December 6, 2019
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I’m going back to Israel next week with the 248 Community Action Network Cohort as part of a program to explore initiatives that foster stronger community connections & strengthen Jewish identity. It feels strange to say. My own sense of Jewish identity has long been fraught with doubt on a spiritual, institutional, and social level. […]
Continue readingNovember 14, 2019
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I’m sitting over my computers, bleary-eyed, weary and pale clicking through eBay. My favorite designer Eileen Fisher again. Yes, I’m powerless over Eileen but this time I have someone besides myself to blame – Islamic Jihad. Two days ago they escalated their rocket attacks over Israel. The target area is all of Israel. Last I […]
Continue readingNovember 1, 2019
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Here’s something I’d like people to know about me: I’m a free speech absolutist. It doesn’t seem like that is an overly revelatory statement for someone who has been a professional journalist for as long as I have, but there you have it. I feel like it’s as good a time as any to out […]
Continue readingSeptember 24, 2019
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Episode 1 is here! A coherent explainer of Israel’s election and what happens next. Plus, are we heading to a reckoning with sexual abuse in the Jewish community? And not everything has to be bageled! (Available on Spotify, Stitcher, Podbean, and later today, Apple Podcast).
Continue readingSeptember 20, 2019
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The reign of Benjamin Netanyahu may slowly be coming to an end.
Continue readingAugust 21, 2019
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A simple Google search for “Israeli Craft Beer” might surprise you with its results. In this area, Israel is, yet again, a “Start-Up Nation.” Unlike vineyards and wineries that are as ancient as biblical times, beer breweries are relative newcomers. Craft breweries now dot the Israeli map, boasting names that reflect their locations and brewing […]
Continue readingAugust 20, 2019
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The Israel-U.S. relationship has been through many rocky times, so this one is no exception beyond the details themselves. Maybe it’s worth reflecting on that and striving for levelheadedness in reaching the big conclusions. Can the relationship endure?
Continue readingAugust 19, 2019
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Today’s press conference took place at the Minnesota State Capitol.
Continue readingAugust 15, 2019
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The secret is that though we have rarely been welcomed, we always do the welcoming.
Continue readingJuly 12, 2019
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I never ascribed any real faith to Christianity until I took these two photos, strolling through a tour of the Old City of Jerusalem last October. The Church of the Holy Sepulcher loomed around us – the tourists, believers, and I – and Jerusalem gave Christianity the kind of […]
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