Balfour, Rothschild and the ostrich
There can be no hope of a peaceful and just resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict while the Palestinians are denying the fundamental historical truths that lie at the core of the dispute.
Building tolerance – even for haredim
Extreme secularism alienates the ultra-Orthodox, preventing them from integrating into Israeli society.
Everyone is fighting a different battle in Beit Shemesh
Many secular Jews possess the absurd belief that all haredim, or even all religious Jews, are of the same mindset as the extremists.
Gevalt! The Jerusalem Post!
“It tears the heart," exclaimed Rabbi Sherer, that I could write such things “for the whole world to see in The Jerusalem Post!”
Look before you leap – a tale of two frogs
Why did the painted frog disappear? Because its habitat was thought to be nothing more than a malaria-breeding "wasteland." But there are no wastelands in nature.
The 7 Wonders of the Jewish World
A new list: The 7 Wonders of the Jewish World, with “world” not being a geographical location, but the full realm of Jewish experience.
The making of post-haredism
As a result, many people in haredi society have grown dissatisfied, and are forced out by dissatisfaction with the narrow boundaries of haredi thought.
The problem with Intelligent Design
What about all those phenomena for which there is a scientific explanation?
