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After fighting Hamas, Israel now considers letting its critics “keep the peace” in Gaza a plan seemingly so ironic it could qualify for UN funding.

The International Force in Gaza – Who’s Bringing the Boots?

So here’s the scenario:…

Below are some essential lessons on activism that I learned from the first two chapters of Genesis that can help shift our imperiled planet onto a sustainable path:

1. From Genesis 2:15, “the human being was put into the Garden of Eden to…

While President Trump declared that peace is at hand, as we enter the second stage of the Trump Gaza Peace Plan, our national, public and private conversations are flooded with what-ifs. What if Hamas refuses to disarm? What if attacks…

Can’t we just be happy? Twenty living hostages returned home to Israel. Reason to celebrate. Yet commitment to insisting on the return of the remaining bodies held hostage in Gaza pervades public discourse. Parents who fought for the return…

On Shemini Atzeret, we began adding to the Amidah the words:

 מַשִּׁיב הָרוּחַ וּמוֹרִיד הַגֶּשֶׁם

“[You, God] cause the wind to blow and the rain to fall.”

What’s the root of the first…

We’ve all been counting down the hours. For once, the ten-hour time difference works in our favor. It’s 8 p.m. here in LA- Pacific Standard Time, and it’s 6 a.m. Monday morning, Hoshana Raba, in Israel. Right now, they are beginning to…

It’s been a difficult two years. But Israel has amazingly succeeded in many areas, though there is still more to be done.

Hamas, Hezbollah, Syria and Iran have been smashed. But Hamas and Hezbollah have not yet disarmed.

The living…

Introduction
The adept actions, maneuvering, and negotiations of President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu and their strategy and negotiating teams laid the foundation for adoption of President Trump’s 20-point plan for peace in a…

Our oldest grandchild and her husband just had their first baby, a little girl. By arriving, the baby made her mother and father parents, their parents grandparents, and my wife and me great-grandparents. A cascade of kinship. Good work,…