December 2023

December 29, 2023 Don’t underestimate the millennials and zoomers of the Israel-Hamas War By Barbara Sofer We Baby Boomers, born between 1945 and 1981, often misjudge the generations that follow our own. First came Generation X, a so-called cynical, latch-key generation. Then came Generation Y/ “millennials” (1981-1996) and their younger siblings in Generation Z, better […]

December 15, 2023 A woman’s close brush with death from a Hamas rocket near Jerusalem – opinion By Barbara Sofer Ronit Cohen, 53, was headed to her day job, which is actually a night job. She serves as the balanit, attendant, of a mikve, a ritual bath in Betar Illit, a suburb of Jerusalem. Mikve attendant

December 15, 2023 University of Pennsylvania and antisemitism: An open letter to Liz Magill – opinion By Barbara Sofer I loved attending the University of Pennsylvania, where I earned my bachelor’s degree in 1971. The university offered everything I’d dreamed of when I was attending a rural public school in Connecticut: intellectual, philosophical, and moral challenges

December 1, 2023 Israel-Hamas war: Explaining the Gaza war in New England terms – opinion By Barbara Sofer Dearest Connecticut cousin, Thank you for your love and concern, and your desire to explain the conflict. I know you’re surrounded by neighbors and friends who are primed to think the worst of Israel, even now after