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Op-Ed: Haredi leaders must speak out against zealots
The founder of the ZAKA Rescue and Recovery Organization equates the violence of some haredi Orthodox Jews against innocents to terrorism and calls upon leaders -- in the community and elsewhere -- to make their voices heard in deploring their actions. Read more »
Op-Ed: Israel must criminalize the purchase of sexual services
A measure heading for Knesset consideration that places criminal responsibility on those who purchase sexual services would allow Israel to concretely join the ranks of those nations working tirelessly toward a world free of modern slavery, writes the director of the Task Force on Human Trafficking. Read more »
Op-Ed: Ultranationalists have no place in Russian protest movement
Jewish organizations, sensitive to the fragility of a newly emergent Russian civil society and Jewish community, need to speak out against the inclusion of ultranationalists in the Russian protest movement, writes the executive director of NCSJ: Advocates on Behalf of Jews in Russia, Ukraine, the Baltic States & Eurasia. Read more »
Op-Ed: A Palestinian mufti and the U.S. election, then and now
With remarks by a Jerusalem mufti echoing a controversy from the World War II era, the co-author of an upcoming book about Herbert Hoover and the Jewish vote says all sides would do well to keep in mind what 1948 says about the potential electoral impact of Middle East politics. Read more »
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Op-Ed: Colleges playing catch-up on Israel
Universities are building new academic bridges to Israel in an effort to catch up with their students' already connected imaginations and passions, writes the president and CEO of Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life. Read more »
Op-Ed: Unity is vital for harmony in Beit Shemesh, all of Israel
With the friction in Beit Shemesh between some haredi Orthodox and others, the CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington -- a community that has been partners with Beit Shemesh for many years -- tells of "the other Beit Shemesh" and the need for Jewish unity to create a more harmonious city and Israel. Read more »
Op-Ed: Return Torah to its place of glory
By bringing Torah back to its place of glory, we will remind ourselves why we care so much about our Jewish future, writes the executive director of an egalitarian yeshiva and independent minyan organization. Read more »
Op-Ed: Population boom? Why 7 billion isn’t enough
Rabbi Simcha Weinstein wonders whether today's post-modern, post-parenting era will heed the biblical injunction to "Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the land and subdue it." Read more »
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