Religious Israelis’ debt to Ben Gurion * Liel and Dora’s tale of love and death * Who cares about sex offenders? * Jews should honor this black, gay civil rights leader

[Times of Israel]( [The Blogs Weekly]( Thursday, August 24, 2023 [Liel and Dora]( By Tamar Fenton My daughter’s closest friend was a Holocaust survivor 78 years her senior. None of us thought my daughter would die first Or Bassok [When the judiciary fights the legislature, who wins?]( When Israel’s Supreme Court hears petitions against amendments to the country’s Basic Laws, does the court itself have final say? Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll [The slippery slope of gender segregation]( Why MK Idit Silman’s plan for separate hours at natural pools harms the people it’s supposed to help [Should we care about sex offenders?]( By Talli Rosenbaum When a convicted abuser claims he’s teaching you how to keep your children safe, stay far, far away from him and his manipulations Elchanan Poupko [Religious Jews owe Ben Gurion a visit]( Secular Israelis are rightfully wondering if they have a future in Israel Shayna Goldberg [Washing his uniform]( Defending this precious land is a grimy, sweaty business – and a privilege [The painful lesson of an army reservist in Qalqilya]( By Jonathan Zausmer Who wanders into dangerous unknown territory, where you’ll stick out like a sore thumb among those who see you as the enemy? Michael Berenbaum [What’s stalling Romania’s Holocaust museum?]( [Of all the countries in Eastern Europe, Romania has been most diligent in compiling its historical record, honestly and painfully. Under former president Ion Iliescu, Romania asked Nobel Peace Laureate Elie Wiesel to chair the International Commission on the Holocaust in Romania in 2003, understanding full well that with Wiesel as chairman, the Romanian government would not be in a position to contest its findings and Wiesel could not be pressured to submit a report that would compromise the truth. They also named Dr. Radu Ioanid, a distinguished historian of the Holocaust in...]( Jan Lee [Israel’s forgotten children]( Israel should airlift the thousands of Beta Israel descendants in harm’s way to join their family members already in the country [The black, gay civil rights leader who defended Israel]( By Kenneth Jacobson He was a behind-the-scenes organizer of the 1963 March on Washington and an advocate for Israel in the Black community more choice voices Lev Topor [The ‘hipardut’ rift would be a national disaster]( Separating secular and religious Jews into different countries would undermine the very essence of Judaism – and the Zionist dream Orly Erez Likhovski [I’ve been fighting for women’s rights in Israel for 20 years]( Israelis finally understand that discrimination against women is intolerable – just as the government wages war on women’s rights [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