Marilyn’s Guide to a Healthy Old Age
My mother, Marilyn Bornstein, passed away last week at age 95. In addition to being…
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Michael Oren is an American-Israeli diplomat, essayist, historian, novelist, and politician. He is a former ambassador to the United States.
From the Archives: Israel Must be Permitted to Crush Hamas
The Washington Post, July 24, 2014. Damaged building in Gaza (Hatem Moussa/AP via Washington Post)…
Thank You, But…
In May 1948, while David Ben-Gurion and other Zionist leaders deliberated whether or not to…
‘Friendly fire,’ that horrific oxymoron
The announcement Friday night that IDF troops had shot and killed three Israelis who had…
The One Simple Question That Determines Everything: Part II
This post is Part II in a two-part guest series from Andrew Pessin, Professor of…
To Overcome a Grim Present and Envision the Future, We Must Look to the Past
Who can speak about the future when our present is so bleak? Who, through all…
The One Simple Question That Determines Everything: Part I
This post is Part I in a two-part guest series from Andrew Pessin, Professor of…
What Are We Really Talking About When We Talk About Israel-Palestine?
Oxford Languages defines synecdoche as “a figure of speech in which a part is made…