From Lab to Life: How 3D Printers Restore Vision Corneal disease is a major cause of blindness globally. Some 5 to 10 million people worldwide are blind in both eyes, due to corneal failure and related diseases. An additional six million…
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How 3D Printers Restore Vision
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Netanyahu’s Pardon Request: Are Israelis Still Citizens – Or Already Subjects?
«Je suis le roi Ubu, je fais ce que je veux, et ce que je fais est bien parce que c’est moi qui le fais.» Alfred Jarry, Ubu roi Netanyahu’s Pardon Request: Are Israelis Still Citizens – Or Already Subjects? There is something almost…
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Understanding Jewish and Palestinian Equality in Israel – Part XIX
Justice and the Ethics of Repair: Truth, Responsibility, and Shared Futures Series Preface Understanding Jewish and Palestinian Equality in Israel examines how law, belonging, dignity, and justice shape everyday life between the river and the…
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Being Beinart after Tel Aviv
Zionism: If I ever had a doubt, I would need to thank Peter Beinart for dispelling it. In truth, his most recent messy little two-step wherein he first deigned to address Israelis and then quickly retreated into proffering an apology for merely…
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Bilateral agrements for foreign workers
Bilateral Agreements – The Right, Just, and Safe Path for Bringing Migrant Workers to Israel In recent months, we have witnessed what appears to be a coordinated campaign promoting the recruitment of foreign workers through private…
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Jerusalem is full of loving kindness… and cats who need good homes
I’m sitting at the pub at the end of the world — the place where all worlds meet. The mulled wine warms my hands, the heat lamp warms my shoulders, and the half-eaten moon hangs above us. We’re a boisterous group tonight: me, the spiritual…
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Faith, Family, Football: Michael Weinstein AM, BEM
My grandfather, Michael Weinstein AM, BEM, (affectionately known as ‘Mikey’ by his grandchildren) was and always will be my hero and my North Star. A man who quietly built the foundation on which Football in Australia stands today. His…
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Rachel’s Loyalty
The loyalty demonstrated by Rachel Imeinu towards her sister, Leah, was one of the greatest acts of kindness in the entire Torah. She could have easily spoken up when she realized that she was not being given to Yakov in marriage. She would not…
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Parshas Vayishlach: Like Father, Like Daughter
There is some difficulty in understanding the message of this parsha. Last week, we saw that Yaakov Avinu was untouchable by his wicked uncle, Lavan. Hashem had promised him protection, and delivered, not only safely returning to Eretz Yisrael,…
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Why Today’s Anti-Zionism Isn’t a Separate Category of Jew Hate
In recent years, a growing segment of the Jewish intelligentsia has embraced a new taxonomy of anti-Jewish hostility, dividing it into three distinct forms: anti-Judaism, antisemitism, and anti-Zionism. Each category, the argument goes, has its…
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