By Times of Israel— Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, the former chief rabbi of the United Kingdom whose extensive writings and frequent media appearances commanded a global following among Jews and non-Jews alike, died Saturday morning. Sacks, 72, was in the midst of a third bout of cancer, which he had announced in October. Sacks was among…
By Inna Rogatchi © Rain, rain, rain, the rain of tears Unwalled tears know no ceiling. Rain, rain, rain, the rain of sighs Bottomless sighs filling the air. O soul of Ya’akov Zvi ben David Arieh, You left the body of Jonathan Sacks On the early morning of Shabbes. It is a privilege that…
By Ilan Berman, Newsweek— How will a Biden administration handle the Middle East? Now that the results of the hotly contested U.S. election are (mostly) known, foreign policy experts and officials alike are turning their attention to that question. Over the coming weeks and months more particulars will emerge, as will the personalities who will…
By Joshua Washington, Times of Israel—- In the early 1980s, African-American professor of history at Stanford University, and director of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute, Clayborne Carson published a paper called “BLACKS and JEWS in the CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT: The CASE of SNCC.” In this paper, Carson gives much needed clarity…