Colleyville and the conspiracy lies that seeded it * The Chief Rabbinate’s silence * Irwin Cotler: What we owe Wallenberg * Shocker: I like the Bennett-Lapid government

[Times of Israel]( [The Blogs Weekly]( Thursday, January 20, 2022 [Where Jewish conspiracy lies are seeded]( By [Jay Tcath]( [There’s a direct line between Colleyville and the chutzpah of a convicted Al Qaeda agent, who got financial aid at Brandeis, calling Jews ’backstabbers’]( [Daphne Lazar Price]( [Jewish life and Jewish lives: Thoughts after Colleyville]( [Every Friday morning I knead a batch of dough, large enough that it requires me to "take" challah with a blessing. It is customary to add an additional prayer of healing and wellness for those in need while reciting this blessing. And so every Friday morning I post a picture of my challah dough with a call for names for people in need of special prayers. And every Friday I get dozens of comments, DMs, and texts asking for healing prayers for loved ones. As it gets near to Shabbat,...]( [Seth Farber]( [Where was the Chief Rabbinate? Definitely not in Colleyville]( [While members of a Reform temple in the US were held hostage, apparently because they were Jews, the chief rabbi didn’t see fit to offer a prayer for their safety]( [Francis Nataf]( [Shockingly, I like the Bennett-Lapid government. Here’s why.]( [It’s a fractious coalition that must compromise to survive. The Jewish approach to law views making concessions as a feature, not a bug]( [Tennis, Torah and Djokovic: The case of the great anti-vaxxer]( By [Ron Kronish]( [The Serbian champ’s transgression in trying to enter Australia unvaccinated was not just a legal breach, it was a moral offense: All he cared about was himself]( [Irwin Cotler]( [Raoul Wallenberg rescued 100,000 Jews. He deserves better.]( [Those who know the Swedish diplomat as the ‘greatest humanitarian of the 20th century’ should unite to secure the truth about what befell him in the Soviet gulag]( [Erris Langer Klapper]( [FBI agent adds insult to injury in Texas hostage situation]( [Special Agent-in-Charge DeSarno’s words have done damage that will take time to repair, for they leave us feeling invisible, irrelevant, and alone]( [Andrew Silow-Carroll]( [From vigils to vitriol, social media and the Texas hostage crisis]( [Closely mirroring how Jews talk to and about one another, Twitter brought out the best and worst fast takes, from prayers of support to misinformation and invective]( [The things they left off the memo]( By [Noah Tradonsky]( [No matter how much I researched before moving to Israel, I could not have fully known the frustrations and stresses I would find – nor the joys and blessings]( Top Ops [Efraim Inbar]( [Biden could construct a new world order through détente with Russia]( [Such a scenario would give the US a leg up against China’s totalitarianism and expansionist aims, and bridge the age-old schism with Russia]( [Todd L. Pittinsky]( [Islamism meets inflation and Turkey teeters]( [The Western experts who can’t fathom Erdoğan’s ruinous fiscal policies should heed his emphatic, repeated explanation: He answers to a higher authority]( [Yirmiyahu Danzig]( [For African Hebrews, the deportation nightmare continues]( [In a decision that smacks of discrimination, Israel is set to expel 135 members of the community, most of whom were born here and have relatives that served in the IDF]( [Richard H. Schwartz]( [12 Jewish lessons from trees that can help heal our imperiled planet]( [These powerful teachings can be used in efforts to help avert a climate catastrophe and shift us onto a sustainable path]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? [View in browser]( © 2022 The Times Of Israel, All Rights Reserved