How American Jews stayed white * Joe Biden gets Israel * Liberal Jews in the Rebbe’s Christian America * The Gantz-Sa’ar merger makes sense * The magic of medical clowns

[Times of Israel]( [The Blogs Weekly]( Thursday, July 14, 2022 From the blogs [Liberal Jews in the Rebbe’s Christian America]( By [Yehuda Kurtzer]( [As the vision of neutrality in the public sphere is defeated, all Jews – not just Chabad – will need a strategy to compete in the marketplace of religion]( [Daphne Lazar Price]( [Shaming women who have abortions is not a Jewish ethic]( [Male rabbis who perpetuate damaging taboos keep women from telling their stories – but after Dobbs, we no longer have the luxury of silence]( [David E. Bernstein]( [How American Jews (stayed) white]( [The Jewish community has always pushed back against official moves to classify it separately from other Americans]( [Joe Biden gets it. Most of the press does not.]( By [David K. Rees]( [The president, who is deeply sympathetic to Israel, hasn’t tried and failed to drag Iran back into the Nuclear Deal – if anything, he’s done the opposite]( [Steven Moskowitz]( [Mr. President, visit the parks and coffee shops]( [Outside of Jerusalem – and Israel – nobody hears about the beautiful, peaceful places that we call home]( [Amos Yadlin]( [Biden’s visit: Think big and go for a broad 3-way deal]( [Some bold strategic moves by Israel could lead to diplomatic achievements far greater than mere flight rights over Saudi Arabia]( [The Haredi thugs who spoiled my grandson’s bar mitzvah are winning]( By [Gene R. Greenberg]( [50 relatives flew in to rejoice with Seth at the Western Wall and learned that Israel will stand up to any threat except when it’s violence instigated by rabbis]( [Avi Shafran]( [No tolerance for hooliganism]( [The thugs who so nastily disrupted the Robinson’s Arch bnei mitzvah hail from my world – to my great shame and that of all truly principled Orthodox Jews]( [Shuki Friedman]( [A fight for the right to poverty and ignorance]( [The ultra-Orthodox leadership’s battle against state oversight of schools jeopardizes the future of their constituents – and of the country]( [Why merging Blue and White and New Hope makes sense]( By [Alon Tal]( [The partnership enables voters to avoid the pernicious extremes that have incapacitated the Israeli government and alienated so many from each other]( [Andrew Keene]( [What Ethiopian aliyah means for Jewish peoplehood]( [A recent trip to Ethiopia made it clear that we must expand our old definition of ’who is a Jew,’ or risk mistaking our Jewish family for strangers in our midst]( [Judy Krasna]( [If you’re not sure if it’s okay to ask, it probably isn’t]( [I’ve been open about my daughter’s eating disorder and her death by suicide, but I don’t want to talk about how she died. Ask me about how she lived!]( [Daniel Orenstein]( [To save Haifa, cull!]( [My plan to remove this noisy species, with its reckless behavior and impudent free reign of the city, and stop the wildness in our streets]( [A juggling act in bittersweet times]( By [Nancy Strichman]( [These therapeutic medical clowns seem to have a magical skill set that we all need, a toolkit that is especially powerful in times of stress]( more choice voices [David Makovsky]( [What Biden and Lapid have in common]( [They share political temperament and policy priorities – but will their chemistry lead to progress on the two vexing issues, Iran and the Palestinians?]( [Michael J. Koplow]( [How Biden can reset a course toward peace on his visit to Israel]( [The US president should legitimize the core narratives of each side and reiterate that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a conflict of dueling nationalities]( [Daniel Landes]( [Rabbi, get thy head out of their tents]( [A blanket abortion policy flies in the face of Jewish law, which is rarely ’one size fits all’; rather, rabbis must address each individual’s need, with dignity]( [Benjamin Blech]( [‘No children, please!’ – The childless-by-choice movement]( [How will they answer the divine test question: ’Did you attempt to imitate God’s role as creator by fulfilling the commandment to be fruitful and multiply?’]( [The Blogs Weekly]() [facebook]( [twitter]( [instagram]( [View in browser]( [Contact support](mailto:support@timesofisrael.com) [Advertise with us](mailto:advertise@timesofisrael.com) Were you forwarded this email? [Subscribe here]( [Unsubscribe]( from this List © 2022 The Times Of Israel, All Rights Reserved