The Weekly Breakdown

Politicians across the political spectrum have expressed their support for #FreeBritney and conservatorship reform. We in the Jewish community should do the same.

Singling out, condemning, boycotting, sanctioning and shaming Israel will only make Israelis more obstinate and feel more misunderstood.

Many have said that Herzog is as close to Israeli royalty as it gets; his family is even sometimes referred to as “Israel’s version of the Kennedys.”

As we enter the saddest day in the Jewish calendar, will the Kamtza-Bar Kamtza battle finally get resolved? Will we sit idly by, or will we bring people together?

“It is true that there were many non-Jewish Poles who were victims of the Holocaust and that the country itself was invaded. But the tragedies that befell the Jewish people there were unique and systemic.”

Maybe what makes Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh — an Israeli Druze and former Knesset member — a powerful representative of Israel is that her identity is not one thing.

The Jewish response of yefashfesh b’maasav (examining our own actions) in the wake of tragedy is an empowering shift we can all make following the Meron disaster.