Weekly Highlights: My child is off meds * Why we rabbis met with Bibi * I’m running despite death threats * Farrakhan the anti-termite

[The Blogs]( [The Marketplace of Ideas]( Weekly Highlights Thursday, October 25, 2018 [‘Your child no longer needs the meds’: Postscript to sorrow]( By [A Parent]( [To be honest, a part of me almost hoped that day would never come — letting go of treatment was terrifying]( The Diaspora [Stuart Weinblatt]( [About that rabbis’ meeting with Bibi]( [The purpose of our Reform, Conservative and Orthodox Unity Mission was to engage constructively and not to hurl public criticism at Israel]( Analysis [Naomi Chazan]( [Nevertheless, they persist]( [If women manage to reduce the gender gap in the upcoming local elections, they’ll have the chance to make a real difference]( ELECTIONS [Ramadan Dabash]( [Despite death threats, I want to serve Jerusalem]( [I’m running for city council to stem the forces of extremism born of hopelessness]( toxic words [Howard Feldman]( [Farrakhan says he is an anti-termite]( [Without his social acceptance and the power it brings, he’d be just another racist preacher selling hate on the corner of Nowhere and Irrelevant]( RABBI REBELS [Francis Nataf]( [Kahane and Carlebach: Counterculture and its rabbis]( [How two very different Orthodox rabbis defied the establishment to promote true religiosity, for better and for worse]( SPOILER ALERT [Sarah Tuttle-Singer]( [I told my kids how the story ends]( [Time is short, and I’m done doubting myself every step of the way]( civic duty [Ben Greenberg]( [Voting as a new Israeli: So proud, so confused]( [If we’re all supposed to cast ballots based on identity, what about those of us who don’t fit in any one box?]( more Choice voices [Shuki Friedman]( [Rabbis, when it comes to elections, just say…nothing]( [In the likely event the candidate you endorsed turns out to be a crook, it’s a desecration of heaven and Torah]( [Laura Osman]( [Could the BRCA positive test be a lab error?]( [No one in my family had ever had breast or ovarian cancer — and I had to make some important decisions]( [Dillon Hosier]( [Israel and tomorrow’s America]( [Who’s in the perfect position to champion the Jewish state’s cause? Israeli immigrants to the US]( [Gidi Grinstein]( [Kumbaya is not what we need at the GA]( [We have to discuss the truly divisive issues, starting with: Is Israel the nation state of the entire Jewish People?]( [Abraham Katsman]( [Please, pro-Israel Democrats: Rescue your party]( [Dems, I must ask you: Is winning in the Midterms worth the price of sacrificing your ideals, of electing radical, Israel-hostile candidates?]( [Alcee L. Hastings]( [The importance of the US-Israel relationship]( [I am a staunch Democrat, and, like nearly all of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, I support Israel]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( © 2018 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL, All Rights Reserved