Like with all Jewish holidays, there is a strong focus on food, such as traditional jelly-filled doughnuts (sufganiyot) and fried potato pancakes (latkes), during Hanukkah. This festive part of the holiday can be highly triggering to those who struggle with eating disorders.
Whomever is handling publicity for Adolf Hitler these days is, admittedly, doing a nice job.
Bibi, a modern and sophisticated secular Jew, hardly endorses any of this extremism, and he is surely aware of how badly all of this will play with Israel’s friends and allies, not to mention much of Israeli society.
If we expanded the view of cool to include pride, I believe we’d be on to something.
At a time when many observant Jews feel they must circle the wagons and keep outsiders out, let’s remember the power of an open door.
Surveys reveal that Americans continue to move away from traditional religious practice, but the yearning for spiritual connection remains strong.
In exchange for their support, the three ultra-conservative parties who have allied themselves with Netanyahu’s Likud have demanded a range of concessions from him.
“We must fight in a strategic and firm way, without giving the haters the massive publicity they crave. It is that publicity, as much as anything else, that normalizes antisemitism.”
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