Carol Ungar

1 month ago | blogs.timesofisrael.com | Carol Ungar

While we prefer to see ourselves as victims, it’s well-known that we Jews have a talent for self-destruction. Read through our history to see how we repeatedly mess ourselves up. In case you’re not a Jewish history nerd, here are a few examples. Adam and Eve. Okay, they weren’t Jews. But they were our ancestors, and they messed up royally. Joseph and his bros- the Jewish equivalent of original sin and the reason why we were enslaved in EgyptThe Golden Calf–that nearly ended it between us and G-d.

1 month ago | qoshe.com | Carol Ungar

While we prefer to see ourselves as victims, it’s well-known that we Jews have a talent for self-destruction. Read through our history to see how we repeatedly mess ourselves up. In case you’re not a Jewish history nerd, here are a few examples. 6,  The Spanish and Portuguese Jews–sadly, the high and mighty who chose conversion over instead hanging tight with their more faithful brothers, most of whom ended up on the stake or as penniless refugees. 7.

1 month ago | qoshe.com | Carol Ungar

1 month ago | blogs.timesofisrael.com | Carol Ungar

Thanks to the hit biopic, A Complete Unknown, Bob Dylan is cool again. The man is nothing if not prolific. Now in his ninth decade, he is still on the road performing on his “never-ending” tour. And he’s one of ours, right? Another Nobel prize winner to make us proud? Not exactly. Born Bobby Zimmerman in Duluth, Minnesota, the bard began life with a bris milah. He had a bar mitzvah, attended a Zionist summer camp, and traveled to Israel. Back in the 1970s, he briefly explored Orthodoxy.

2 months ago | blogs.timesofisrael.com | Carol Ungar

The terrible reality that we suspected for so many months has been confirmed. Shiri Bibas, horrifically still not returned, and her two beautiful sons, Kfir and Ariel, have joined the long chain of holy martyrs–murdered for the crime of being Jews. Here in Israel, flags are flying at half-mast, and the color orange, the hue of the slain children’s hair, is evident everywhere. We are hurting.