeli election
In this last month before the elections in Israel I find it very difficult to believe anything the political parties are telling us about themselves. (This includes Benny Gantz, the leader of Blue and White, who often says...
Likud members swear fealty to Bibi
Avigdor Lieberman has stated publicly that because of his endeavor to promote a national unity government (consisting – of course- of himself, Likud, and Blue and White), Likud may have to choose another leader. He mentioned Yuli Edelstein, the...
Egos, maneuvers, muddy Israel’s coalition building
The promise implied in the return to politics of Ehud Barak – former chief of staff, prime minister and minister of defense – isn’t likely to materialize. The disclosure about his association with American...
Israel on limb whoever wins U.S. election
The more I read about Trump and Israel the more it seems clear that he wants to please not the Jews but Christian evangelicals of whom there’re many more than Jewish voters in the...
Ehud Barak re-enters Israel’s political fray
Prime Minister Netanyahu’s reported attempt to cancel the general election he called for next September is viewed as evidence that he knows that he’s likely to lose this time. His allegedly faithful ally Knesset...