Oslo Failed Because It Never Started
September 20, 2023
Shur’s haunting words, “They never tried to reach a mutually accepted formula,” remind us today of the depth of Palestinian rejectionism and why Oslo never had a chance.
Judea Pearl
Judea Pearl is a professor of computer science at UCLA and president of the Daniel Pearl Foundation, named after his son. He is co-editor of “I am Jewish: Personal Reflections Inspired by the Last Words of Daniel Pearl” (Jewish Lights, 2004), winner of the National Jewish Book Award.
Ruth Pearl’s Life Story in Her Own Words
July 30, 2021
Ruth’s own essay in the book is a model of honesty and directness. It encapsulates in fact her entire life story, and the very essence of what being Jewish meant to her and to so many of us.
The Chase
April 14, 2021
From the thousands of Israeli songs written since her birth, I find Yaron London’s MIRDAF (The Chase) to be the most poetic expression of Israel’s struggle for survival and peace.
A Letter to the IQC and the State Board of Education about Ethnic Studies
March 5, 2021
I strongly oppose the 2021 California Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum.
My Purim Rabbi’s Hat
February 25, 2021
In the past few years, I have come to see a profoundly personal meaning in the story of Purim.
My Rabbi Hat
February 12, 2021
Last month saw the anniversary of one of the most significant events in Jewish history, perhaps the most significant since the Exodus from Egypt — Nov. 29, 1947 — the day the U.N. General Assembly voted 33-13 to partition Palestine into a Jewish state and an Arab state
The Forgotten Miracle: Nov. 29, 1947
November 29, 2020
Last month saw the anniversary of one of the most significant events in Jewish history, perhaps the most significant since the Exodus from Egypt — Nov. 29, 1947 — the day the U.N. General Assembly voted 33-13 to partition Palestine into a Jewish state and an Arab state
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