I called Nigeria from Tokyo yesterday evening and spoke with my friend, Evangelist Joseph. That short conversation left me deeply shaken. The situation of Christians in Nigeria is far more serious than most of us can imagine. Many of us only know…
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Nigeria’s Christians Are Suffering More Than the World Can Imagine
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When Our Children Hide Their Stars, It’s Gone Too Far
Across the political spectrum, antisemitism is spreading, and when our children start to hide their Judaism, it’s time to speak out. In my eighth-grade Israel class, something has changed. Students who once wore their Jewish stars or kippot…
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Partnership-Based Giving to Strengthen Israel
The High Holidays are traditionally a time when Israeli non-profit organizations reach out to their local and international supporters and try to garner financial support for the New Year. These campaigns are important, actually, crucial, for the…
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Between Alliance and Sovereignty
Why Israel’s friendship with America will not blur its red lines on Turkey Israel’s alliance with the United States remains unshakable – but sovereignty means drawing lines even friends must respect. Turkey is where those lines now run…
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Sarah, In Her Own Words (At Least As I Imagine Them)
I was not born to be a footnote. I was born abrasive as a spice jar — keep me on the shelf and I will season the whole kitchen. If you want to know my story, listen to me: I am Sarah. I will tell…
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The BBC and President Trump
In June this year, President Trump ordered his Spirit stealth bombers to fly over Iran and drop bunker-busting bombs on the country’s nuclear facilities. The result saw decades of malevolence that had been aimed at the destruction of Israel and…
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Chimerically Combining Frivolity with Profundity
Identifying in Beethoven’s late music angelic frivolity, T. S. Eliot was captivated by a quality with which neither he nor Beethoven are commonly associated. Both were producers of great masterpieces that aren’t light-weighted, more esteemed,…
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Understanding Jewish and Palestinian Equality in Israel — Part I
Equality in Law, Inequality in Practice: Palestinian Citizens of Israel Abstract This essay examines the paradox of equality for Palestinian citizens of Israel—those living within the state’s 1948 borders. While Israel’s legal framework…
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Israel: A Democracy Like No Other in the Middle East
Israel: A Democracy Like No Other in the Middle East When Israel was reborn in 1948, many predicted it would not survive. Surrounded by hostile Arab states, attacked from all sides, and burdened with absorbing hundreds of thousands of refugees,…
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Involvement of UN, an enemy of Jewish state, may bring new challenges to Israel.
Involvement of the United Nations, an enemy of the Jewish state, may bring new challenges to Israel. Trump should see it as a moral obligation to take on the role of the defender of Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East region, during the…
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