Daily Archives: July 29, 2022

When later is already too late

Far too frequently, especially in Jewish lives, postponing difficult decisions can have dire consequences. We have found over the millennia to our recurring cost that ignoring warning signs and hoping that clearly identifiable threats to...

The guardian on the “Dark Side” of Israel’s constant baby boom

An article in the Guardian (“The women who wish they weren’t mothers: ‘An unwanted pregnancy lasts a lifetime’”, July 16) provides stories of “women from across the world who felt pressured to have children”, in the context of...

Feds investigate USC student’s complaint of anti-Semitism

The U.S. Department of Education will investigate the University of Southern California after a Jewish student claimed she resigned from student government because she endured harassment over her pro-Israel views. The probe by the department’s...

Half of all Jews now live in Israel and that is a source of...

I was recently asked by Westminster Synagogue to speak on the future of Judaism. I told them that, as someone who has written about history, I find it difficult enough to find out what...

IDF reveals Hamas tunnel networks under Gazan civilian neighborhoods

The Israel Defense Forces on Wednesday exposed a number of Hamas tunnels under civilian sites in the Gaza Strip, including one in the Tafah area of Gaza City located next to a franchised Pepsi...