Go visit a cemetery * What Berkeley Law’s BDS vote really means * New school year, same old crisis * Read Herzl’s Altneuland * Still in love and preparing my divorce

[Times of Israel]( [The Blogs Weekly]( Thursday, September 1, 2022 [Brand new school year – same old crisis]( By [Tammy Hoffman]( [No salary raise will fix a situation in which society undervalues the teaching profession and those who choose it]( [Scott Copeland]( [Herzl plus one hundred and twenty-five: Not just a handsome face…]( [In ’Altneuland,’ the father of modern political Zionism anticipates and expounds upon some of the thorniest challenges to being ’a free people in our own land’]( [Emily Schrader]( [Berkeley Law must act to protect Jewish students]( [A newly-adopted BDS bylaw is nothing more than the ancient attempt to separate Jews from their religion and identities]( [Celebrating our marriage by preparing my divorce]( By [Shira Pasternak Be'eri]( [My husband wasn’t incapacitated by injury or illness, but a serious brush with what-might-have-been made me revisit the terms of our marriage under Jewish law]( [Danny Danon]( [The new Iran nuclear deal ensures a nuclear Iran – and soon]( [The deal is more dangerous for Israel and its neighbors than for the P5+1 – which is reason enough for a collaborative regional defense network against the threat]( [Ilai Z. Saltzman]( [On Iran, Yair Lapid is practicing domestic politics]( [The PM is acting more like a politician concerned about his electability than a statesman who needs to make the hard decision even if it is unpopular]( [Finding yourself… at the cemetery]( By [Melanie Levav]( [A pre-Rosh-Hashanah visit to graves can remind us that our own tomorrow is never guaranteed and help us gain new perspectives on how we want to live]( [Jarrod Tanny]( [Among the antisemites: A response to Peter Beinart]( [Echoing dark conspiracy theories, Beinart has accused American Jewish organizations of smothering human rights around the globe]( [David Breakstone]( [‘Not my Jewish state’]( [I’m sure Herzl would be disappointed with our version of his dream – and also sure he wouldn’t give up on the ideal society he thought we’d need to survive]( [Tongue in (the other) cheek]( By [Kally Rubin Kislowicz]( [Shopping for bookshelves and bar mitzvah attire in Israel reminds me how wonderful it is to be among my people (unlike my kids’ road-trip Israeli playlist!)]( Top Ops [Evan Gottesman]( [No one’s pulling the brakes on the ‘doomsday settlement’]( [A near-final step toward greenlighting the E1 settlement plan that would obstruct a contiguous Palestinian state is scheduled for Sept. 12]( [Efraim Inbar]( [Turkish-Israel ties: Far from a love story]( [The resumption of diplomatic relations with Ankara is cause for celebration, but while Erdogan is in power, his country will stay hostile to Israel and back Hamas]( [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