Anyone who truly understands what apartheid was cannot possibly look around Israel today and honestly claim there is any kind of parity.
Shimon Peres was the greatest living example of an unshakable belief in the pursuit of peace against all odds.
While silence can in some circumstances bespeak noble self-control, it can also signify suppression, oblivion or cowardice.
We must teach compassion and tolerance and encourage kindness, selflessness, and loving acceptance of all who are created in the image of God.
All societies wrestle with the scourge of prejudice, but validating that prejudice in statute makes a virtue of oppression.
I was honoured recently to accept the position of president of Mizrachi U.K. I did so because I believe our eternal challenge as Jews is both straightforward and also awash with complexity: How to sanctify the innovations of the modern world in accordance with our eternal Jewish values?
