What can modern analytical approaches to baseball and baseball statistics teach us about understanding conflict in Israel-Palestine? Before answering that, I should say that a lot of our family’s time revolves around baseball, as both of our boys love playing…
As the BDS movement gains momentum and inspires backlash, it’s time to work with our kids to learn when to reject, or reflect on, challenging ideas.
Israel and the Jewish community can take pride in the Nepal response. We also have much to face -- and do -- about Gaza. A sip of Rambam smoothie may help.
Law enforcement and the military are necessities, not commodities. When we treat them like commodities, we forget that their actions reflect us.
Check out the story behind the trends of D.C.'s youngest Jews turning to breaking as their new favorite activity.
Netanyahu’s speech raises how we talk to our kids about the main assumptions about Israel and its relationship to American Jews
True fear knows no context. And to follow the commandment to love your neighbor, to know the stranger, you must understand what fills them with unbridled fear, the kind of fear that cannot be rationalized away. This is what has…
“Dad, I have had enough. I don’t really want to talk about 9/11 any more.” So said my older son a couple of weekends ago, just a few days after the tragic attacks in France. Our family had headed to…
(With gratitude to the editors of Jewschool, I will be blogging 1-2 times per month on the challenges of parenting about Israel and Palestine to two boys in Jewish day school and who live within an active Jewish community, but doing…
BBR is a father of 7- and 10-year old boys living in DC who has been a supporter of Shovrim Shtika and the Refuser Solidarity Network. This post originally published on DailyKos. As the conflict in Gaza raged this summer —…