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By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor

Source: The Times of Israel

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/to-dignify-or-to-destroy/

Published SEP 3, 2018

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Living Words from John Paul II

Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

Published Sunday, January 23, 2022

Source: The Times of Israel

https://www.timesofisrael.com/1000-strong-multifaith-crowd-rallies-around-jewish-community-at-post-standoff-vigil/?utm_source=The+Weekend+Edition&utm_campaign=weekend-edition-2022-01-23&utm_medium=email

By JACOB MAGIDJACOB MAGID 

Published January 18, 2022

Congregation Beth Israel in Texas begins to heal with support from Christian and Muslim neighbors, along with 24,000 watching online, overwhelming synagogue rabbi with emotion

Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT.MAGAZINE-this-filmmaker-dares-to-question-the-figure-of-6-million-jewish-victims-in-wwii-1.10542149?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=c15387912d&lts=1642359808019

By Nirit Anderman

Published January 16, 2022

How did the devastating, albeit too round number of 6 million Jewish victims of the Holocaust become so profoundly embedded in our minds? In his new documentary Israeli filmmaker David Fisher dares to try and recount

Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-un-passes-israeli-resolution-combatting-holocaust-denial-on-social-media-1.10553416?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=97e7ef60d5

By Jonathan Lis

Published January 20, 2022

The resolution, which the U.S. and Germany have also lobbied for, also recognizes the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's definition of antisemitism

Source: The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/jan/13/peace-middle-east-friend-summer-camp-israel

By Roy Cohen

Published January 13, 2022

At a summer camp for kids from conflict zones, I met my brave, funny friend Aseel. He was Palestinian. I was Israeli. When he was killed by police, my hope for our future died with him

Source: Mondoweiss

https://mondoweiss.net/2022/01/the-nation-lifts-up-jewish-fears-over-palestinian-realities-in-a-zionist-tract/

BY PHILIP WEISS  

Published January 14, 2022

The Nation runs a righwing religious endorsement of Zionism that opposes BDS and leaves out the forced expulsion of Palestinians from their land.

Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-israel-s-bill-to-preserve-jewish-demographic-supremacy-1.10540934

By Carolina Landsmann

Published January 16, 2022

Living Words from John Paul II

Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

Published Sunday, January 16, 2022

Source: Project Syndicate

https://www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/alchemy-of-angst-by-elif-shafak-2021-12?utm_source=Project%20Syndicate%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=f6105226b3-op_newsletter_01_07_2022&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-f6105226b3-93791313&mc_cid=f6105226b3&mc_eid=284f1f0e24&barrier=accesspay

By ELIF SHAFAK

Published December 4, 2021

In a world smothered by information but lacking wisdom, anger, born of pain, has become the defining emotion. The false promise of twenty-first-century digital technologies has been laid bare, leaving people desperate for meaningful human connection and a sense of political agency.