Pini Dunner
ARTICLES BY: Pini Dunner
The Mark of True Leadership
This week, we were offered two demonstrations of leadership in the face of adversity -- and they could not have been more different. On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister...
Kedoshim: How to Agree to Disagree
The most significant political revolution of the modern era is the idea that dissent is not rebellion. The prevailing view for thousands of years was...
Israel at 70: A Prophecy Fulfilled
In 1867, a young man named Samuel Langhorne Clemens set sail from New York, bound for Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Clemens is better known...
If Pork Is Kosher, Has the Messiah Arrived?
The latest kashrut scandal to hit the news is not what you might expect. A couple of weeks ago, in an interview in Israel’s widest-read daily...
Pharaoh and His Picture of Dorian Gray
Earlier this month, a stage adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s iconic novel The Picture of Dorian Gray opened at a theater in Chicago. The new production -- which sets the...
Seder Night — You Are What You Do
We live in an age where all of life’s challenges are handled by either psychology or psychiatry. Or, to put it another way, if therapy won’t help,...
Making a Mistake Isn’t the End of the World
The Chinese philosopher Confucius, is purported to have said: “If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.” I am...
Shabbat and the Curious History of the Seven-Day Week
Without a doubt, the most durable phenomenon in history is the seven-day week. Its origin continues to baffle anthropologists and scholars of ancient history, and numerous...
Proximity to the Righteous Is Its Own Blessing
Next week, thousands of Jews from all over the world will travel to the sleepy town of Lezajsk, Poland. They will be pilgrim visitors to...
The True Purpose of Uniforms
Parents of children attending the prestigious Taimei Elementary School in Tokyo were recently shocked to discover that buying a new school uniform for their children...
Where Is the Ark of the Covenant?
Last month, if you were visiting Adis Ababa in Ethiopia, you would have witnessed an astonishing sight. Every January, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church celebrates a...
Humanism Is Proof of the Divine
Earlier this week, a story floating on the fringes of the news cycle caught my attention. A man from Pakistan who arrived in the UK in...
Message and Media in the Age of Trump
Earlier this week, I came across a remarkable article in The New York Times, written by its media correspondent, Michael Grynbaum. Using an interview with former White House...
The Curse of Victimhood
Earlier this month, Mahmoud Abbas called together a meeting of the PLO’s Central Council, and delivered a speech marked more by its rancor than by...
