Real life, scarier than the movie

by Sarit Catz

 

FADE IN.

 

OZAR HATORAH JEWISH SCHOOL — 8 A.M.

 

It’s the busy morning school drop-off period. Cars and vans fill the street. The sidewalks bustle with activity. A man rides up to the Ozar HaTorah Jewish School in Toulouse, France, on a Yamaha scooter, wearing a blac…

Syria? It is our business.

by David Lentz

 

It's impossible to open a news website or tune in to CNN without confronting the terrible slaughter taking place in Syria. The UN appears paralyzed from acting. The Arab League can only threaten, and NATO will not act without consent or active support from Turkey. The publi…

Get Off Their Backs

by Sarit Catz

 

This past weekend, the Community Relations Committee of MetroWest and Central NJ (CRC) and the Legow Family Israel Program Center (IPC) sponsored a “Talk Israel” weekend retreat attended by about 60 college students from around New Jersey. The group spent the weekend le…

It’s a Dangerous Day in the Neighborhood

by Sarit Catz

 

When I was little, I used to watch Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood. You may also remember the amazingly calm Fred Rogers leading us kids in science experiments, talking to the postman, and visiting a puppet land of make believe.

 

Today, let’s take a tour of Israel’s neighb…

Israel, Women, Fighter Pilots, and the Truth

by Sarit Catz

 

You’ve probably heard a lot recently about women on Israeli buses. You may have heard women have to sit in the back of the bus. They don’t. You may have heard that’s not actually the law. It’s not. You may have heard that there’s a lot of controversy about it. Ther…