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May 2016, Elections and Leadership

Dear friends, With half the world seemingly in a perpetual cycle of election, depressing news stories never seem to dry up. In the Philippines, the newly elected president Rodrigo Duterte…

May 2016, Yom HaShoah and Yom HaZikaron

Dear friends, It is no doubt a hazard of my job to be preoccupied with death and grief, but lately I’ve been thinking about it more than usual. The reason…

May 2016, Yom HaAtzmaut

Dear friends, Amidst all the celebrations of Yom HaAtzmaut the question that must be asked is: what are we celebrating? This may sound like a ridiculous question. After all, the…