President Herzog’s speech resets Zionism * No Hasidic child left behind * Children of protest * When justice is delayed... and delayed... and delayed

[Times of Israel]( [The Blogs Weekly]( Thursday, July 20, 2023 [Rewriting Hatikva: The significance of President Herzog’s speech]( By Michael Rainsbury In asserting the hope that we can strive to ’heal our fractured world,’ Herzog put forward a new conception of Zionism Guy Lurie [Under Levin, justice is delayed, and delayed, and delayed]( The public is being held hostage by a minister who is shirking his legal duty to convene the Judicial Selection Committee Tami Lehman-Wilzig [Children of protest]( My kids learned it at the dinner table: Public protest brings about change. Now I want to bring that message to kids everywhere [No Hasidic child left behind. That’s my dream.]( By Beatrice Weber The immoral, illegal refusal to provide a decent education harmed my family. Now, a NYC report offers hope for change Jennie Rosenn [American Jews’ priorities are clear, so why don’t we see them?]( Few US Jews prioritize Israel over issues like hunger and climate, but you wouldn’t know that by reading Jewish media Aryeh Eisenberg [Sorry protesters, this ain’t gonna work]( Does disrupting traffic and causing thousands of citizens to lose time, money, and patience actually solve anything? [My day of disruption]( By Nancy Cahners If I had heard such loud voices in the US, I would have taken cover and expected to hear gunshots. Not so in Israel. David Matlow [Four artifacts: a question, a warning, a reminder and a hope]( Reminders from my Herzl and Zionism memorabilia collection of what Israel was intended to be Beth Sarafraz [The Holocaust survivor’s wife]( The story of survival is something holy, to be passed on without alteration or sanitization or a ’happily ever after’ ending [Remembering the Yom Kippur War… in a bouncy castle?]( By Zack Rothbart An inflatable giraffe and a Sponge Bob labyrinth don’t remove the pain of war, but they make kids happy, and isn’t that the point? Top Ops Meir Javedanfar [The world ignores Iran’s interest in Latin America to global detriment]( Iran’s shady activities in Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba help the regime defy sanctions and ignore the needs of its own desperate population Yair Golan [Jenin operation was successful, but Israel needs a strategy]( Claims the operation was a paradigm shift are baseless – those who believe Israel can annex millions of Palestinians are clueless Mark Dratch [No longer a tourist]( On the heels of the 2,000-year-old dream, I have a new one: To foster respect in Israel and help close the gaps in our society Dan Perry [Above all, this is an assault on liberalism]( It’s not a fight with the left, it’s a blow to the centrist belief that government should not have too much power [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