Michael Oren is staying put — which is a good thing
Rob Eshman
January 17, 2013
Michael Oren is Israel’s ambassador to the United States. And he has no plans to stop being Israel’s ambassador to the United States.
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Elliott Broidy speaks! To me??
Rob Eshman
January 9, 2013
What makes community journalism so rewarding is you write about the people, issues and places you care most about. That’s also what makes it so awkward.
USAID: America, the mensch
Rob Eshman
January 2, 2013
Hollywood had one question for Dr. Rajiv Shah: Why haven’t we heard of you before?
The speech President Obama should have given after the Connecticut school shooting
Rob Eshman
December 14, 2012
When news of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School first broke, President Barack Obama stood before the nation, felt our grief and shed a tear.
Two-state attrition
Rob Eshman
December 12, 2012
There are three subjects that Jews in my social circle never tire of: food, movies and the two-state solution.
Excerpt from ‘The Auschwitz Volunteer: Beyond Bravery’ by Captain Witold Pilecki
Jewish Journal
December 6, 2012
So, I am to write down the driest of facts, which is what my friends want me to do.
The man who snuck into Auschwitz
Rob Eshman
December 5, 2012
Have you heard of Witold Pilecki? A new book, “The Auschwitz Volunteer: Beyond Bravery” (Aquila Polonica: 2012), documents, in his own words, Pilecki’s remarkable exploits, and I can’t think of a better gift to give yourself for Chanukah.
A Jewish revival meeting: Is religious pluralism possible in Israel?
Rob Eshman
November 29, 2012
In a packed synagogue hall on Monday night, Nov. 26, Israel’s Consul General David Siegel posed a question: How many people present care deeply about religious pluralism in Israel?
A call from Tel Aviv: Freaked, at first
Rob Eshman
November 20, 2012
Is this a war? It’s so hard to know these days. Wars used to happen on things called battlefields, where armies met, fought and met again.
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