Archive for 2020
‘Equal Chance in Cyber’ Offers Crash Course for Disabled Job Seekers
Ram Levi (third from left) accepts an award for ‘Equal Chance in Cyber,’ December 2019. Photo: Courtesy. The Israeli cybersecurity
Israel’s Dependence on Gas Delays its Adoption of Green Energy, Says Economist
An Israeli offshore natural gas rig. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. CTech – Israel has committed itself to gas and is suffocating
Complaints on Antisemitism Executive Order Highlight Climate on Campus
An anti-Israel “apartheid wall” on display at Columbia University during “Apartheid Week” in 2017. Photo: Facebook. The new Executive Order
Talking Points or Sticking Points: Trump’s Mideast Peace Plan Has Knesset Members Abuzz
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin addresses the opening session of the 22nd Knesset, in Jerusalem Oct. 3, 2019. Photo: Reuters /
No Age Limit
This week’s Parsha begins with the eighth plague, the plague of locusts. After Moshe and Aharon finish delivering their threating
How to Live, Survive, and Thrive Even in Darkness
“This month shall be the head month to you. It shall be the first month of the year” (Exodus
The Ultimate Pidyon Haben
An Unusual Blessing The Mitzvah of Pidyon Haben-Redemption of the First-Born requires a father to give five shekalim-silver coins
A Stubborn Heart
“Come to Pharaoh! For I have made his heart and the heart of his servants heavy-with-stubbornness, in order that I
Jewish Thought of The Week
In 2009, I was invited by Georg and Wilma Iggers to participate in a Kristallnacht commemoration in Gottingen, Germany. Georg,
Light from Darkness
In this week’s portion are the final three plagues, locust, darkness and the death of the first born. Obviously