Are We Really This Selfish?
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t was almost the end of the day when suddenly all doors were locked down, and with no announcement we were trained in active shooting drills. A terrible fear filled […]
Continue readingJune 7, 2022
May 27, 2022
Jerusalem Day Flag Parade is a Reckless Embarrassment
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just got (another…) flat, while driving home from work, in Israel. In that this happened to me not that long ago and I had some much-needed additional coaching from my […]
Continue readingMay 25, 2022
Tired Of Excuses
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remember where I was when the Sandy Hook Elementary massacre took place. I was in ninth grade and sitting at lunch when the news broke. Someone had walked into an […]
Continue readingApril 27, 2022
The Letters Project: Israel Education that Meets the Moment
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e read with interest the April 19 article by Chloe E.G. Tross (TOA Graffiti Shows We Need Better Israel Education), in which Tross shares insights from her own Jewish education […]
Continue readingApril 21, 2022
The Passover Connection to Zionism and Campus Activism
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n Hebrew, Passover is also called the Holiday of Spring, Holiday of Matzot, and the Holiday of Freedom. Indeed, I love the arrival of spring, the food and the family […]
Continue readingApril 19, 2022
TOA Graffiti Shows We Need Better Israel Education
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ecently, Temple of Aaron was vandalized with anti-Zionist graffiti. What’s more, the language used suggests it could have been done by other Jews. While this is not confirmed, it brings […]
Continue readingApril 5, 2022
Watching The Terror In Israel From Afar
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he first quarter of 2022 that just ended brought with it many unfortunate international developments. As I was born in Ukraine and still have close family there, I was worried […]
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A World Disappearing Before Our Eyes…
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This piece originally ran on the blog of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the University of Minnesota. ike many of us, I have been heartbroken to see […]
Continue readingFebruary 25, 2022
The Jewish Case For Supporting Ukraine
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For much of my life, I hated Ukraine. As the son of Soviet Jewish immigrants, I grew up with stories of antisemitism, discrimination, and the Holocaust that gave the rationale […]
Continue readingJanuary 7, 2022
Dear 2021: A Look Back & Ahead
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ear 2021, You sure started off with a bang! Covid vaccinations have arrived! In February you decided to play a fun little game of “ how to get a vaccine […]
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