How might Judaism influence and shape democracy, either in Israel or in the US?
It also provides an opportunity for Jewish community professionals to advance their careers in a nurturing Jewish space.
Amid global strife, it's time for unity and moral leadership.
Journalist Chaim Levinson urges local leaders, especially Sderot's mayor, to withdraw support for Prime Minister Netanyahu due to ongoing security concerns.
For any democracy to succeed, there needs to be broad agreement that their form of government has the consent of the governed and that it is good for people individually as well as for their nation.
In order to move forward, in order to fix, we have to stop destroying. We need to restore the public’s trust in the leadership. We need elections.
A major part of our problem is the structure of our parliamentary system which makes ministerial assignments a reward for party loyalty and support for the ruling coalition.
We need leadership that will not leave anyone behind, resist despair and take a proactive initiative in a series of actions instead of forced reactivity.
Before we call them up for further combat service, we must act to restore Israelis’ trust in the state’s leadership.
When you insist on not making a decision, not showing leadership, chaos takes its place.