Dave Chappelle is (sort of) right * Colin Powell was wrong, then right * My sex shop mission * This rabbi loves Halloween * Why wearing the yellow star is antisemitic

[Times of Israel]( [The Blogs Weekly]( Thursday, October 21, 2021 [On a mission… in a sex shop]( By [Nancy Cahners]( [When a salesperson offered to help, I was glad I’d looked up the Hebrew for ’Do you sell comfortable bondage?’ I was, of course, asking for a friend]( [Gideon Remez]( [When I was right, Colin Powell was wrong…]( […and to his everlasting credit, he admitted it. America and the world need leaders like him more than ever.]( [Luke Berryman]( [Is it antisemitic to wear the yellow star?]( [In fixating on the Holocaust symbol, opponents of Coronavirus mitigation present Jews as figures of disgust for enabling their own destruction]( [This rabbi loves Halloween]( By [Kim Blumenthal]( [This American holiday of candy and costumes has evolved to be a wholly secular occasion and living in diversity means absorbing and adopting traditions]( [David Bernstein]( [On teaching ‘opposing’ views of the Holocaust and systemic racism]( [Educators must contextualize the facts surrounding historical events so students can wrestle with alternative perspectives on why these events occurred]( [CRM]( [We should embrace Dave Chappelle’s ‘Space Jews’]( By [Dovid Kornreich]( [The comedian ​hit on a truth: Jews are in a close relationship with an extra-cosmic Being. As such, we never fully blend in with the terrestrials, and that’s a good thing.]( [Nathan Lewin]( [A US consulate in Jerusalem states that Jerusalem is not in Israel]( [The US would ’deepen ties with Palestinians’ if it provided accessible consular services in Ramallah, but there’s no practical need for new services in Jerusalem]( [Dan Ornstein]( [Abraham to Auschwitz: A theology from the fiery furnace]( [After the crematoria, the God who saves His faithful at the last minute was no more, yet the Jews still believed, finding the Divine with them in the flames]( [Forced to leave Israel by Rabbinate and Interior Ministry]( By [Maria Verbova]( [No government should push its citizens out of the country, but that’s what happened when my overseas marriage wasn’t recognized and my love lost his visa]( [A tragic wake-up call: The Rabin assassination as a catalyst for social change]( By [Shay Nave]( [The prime minister’s murder spurred me to leave my comfort zone and work to spark dialogue among people who disagree, because not getting along is not an option]( more choice voices [Nathan Bigman]( [For the planet: Public transportation on Shabbat]( [Take it from an aspiring nudist: Ramming the Sabbath down people’s throats accomplishes nothing positive]( [Marc Kornblatt]( [Tangling pigeons in a Tel Aviv park – this cruelty needs to end]( [Our feathered friends are hopping on synthetic mesh with dire consequences to their lives and limbs. The city’s promises to fix things have come to nothing.]( [Avidan Freedman]( [The Abraham Accords: What would Abraham say?]( [In response to a deal in which Israel sells weapons to despotic regimes, the Biblical patriarch would surely say: ’Not in my name’]( [Andrew Silow-Carroll]( [What the Tree of Life shooting revealed about American Jewry]( [A new book on the Squirrel Hill Jewish community tells a bigger story about a nation in a time of mass shootings, political polarization and spiritual malaise]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? [View in browser]( © 2021 The Times Of Israel, All Rights Reserved