The Talmud won’t pardon Donald Trump * What is ‘White genocide’? *COVID lessons from the first Gulf War * Religion after Corona

[Times of Israel]( [The Blogs Weekly]( Thursday, January 14, 2021 [30 years later: COVID lessons from the Iraqi Scud assault]( By [Boaz Dvir]( [The US can learn from Israel’s handling of a terrifying threat during Operation Desert Storm: Start by appointing a Corona spokesperson a la Nachman Shai]( [Donniel Hartman]( [Believing the unbelievable]( [Seeing the Capitol riots as an aberration may help us sleep at night, but we Jews know better — and yes, Holocaust comparisons are allowed]( From the blogs [‘White genocide’ and other horrific myths driving Jew-hating Capitol rioters]( By [Jonathan D. Sarna]( [A deep dive into American anti-Semitism reveals the dark roots of some hate symbols seen during the mobbing of the US Capitol]( [Daniel Landes]( [The Talmud won’t pardon Donald Trump]( [Jewish law introduces us to the ’cheat’ who relishes duping those under his power. The sages declare, ’We have no responsibility toward cheats.’]( [Alan Abrams]( [The cosplay Nazis of the Capitol rotunda]( [When we group Trumpists together with real Nazis, we blind ourselves to pain they feel – which we must see before we can expect them to see the pain of others]( [Jonathan Dekel-Chen]( [Unshackling Israel from Trump]( [In the end, even Trump’s pulling out of the Iran deal accomplished nothing more than good publicity for Netanyahu]( [Sherwin Pomerantz]( [American democracy triumphant]( [The framework has proved its mettle, but will the country coalesce into a governable entity whose members will find a way to cooperate for the common good?]( [The hottest commodity on the political market: Israeli Arabs]( By [Yoseph Haddad]( [To all courting this sector’s vote: they won’t suddenly call themselves Zionists or support the nation-state law, but they are eager to bridge the gaps in our society, together]( [Naomi Chazan]( [The Palestinians’ moment is coming]( [When the Likud courts the Arab vote, and the Saudis prioritize the Palestinian question, you know the ’peace process’ is headed back to the top of the national agenda]( [Kenneth Jacobson]( [Separate peaces]( [What the Palestinians should do to gain some measure of trust from Israel, and why it falls to them to pick up the baton]( [Ilai Z. Saltzman]( [The fallacy of Netanyahu’s Iran policy]( [Instead of abandoning the deal, the PM could have leveraged it for gains on Tehran’s ballistic missile program and disruptive regional policies]( [Jason Fredric Gilbert]( [Am I the Palestinian now?]( [Now who’s facing random roadblocks, getting interrogated and electing leaders who don’t serve their interests?]( [If the Sea of Galilee could speak: Religion after Corona]( By [Haviva Ner-David]( [I didn’t go back after our synagogue reopened and found I didn’t miss it much. There are other, better ways for me to meet my spiritual needs]( Top Ops [Dan Ornstein]( [Pharaoh 2020]( [For it was, in days of yore, when the Israelites left Goshen and the battle was over, and still Raamses refused to accept that he just couldn’t compete (Shemot)]( [Joshua Hammerman]( [Will Trump move to Israel?]( [Israelis like the US president, but do they understand what would have happened to their country if the mob had had its way at the Capitol? Hint: Nothing good]( [Naomi Bloom Wurtman]( [Ezra Gorodesky’s ‘very rare disease’ was a blessing]( [The eccentric, ’incurable’ collector and Jerusalem icon contributed countless treasures to cultural institutions, especially to the National Library of Israel]( [Joanna Maissel]( [The cyclamen grows upside-down]( [Go for a walk in any wild forest or green landscape in Israel right now and you’ll see the distinctive ’rakefet’ plant that became King Solomon’s crown]( [Guy Lurie]( [Task number one for the incoming Israel Police commissioner]( [The public has given your organization a failing grade for fairness and transparency. Do citizens believe this can change? Not so much]( [Michael Harvey]( [Will we recover from the Trump cult?]( [By the time even Fox News fought Trump’s ridiculous and dangerous claims, alternative news sites had taken its place – and fomented complete distrust of any naysayer]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? [View in browser]( © 2021 The Times Of Israel, All Rights Reserved