Month: January 2016

  • What is a Pales-teen to do?

    by Jonathan Feldstein If you’re old (enough) like me, you’ll remember the iconic American public service announcement and parental injunction, “Its 10:00pm, do you know where your children are?” Parenting is hard enough. In the most idyllic families, there are challenges and frictions. These grow and evolve during adolescence. Even the best parent needs to…

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  • Stab Me Once, Shame On You

    by Jonathan Feldstein This week Jews worldwide were treated to two stabbings, one murdering a Jewish mother of six bereaved children. The consequence of the second is the imminence of more to come. The immediate threat is to Jews, but there are many reasons why everyone should care. In Israel, Dafna Meir, a Jewish mother…

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  • Living Normally Amid the Abnormal

    by Jonathan Feldstein Since January 1 there have been an unusually large number of terrorist attacks here in Israel including a higher rate of shootings that have killed at least two and left dozens injured. Some have been reported in the Israeli and international media, some only in the Israeli media, and some have not…

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