Maia and Rina and the power of the Jewish soul * The appropriate Zionist response is not revenge * Mimouna, when Jews and Arabs party together * Meir Shalev and me

[Times of Israel]( [The Blogs Weekly]( Thursday, April 13, 2023 [Maia and Rina and the power of the Jewish soul]( By Sherri Mandell We as a society can absorb this horror without turning into people who seek vengeance like our enemies Yitzhak Sokoloff [There is an appropriate Zionist response. It’s not revenge.]( Some may argue that ’expansion of settlements’ caused most of the Palestinian violence in the first place. The opposite is true Rachel Sharansky Danziger [The world saved my father, Natan Sharansky; now another needs that rallying cry]( Vladimir Kara-Murza’s stand against Russian tyranny got him a sham trial for treason. His only chance of survival is Western pressure [Mimouna, when Jews and Arabs celebrate together]( By Jimmy Bitton The end-of-Passover fete reflects a cultural symbiosis unique to Morocco, where Jews were more welcome than elsewhere Edward Serotta [The bread of affliction: Passover in Kharkiv]( After leaving Ukraine when Russia invaded, this Chabad rabbi and his wfe were told not to return – but return they did Daphne Lazar Price [Passover in a bomb shelter]( Jews must be able to live free of fear, including in Israel, where rockets from Lebanon are antisemitic violence, plain and simple [Of Nazi crimes and German repentance]( By Michael Meyerstein I can’t forget what they did to my family, but I can be grateful to a remorseful Germany Judy Halper [Meir Shalev and me]( The author, who died Tuesday, was the typical insider, tearing down the myths upon which the entire structure was built Sam Lehman-Wilzig [Israel, split and united]( Hamas and Hezbollah get it completely wrong when they take disunion for ’the beginning of the end of the Zionist entity’ [A Zionist message from Tokyo]( By Danny Hakim In my 40 years of wandering between Israel and Japan, I’ve found our community spirit still inspires abroad. But what about here in Israel? Top Ops Ariella Nadel [The story of Elijah is an urgent lesson for today]( The ’prophet of truth,’ consigned for his zealousness to an eternity of encounters, is now a harbinger of the hope we desperately need Liora Rez [Evan Gershkovich: Another victim of Russia’s tradition of arbitrary detentionÂ]( Russia may not have targeted the journalist as a Jew, but we must hold Putin accountable for this repression and censorship [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 © 2023 The Times Of Israel, All Rights Reserved