Ever since the 1970s, the entrances to many American Jewish institutions have boasted a single bust. It is not of Theodore Herzl, founder of the Zionist movement, or of Israel’s preeminent leader, David Ben-Gurion, nor even of any prominent American Jew—Justice Louis Brandeis or Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel.
“We cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass,” declared the just-inaugurated President Barack Obama in January 2009, “that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve,”
There’s no time that Israeli parents and grandparents hate more than late August. Summer programs have ended, school has yet to begin, and people still have to work. It’s then that the national cry goes up: “What are we to do with the kids?”
Fifty years ago this month, the Jewish state survived a surprise attack by its Arab neighbors. Some conflict veterans see the country’s current political divisions as no less dangerous. By Michael Oren Sept. 28, 2023 at 10:00 am ET Recently, while walking in a Tel Aviv park, I was approached by a well-dressed, elderly man…
On this Rosh Hashanah, perhaps more than any previously, Israel stands at a crossroads. In one direction lay chaos and conflict, and on the other, possible reconciliation and peace. Whether it turns away from the former path and follows the latter will depend on Israeli leaders within and outside the government. Can they overcome their…
