Gal Gadot is more ’white’ than the Queen of Egypt * Amy Coney Barrett and the question of Roe * Facebook Holocaust education * Ultra-Orthodox pa ndemic pride and shame

[Times of Israel]( [The Blogs Weekly]( Thursday, October 15, 2020 [‘Moser’ is one of the ugliest words in Judaism]( By [Henry Abramson]( [This deadly accusation has a tragic history, linked to the assassination of Rabin, and to a vicious attack in Brooklyn just last week]( [Jack Schwartz]( [Amy Coney Barrett’s supporters count on her beliefs swaying her rulings]( [Given Judge Barrett’s profound commitment to sectarian doctrine, it is unlikely, regardless of her disclaimers, that she would miss the opportunity of reversing Roe]( [Jehuda Haddad]( [The PM’s ‘buy made-in-Israel’ initiative will backfire. Here’s the solution]( [Mandating preference for ’blue-and-white’ goods will drive up prices. There is one approach that really will work: Increase work productivity]( [Zak Jeffay]( [With one post, Mark Zuckerberg changed Holocaust education forever]( [The hatred of anti-Semites and Holocaust deniers that was allowed to germinate and grow in the fertile soil of cyberspace has suffered an unimaginable blow]( [COVID-19 hit my Orthodox Israeli town hard. Here’s how we stopped the spread.]( By [Carol Green Ungar]( [Our rabbis, doctors and local government officials are all on the same page, and everyone – men, women, even small children – wears a mask]( [Blimi Marcus]( [Defiance and rampant desecration of God’s name in my Brooklyn neighborhood]( [Orthodox leadership could have encouraged my community to take the rules seriously and keep our loved ones safe. They failed… and worse]( [Rachel Gould]( [Our green lung is collapsing]( [One remaining pristine place of nature in Israel’s north is about to become apartments and roads and sidewalks — which I fear is the beginning of the end of Israel as we know it]( [Yosef I. Abramowitz]( [Needed at the World Zionist Congress: A last-minute rebellion of decency]( [The early pioneers, of whom we are so proud, drained the swamps of Israel to create productive farmland and rid the country of malaria. As the World Zionist Congress opens and picks the next head of the KKL-JNF Jewish National Fund, world Jewry and Benny Gantz are wading deeper into the swamp, embracing the toxic pollution from Israel’s broken political culture. The Reform and Conservative movements often complain that they have little say in Israel’s Knesset in order to express their values and advance their interests. The World Zionist Congress,...]( [Eran Ben Yemini]( [To save Israel’s environment, we must save the Jewish National Fund]( [The Zionist Congress is on course to reelect a JNF chair who disregards green voices. Progressive Jewish factions could still reverse the decree]( [Gal Gadot as Cleopatra is not whitewashing]( By [Dani Ishai Behan]( [Those protesting casting for the film about an Egyptian ruler 2 millennia ago ignore historical facts, starting with Cleopatra’s ethnic origins]( CHoice voices [Pesach Benson]( [COVID-19 imperils local Jewish media. That’s bad news for everyone]( [As papers close, I worry about ’news black holes,’ where local journalism cannot serve its role as a watchdog or fill the niche Jewish needs that mainstream media cannot meet]( [Bernard Brode]( [How to help the elderly avoid COVID isolation]( [Get them onto social media, help them avoid scams and fake news, but also — go old school and write them a letter]( [David Sedley]( [Postscript]( [Dead men write no books, whether they’re known for their almanacs or for the Five Books of Moses (VeZot HaBerachah)]( [Judith Margolis Friedman]( [I’m out of the conservative closet. Now for the mass unfriending]( [To my liberal friends: The next time you want to vent your spleen on social media, please re-think yourself, so we can still be friends]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? [View in browser]( © 2020 The Times Of Israel, All Rights Reserved