OutlookTuesday, November 07, 2023Another Type of Great Awakening?That is a clear thank-you. And it has been greeted with great excitement by the larger Israeli society
OutlookTuesday, October 31, 2023The Great AwakeningFew progressive Jews, I suspect, ever expected to see UCLA students rallying around the chant, “Israel, you can’t hide/We want Jewish genocide”
OutlookTuesday, October 24, 2023Israel Is Fighting a Just WarBrendan O’Neill in Spiked writes that the cardinal rule of evaluating Israel’s actions is: Whatever Israel does is a war crime
OutlookTuesday, October 17, 2023Some Thoughts on Awakening to a NightmareHamas’s goal is not a Palestinian state; its goal is to kill Jews in the most terrifying fashion
OutlookTuesday, October 10, 2023A Pogrom on Shemini AtzeresIt is time to do everything we can to restore the social solidarity that has always characterized Israel
OutlookTuesday, September 26, 2023Overflowing with SimchahOnly Succos is referred to in our prayers as zeman simchaseinu — the time of our rejoicing
OutlookTuesday, September 19, 2023Tzniyus and the Preparation for Yom Kippur“Walking humbly” has nothing to do with a low self-image. Just the opposite
OutlookTuesday, September 12, 2023The Judgment of Rosh Hashanah — Individual or Communal?The task of Rosh Hashanah is to crown HaKadosh Baruch Hu as King over us. And there is no king without a nation
OutlookTuesday, September 05, 2023Viewing Ourselves HonestlyI find my friend’s self-scrutiny impressive in the extreme
OutlookTuesday, August 29, 2023Jewish Identity and Our Current TurmoilThere appear to be no limits on what the protesters would do to damage their country and their fellow citizens to prevail
OutlookTuesday, August 22, 2023Not Rising to the BaitIn a pluralistic country, no group has the right to dictate that public spaces or facilities operate according to their cultural norms