Category: Archive

Let the WJC Live Up to it Name – Forward

In the Jewish world, as elsewhere, old structures are cracking in the face of new challenges. Most of these structures, unable to adapt to a new age, will break and be overtaken by new ones now being devised in the…

On working with Shimon Peres

The following piece appeared in a Belgian-Jewish special edition magazine for Israel’s 60th Birthday:When working with Shimon Peres one is inevitably faced with a no-win dilemma in terms of one’s self-perception: either you’re narrow-minded or he’s delusional.It is no secret…

Excuses, Excuses – Sueddeutsche Zeitung

A flurry of leaders, panels and groups are pointing their fingers in the same direction. Solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Baker-Hamilton Committee argues that, “the United States cannot achieve its goals in the Middle East unless it deals directly with…

Wanted: Active Citizens – Ynet

To ensure that the best people will go into politics and get elected we must assume full responsibility for our role as citizensOne regrettable conclusion from the nightmarish month of the Second War in Lebanon is that anyone cannot do…

The Red Carpet Syndrome – Harvard Crimson

Commencement ceremonies were about to begin, but the call hadn’t come in yet. Hours later I was back in my dorm room, diploma in hand, but had still received no message. What was keeping the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office? Didn’t…