Jews don’t hunt * About Sharansky and Troy’s ‘Un-Jews’ * I am afraid to be Jewish in France * Why my wife and I marched in Jerusalem Pride

[Times of Israel]( [The Blogs Weekly]( Thursday, June 24, 2021 [Letter from a forgotten Jew]( By [David Harris]( [I will not allow the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to be defined unfairly through the prism of one refugee population only, the Palestinian]( [Ori Weisberg]( [Natan Sharansky, Un-Hero]( [How can someone of such inspirational courage, wit and humanity label those seeking to advance full equality between Jews and Palestinians as ’Un-Jews’?]( [Kenneth Jacobson]( [Jewish fears about rising antisemitism are a wake-up call to America]( [Here’s what we need to do to be sure Jews won’t fear for their safety in the country that has historically been better for them than any other]( [Toni L. Kamins]( [I never thought I’d be afraid to be Jewish in France. But I am.]( [From an American in Paris: Till recently, the long history of antisemitism didn’t phase me, but these days I’m not wearing my Star of David necklace]( [A religious prime minister will showcase the beauty of Jewish practice]( By [David Stav]( [How can Naftali Bennett observe the Sabbath while running the country? Must he refrain from shaving? Should he employ a shabbos goy? Halacha has the answers]( [Naomi Chazan]( [What if Israel’s diverse new coalition faced its disagreements head-on?]( [The government has begun shoring up its own instability, improving citizens’ daily lives, and stopping its member parties from going too far. It can do more]( [Daniel Goldman]( [Jerusalem Pride]( [This year, I marched against humiliation and ostracism of LGBT people in the religious world – and for seeing the divine image in every person]( [Eran Globus]( [A new LGBT agenda for the government of change]( [The new coalition can do plenty: crack down on ’conversion therapy,’ offer financial help to trans people, address hate crimes, expand adoption options and so much more]( [Alex Maghen]( [I’m a gay dad living my Iranian father’s American Jewish dream]( [I’ve found I can be a husband, loyal son and devoted Jew, in my own way, and a loving father to 2 boys who should never have been possible]( [The future of female clergy is now]( By [Daphne Lazar Price]( [It is profoundly untrue that there is no room for women leaders. Smart, inspiring, learned women are already in key positions, and they will help lead the way]( [Scott Thomas]( [It’s time to fight the United Nations’ anti-Israel bias]( [How long will world powers, including the United States, allow the UN’s obvious attempts to isolate and demonize Israel continue?]( [Alla Umanskiy]( [Dessert for lunch… every day]( [After the birth of my second child, I went to just one Weight Watchers meeting, and discovered I was not alone in how I related to my body]( [Joseph C. Kaplan]( [The political clout of a high school yearbook]( [Seniors from The Frisch School created unwanted and unwarranted controversy when they dedicated a page to African Americans killed by police violence]( [Bernice Lerner]( [Lessons from my father, a former slave laborer]( [The human capacity for boundless cruelty and for kindness, the importance of dignity and of gratitude, and the mind as one’s most precious asset]( [Jennifer Moses]( [Jews don’t hunt]( [Bucky the Buck has been dead for such a long time, what’s the harm in keeping his mounted head on our wall? Our rabbi had the answer]( [14 family friendly trails for summer in Israel]( By [Susannah Schild]( [The midsummer Mediterranean sun can be brutal, so look for hikes with water, shade, or – ideally – both!]( [Sally Abrams]( [Summer camp changed my life forever]( [Nothing passes the torch of Jewish identity to the next generation better than Jewish overnight camp, for it makes being Jewish joyful and fun]( [Eva Grossman]( [The holiness of returning to summer camp]( [In a normal year, camp is the most abnormal part of my life. But this year, camp will mark a much-needed return to normalcy]( Choice voices [Ofer Amitai]( [To fight ransomware hacks drain the cryptocurrency swamp]( [This kind of digital extortion – increasingly viewed as terrorism – would be impossible without the ability to move money around anonymously]( [Jeffrey T. Kuvin]( [My father the optimist taught us to heal the world]( [Dr. Sanford Kuvin proved collaboration between scientists from nations with a history of antagonism is both possible and potentially productive]( [Chana Tannenbaum]( [The 37 years that are missing in the Torah]( [That insecure, hungry, and traumatic experience of wandering in the desert forged the Israelites into a responsible, self-governing nation (Hukat)]( [Gilad Malach]( [Not every ultra-Orthodox woman wants to be a teacher]( [The women know they’ll earn more with a higher degree. The colleges and universities welcome them. And the teaching seminaries push hard to keep them local]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? [View in browser]( © 2021 The Times Of Israel, All Rights Reserved