An Arab mother’s voice * Silence and sexual predation * The coming war in northern Israel * I’m a Jewish space laser arsonist * Pesach in the Gulf

[Times of Israel]( [The Blogs Weekly]( Thursday, March 18, 2021 [A mother’s voice]( By [Nasreen Hadad Haj-Yahya]( [Anarchy now reigns in Arab locales, and I know that my loved ones could be harmed; I therefore turn to you, my Jewish friends, to support our demand for peace and security]( [Yadin Kaufmann]( [George Washington understood term limits; why doesn’t Netanyahu?]( [When it comes to the health of Israeli democracy, we may not know who will be the best leader, but we sure know who won’t. Enough is enough!]( [Dan Ben-David]( [These 3 critical domestic problems should determine how you vote]( [Does your candidate have a policy plan to address the core reasons Israel is falling behind? If not, vote for someone else]( [Hannah in the tabernacle of Yehuda Meshi Zahav]( By [Joshua Berman]( [Eradicating serial sexual predation from the religious community means coming to grips with the complicit silence of those in the know]( [CRM]( [Orna Mizrahi]( [A widescale war on Israel’s northern front?]( [In the off chance that war does break out, it will be a multi-front clash with the entire Shiite axis, not just Hezbollah. Israel must be prepared.]( [We are Orthodox rabbis and we stand with Reform and Conservative Jews]( By [Yitz Greenberg]( [The demeaning response to a High Court ruling on conversion prompted me and 50 other rabbis to speak out against religious coercion and for justice]( [Rich Herschlag]( [My life as a Jewish space laser arsonist]( [The US Republican lawmaker spilled the beans. It’s all true. I got my pilot’s license and learned how to incinerate deciduous forests.]( [Pinchas Goldschmidt]( [Is Europe becoming a miserable place for Jews to live… again?!]( [If Europe wants any semblance of religious diversity, it should take the US as a model, and stop the intolerance that is pushing Jews out]( [Ilan Manor]( [Sputnik tweets its way to legitimacy]( [Forget about Russia’s takeover of Crimea. Moscow seeks to heal the world. Now, be sure to retweet, like and share that message]( [Leehee Goldenberg]( [Fossil fuels and why I got the COVID-19 vaccine]( [Droves of Israelis cleaned tons of tar from their beloved beaches – though they didn’t put it there. The Israeli government needs to take this kind of responsibility too]( [Shayna Golkow]( [How can this Passover be different from all others – even last year’s?]( [Zoom seders are back. But this time, we are already experts in homemade rituals. We’ve even discovered some benefits to a virtual gathering]( [Sally Abrams]( [Our post-pandemic Shehechayanu moments]( [What ’firsts’ are worthy of this blessing? What events do we want to elevate with expressions of gratitude? Here are a few of mine]( [Houda Nonoo]( [This Pesach we’ll celebrate the rebirth and renewal of Jewish life in the Gulf]( [Since we established a network that serves Jews in the region, we’ve discovered many more Jews living here than we previously thought]( [What they do, not who did it]( By [Yakov Horowitz]( [Important take-aways from the sex-abuse charges against ZAKA co-founder, Yehuda Meshi-Zakav]( CHOICE VOICES [Avi Rockoff]( [Zoomaliya!]( [Think of it: no packing, no Jewish Agency forms, no FBI background checks: Today, the exiles can be ingathered from the four corners of the screen]( [Eliezer Blasberg]( [Out of order: We don’t have to wait to eat]( [After years of mental gymnastics to find the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt in the Passover haggadah, we rearranged our Seder, and are much happier]( [Chana Tannenbaum]( [The parable of being married to God: An advantage]( [When the Torah’s repetition of the details of the building of the Tabernacle are not boring, but sound relationship advice]( [Wendy Pein]( [This rabbi has seen the future, and it sounds like Clubhouse]( [The live audio social media platform provides a space for young diverse participants to have a new kind of conversation about Judaism]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? [View in browser]( © 2021 The Times Of Israel, All Rights Reserved