Naked in Gaza * My little league team has gone to war * On risking lives for dead bodies * Is the US Jewish success story over? * A new Anne Frank moment

[Times of Israel]( [The Blogs Weekly]( Thursday, December 14, 2023 [My little league team has gone to war]( By Jack Levy As their coach, I glimpsed the kind of adults they could be. It’s no surprise they dropped everything to answer the call of duty Lori Silberman Brauner [Why I’m keeping my son in Israel as a war rages on]( He is receiving an education and absorbing values far more important than anything he could learn here in New Jersey Oren Kessler [Arabs in Israel: More Israeli, more Palestinian]( As they integrate into a state defining itself as Jewish, the need to assert their own distinct identity assumes new urgency [A new Anne Frank moment]( By David Bryfman Jewish educators must teach our youth to be confident and competent in their Jewish selves and in how they relate to Israel Martin Fletcher [The opportunity within the catastrophe]( Jews and Arabs have shown they can live together in peace, but first, there must be a reckoning with both sides’ leaders Marc Kornblatt [When the New York Times came calling]( Our family dynamic is far more layered than the young vs. old, pro-Israel vs. anti-Zionist story told in the newspaper of record [Did Israel really separate Palestinian mothers from their babies?]( By Robert Satloff The Washington Post said so, which means its reporters did their due diligence, right? But they didn’t Moshe Vardi [Antisemitism at Rice University is not just real, it’s prevalent]( I’ve been a professor here for 30 years and discovering how mainstream the double standard is has been a rude awakening Tzachi Fried [What does unity mean? Thoughts on tomorrow’s Israel]( Before the war we all had our righteous cause. And we were a mess, with hatred threatening to consume us once again [Optical allusion: Naked in Gaza]( By David-Seth Kirshner The photo of surrendering Palestinian men offers a Rorschach test for our views of the conflict Yedidia Stern [Is the American Jewish success story ending?]( It’s not just a passing campus trend – data shows that the US may be turning into a dangerous place for Jews Gabriel Danzig [Fighting for the bodies of our children]( We must remember that the real tragedy is death itself and lives should never be risked to recover bodies [The body of the people]( By Yosefa (Fogel) Wruble I have sometimes found motherhood to be all-consuming. Until I think of the demands the state places on our children more choice voices Eli Beer [Hold the Red Cross accountable for its inaction]( Israel supporters shouldn’t donate to an agency that has historically abandoned the Jewish people – and continues to do so Reuven H. Taff [Congressman Raskin: Find your moral conscience]( The US Rep’s call to stop the operation in Gaza reveals a profound failure to appreciate Israel’s current existential crisis [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