The ‘post-9/11 world’ is really two worlds of attitude and action
By AMY EILBERG
Amidst the din of political speech this week, the nation will engage in some collective moments of quiet, contemplating the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2011. All will agree that the events of 9/11 changed our lives, and changed the world radically. But [...]

Sharia is being misused in certain parts of the world, but that certainly doesn’t apply to America, where concerns about a ‘creeping Sharia law’ are the stuff of pure paranoia
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By ABRAHAM H. FOXMAN
NEW YORK (JTA) — The threat of the infiltration of Sharia, or Islamic law, into the American court system is one of the [...]

Israel’s popular revolt started with an outcry about the price of cottage cheese and now envelops the entire Jewish state
By MOSHE GIT
A bicycle rider bends his head in preparation for the travails of the upcoming journey, while persistently pushing down on the pedals beneath him. This feature of bicycle riding has been used to portray [...]

Ten-day tour provides resources for Israel advocates on North American college campuses
By ELIANNA MINTZ
We were 26 college students, two chaperones and a tour guide aboard five rafts floating down the fabled Jordan River. On the eighth day of a 10-day tour, we wanted to make the most of our short time left in Israel.
Israel Firsthand
Prior [...]

Resolution was flawed
On July 7, the U.S. House of Representatives considered H. Res. 268, a resolution regarding Israel and Palestine. Instead of supporting or opposing this resolution, I decided to vote “present,” because I agreed with some provisions, but found others problematic.
I strongly agree with many of the resolution’s principles. For example, I steadfastly [...]

Brava, Maestra!
On June 1, the St. Paul JCC Symphony played a great, surprising concert under the baton of their wonderful conductor, Marina Liadova. It was a gift to the audience.
The program was carefully and masterly constructed in a way that the audience could enjoy a mix of classical and contemporary pieces, as well as a [...]

Friedman’s master class
I was at the Minneapolis Talmud Torah event honoring Thomas Friedman, and came away with a different impression of what happened (“About People,” 5-27-11 AJW).
There were two people pressing Friedman about Israel; but there were many more who were mesmerized by the extraordinary insight and perspective he brought to understanding the rapidly evolving [...]

Brilliant author, rabbi
I read with interest Neal Gendler’s review of Sacred Trash: The Lost and Found World of the Cairo Geniza.
Another equally fascinating book about the discovery of the Geniza is The Sacred Treasure: The Cairo Genizah (Jewish Lights Publishing) by Rabbi Mark Glickman.
Glickman is a congregational rabbi in the Seattle area. His book [...]

Israel’s security needs
I deeply appreciate Alisa Warshavsky’s column, “Support Israel in a time of crisis” (4-1-11 AJW). It’s great to read something truthful about what life in Israel is really like.
As anyone who has been to Israel knows, life on the ground there is complex, mostly peaceful and noticeably busy, with groups active in Jewish-Palestinian [...]

A replay of Operation Cast Lead would be stupidity squared
By MOSHE GIT
Reportedly, Judge Richard Goldstone, the person who headed up the commission that investigated Israel’s Cast Lead campaign in the Gaza Strip more than two years ago, became agitated when he heard Eli Yishai, Israel’s Interior Minister, declare that Goldstone would himself withdraw the report [...]