How Israel Can Break the Cycle of Wars in Gaza
Disarming Hamas.
June 5, 2023
Israel’s One-Man Arabic Public-Relations Department
Edy Cohen tries to convince the Middle East that Jews aren’t monsters.
Although the Israeli government maintains official Arabic-language social-media accounts that appear to have had some success in reaching an audience that tends to have a knee-jerk hostility to the Jewish state, at the moment it seems that the Beirut-born researcher Edy Cohen is Israel’s most active spokesman on the Internet. Cohen, who came to Israel at the age of eighteen, has no official position, but interacts extensively via Twitter with Arabic-speakers, patiently answering their questions and trying to disabuse them of their prejudices. Vivian Bercovici writes:
June 5, 2023
Bringing the Israeli Protest Movement to the U.S. Gives Succor to Israel’s Enemies
And accomplishes little on its own terms.
Israel’s One-Man Arabic Public-Relations Department
Edy Cohen tries to convince the Middle East that Jews aren’t monsters.
How an Attempt to Convey the Hebrew Bible’s Beauty Spoke to People of Faith
The promise of translation.
Remembering a Beloved Teacher of Hundreds of Jewish Girls
Bruria David.