How I became Chief Rabbi of the UAE * Carlebach is my name too * I talked to my 10-year-old about consent * I’m a proud, Orthodox, ‘Tikkun Olam’ Jew

[Times of Israel]( [The Blogs Weekly]( Thursday, August 27, 2020 From the blogs [Carlebach is my name too]( By [Neshama Carlebach]( [Can we hold the gray space of human failure and creativity? It’s not only a question about the music of my father Shlomo Carlebach]( [Ali Zak]( [10 years ‘chained’: Oshrat’s freedom might depend on a pedophile]( [When the witness to your wedding breaks Jewish law, he’s not a valid witness, and your wedding didn’t count. It shouldn’t take the Supreme Court to confirm that, but it just might]( From the blogs [How I became Chief Rabbi of the UAE and why that matters to global Jewry]( By [Yehuda Sarna]( [At times, I can hardly believe the things that have happened to me. But these stories are not just about me and not just about the Jews in the Emirates]( [Alon Goshen-Gottstein]( [Going to pray in Uman during a pandemic is not a right]( [As a frequent pilgrim to the site, I say the religious question is not whether you will get sick. It is whether you will make others sick. And you will.]( [Gidon Bromberg]( [Stopping fuel supplies into Gaza harms Israel]( [Most dramatically, sewage-pumping stations can’t operate, so thousands of liters of raw sewage are polluting the cross-border stream and groundwater]( From the blogs [Netanyahu’s identity crisis]( By [Donniel Hartman]( [Israel needs the great leader who takes risks for peace and forgoes military excess, not the petty politician who puts his own interests first]( [Akiva Gersh]( [I am a ‘Tikkun Olam’ Jew…and proud of it]( [My Orthodox religious observance was inspired by discovering Judaism’s specific and ancient mandate to fix the brokenness of our world]( [Yohanan Plesner]( [Netanyahu to appoint the AG he will face in court? That crosses a red line]( [The prime minister’s attempt to revamp Israel’s system for appointing top law enforcement officials is way out of bounds]( [Lauren Berkun]( [Given 40 seconds for a Jewish prayer at the DNC, what could I say?]( [Strength to the Democratic National Convention, for in this time of national crisis, every person has the potential to serve as an agent of change]( [Lazar Berman]( [‘The Jews are coming’ and that’s good for Israel]( [This show is not the work of ’anti-religious secularists’! Only people steeped in Bible and Jewish history could produce the love and sophistication of these sketches]( [Sarah Tuttle-Singer]( [I talked to my 10-year-old son about consent today]( [A 16-year-old was raped in Eilat this week. I’m still shaking with horror and rage that this happened to her. So I did the only thing I could do that might make a difference: I had a talk with my son this afternoon about consent. Because as his mother, among many other things, it is part of my job to make sure he doesn’t grow up to abuse or assault or rape anyone. Here’s how our conversation went down: “Baby, I want to talk to you for a minute. Can you come into the...]( more choice voices [Dillon Hosier]( [No, California’s governor did not sign an anti-Israel bill]( [The law mandates teaching ethnic studies in high school and college. The disturbing flaws in the first draft curriculum have largely been remedied]( [Jodi Samuels]( [The stranger among us]( [How to fight cruelty to vulnerable people: First, pay attention. Then, go get their money back from the loan sharks and pawnbrokers]( [David Sedley]( [Breaking barriers]( [Safe and secure boundaries prevent struggles and enmity between neighbors, and allow for long lasting peace, which can be extended far and wide (Shofetim)]( [Gilad Cohen]( [The advantages of free-trade agreements with Asia]( [Just think of the strategic and financial boon for Israel if its UAE deal eases trade routes with as many as 11 bustling Asian economies]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? [View in browser]( © 2020 The Times Of Israel, All Rights Reserved