¿Por qué los judíos norteamericanos están cada vez más alejados de Israel? Elliott Abrams y mi amigo y colega Daniel Gordis, en sus últimos ensayos en Mosaic, sostienen que la respuesta no está en la configuración política y las políticas del gobierno israelí actual, sino en la naturaleza cambiante de la vida judía estadounidense contemporánea,
I am often called to speak to political and religious leadership groups on their “factfinding” or educational missions to Israel. Over the last number of years, the sponsors have subtly shifted their aims from a simple “proIsrael” agenda to hoping that the participants leave with an understanding that our reality is complicated. We view simplistic
The 50th Gilboa Walk planned for this weekend is the last of the large popular walks still held in Israel and the only one that attracts participants from abroad. The mass walks have declined in past decades, perhaps as a reflection of the changes in Israeli society. “Once we used to walk 30 or 40
Bernard-Henri Lévy sits in the library of Maida Vale’s magnificent Victorian Sephardi Synagogue waiting to deliver a talk on his latest book, L’Esprit du Judaisme, a celebration of Jewish thought. The venue is appropriately grand: the synagogue was built in glorious mock-Byzantine style and was designed to accommodate the increasingly confident and upwardly mobile Spanish-Portuguese
testimonio muy personal de nuestra amiga y ocasional colaboradora, líder comunitaria en los EEUU In January, I was invited by Dr. Charles Small, founder of the Institute for the Study of Global Anti-Semitism and Policy (ISGAP) to come to Rome for Pope Francis’s first visit to the Great Synagogue of Rome. I was very excited–
This week it happened: Benjamin Netanyahu completed 10 years as Israel’s prime minister. Apart from David Ben-Gurion, Netanyahu has spent more time at the helm of Israeli sovereignty than anyone. But Netanyahu’s impressive achievement isn’t his only one. For about a quarter century this talented, haunted and controversial man has stood at the hub of
Anochece en Jerusalén. Poco a poco los comerciantes del bullicioso Mahane Yehuda, el principal mercado del oeste de la ciudad, cierran sus puestos. Un gesto que, lejos de apagar la vida del lugar, abre la puerta a un espacio diferente. Caen los cierres metálicos y con ellos cobran vida Einstein, Gandhi, Spielberg, Maimonides, Ben Gurion,
EPÍLOGO En su obra Antigüedades judaicas Josefo describe a Abraham como «un hombre muy sagaz» que tenía «unas ideas sobre la virtud superiores a las de otros de sus contemporáneos». Por consiguiente, «decidió modificar completamente las opiniones que todos ellos tenían acerca de Dios». Un modo de resumir cuatro mil años de historia judía consiste
«It will take a little time, but true Zionism will rise up and strike you. Israel will purge itself of the idol you place today in its temple.» Ari Shavit, Haaretz March 3rd, 2016 Ever since I could think for myself
Only a ‘Jewish Peace Corps’ Can Save Zionism From Its Millennial Crisis This new national enterprise could transform how the world sees Israel and Judaism, and allay the identity crisis that has befallen many young Jews. Ari Shavit Over the last year, I happened to spend a lot of time on one of the Jewish