A message to the Trump Peace team: Without Peace Education, there can be no...
August 5, 2018
Without peace education, one cannot begin to discuss peace
In order to advance peace, President Trump must lift the veil of secrecy, which is spread over the Palestinian education system.
Concerning US efforts to facilitate...
“The Crowd Is Untruth”: Why American Political Life Is Increasingly Deformed
“The crowd is untruth”
Soren Kierkegaard, Point of View, “That Individual”
To understand the broadly dysfunctional nature of current American politics, we must first learn to look more capably behind the news. There, suitably distant from any adrenalized jumble...
How Robots Can Help Us To Not Be Ourselves
Given the fact that robots are taking over so many of our human work activities, I was trying the other day to gain some perspective on some of the reasons that we have decided...
![By George Chernilevsky [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons](https://jewishwebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/800px-Port_of_Odessa_UA_2017_G3-324x235.jpg "Why does Qatar Need Ukraine’s Sea Ports?")
Why does Qatar Need Ukraine’s Sea Ports?
In a recent move, that went largely unnoticed by the international media, Qatar signed a memorandum of cooperation with Ukraine's Sea Ports Authority. The agreement establishes cooperation between the two countries in a variety...
It’s not ‘anti-Arab’ to criticize an Arab supporter of terrorism
Eight Jewish organizations this week signed a public statement accusing Israel of being, in effect, a racist state. Seven of them were left-of-center groups whose harsh criticism of Israel is old news. But one...
An end to illusions about Egypt
The Egyptian government recently passed a new law against spreading “rumors.” By “rumors,” the regime of Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi means anything that might undermine confidence in or tell the truth about his...
Stalking a Bus Station
Helping others is not political. It is good for the soul. When you help others, you forget about your own problems for awhile. In addition, nobody should make you feel bad about who you...
The internal struggle for the soul of Islam
Since Sept. 11, 2001, whenever there has been a terrorist attack in the West (and there have been many), the question everyone asks is: “Where are the moderate Muslims?”
Well, we are here, but our...
Why the Israelis aren’t as worked up about the Western Wall as Diaspora Jews
The future of prayer at the Western Wall has become one of the most contentious issues among Diaspora Jewry in the past year, mainly as a result of the Israeli government’s June 2017, suspension of a...
Leaders over simplify issues; others ignore them
Who can we trust in the complexities of political issues?
Politicians? Commentators?
None of the above?
For those Americans and Israelis reading this column, the examples of Donald Trump and Benyamin Netanyahu may be setting new standards...