On becoming a Black Chabad rabbi * I took off my kippah after 10/7 * Palestinians can break this cycle * Oh, how I love the IDF * Caitlin Clark: The Israel of the WNBA

[Times of Israel]( [The Blogs Weekly]( Thursday, June 20, 2024 [‘I love the IDF with a fierce and profound love’]( By Daniel Polisar I’ve always respected Israel’s army, but David Ben-Gurion’s emotion-packed praise seemed over the top – until now Qanta A. Ahmed [The devastating reframing of Israel’s just war]( Suggesting symmetry between Israel and Hamas fundamentally ruptures the sense that the lives of Jews and all Israelis matter Gershon Baskin [Palestinians, you can break this cycle]( It is time to make clear that you seek to build your own country with honor and dignity – not in place of Israel, but next to it [Caitlin Clark is the Israel of women’s basketball]( By Gary Epstein It’s almost as if we’ve already met those ignorant haters spewing vitriol against a WNBA star who did nothing to harm them Beverly Willett [I’m Catholic. I stand with Israel.]( To anti-Zionists I say is it not conceivable establishment of Israel was itself the product of divine intervention? Nathan Lyons [There’s no pill for this]( He’s pacing, eyes darting, fingers playing tiny imaginary pianos. He’s military age. Heaven only knows where he’s been [The infiltrators among us]( By Marc Kornblatt Those with no status who clean our streets and office buildings are not terrorists. They are strangers in a strange land Sara K. Eisen [8 months after the 7th]( The harm to our place and our bodies leaves us once again walking on that proverbial narrow bridge at the edges of time Martin Fletcher [When a faux rally for peace came to my Mexican town]( Slogans that followed a bigoted playbook – ‘apartheid,’ ‘genocide,’ and ‘ceasefire now’ – betrayed the protest for the sham it was [On not wearing my kippah post Oct. 7]( By Simcha Rosenberg Being recognized as a Jew suddenly shifted from a point of pride to something that could cause trouble Ruthie Hollander [7 ways Gen-Z will have to grapple with Zionism – if they care at all]( How can American Jewry combat the anti-Israel movement without educating toward an intellectually honest, democratic Zionism? Yehuda Lukacs [Not black and white: Study abroad in Israel and Palestine]( As discourse on Gaza gets toxic, students of a past academic program recall the multiple perspectives that challenged their narratives [Jewish & Black: Finding my identity with the Rebbe]( By Yosef B. Kulek It was his unconditional love that got me through the shame and embarrassment of the racial mockery I endured as a child more choice voices Menachem Rosensaft [The ADL Campus Antisemitism Report Card gets an ‘F’ from me]( The ADL is supposed to be grading how the university handled antisemitic incidents on campus, not whether they happened to begin with Martin Alintuck [10 simple questions for every country except Israel]( Especially for those who easily bash Israel: Look in the mirror and tell us what would you have done? [The Blogs Weekly]( [facebook]( [twitter]( [instagram]( [View in browser]( [Contact support](mailto:support@timesofisrael.com) [Advertise with us](mailto:advertise@timesofisrael.com) Were you forwarded this email? [Subscribe here]( [Unsubscribe]( from this List © 2024 The Times Of Israel, All Rights Reserved