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Joel Braunold

Joel is a former employee of the OneVoice Movement and an alumni of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. A member and educator for the Bnei Akiva movement in the United Kingdom, he emigrated to the U.S., where he has married the love of his life. He is the winner of the Avi Schaefer Innovating Peace Award 2012, is a Senior Fellow at the Alliance for Youth Movements, and holds honoree life memberships to both the National Union of Students and the Union of Jewish Students for his contributions to them.

He tweets @braunold and you can find his blog at braunold.wordpress.com

Braunold is a contributing blogger for Haaretz Jewish World.

Latest Opinion by Joel Braunold

Rabbi Shlomo Yehuda Rechnitz gives keynote speech at Lakewood, N.J for Beth Medrash Govoha event.

In railing against Haredi 'elitism,' this philanthropist did all Jews a favor

When a key donor spoke truth to powerful rabbis, he set an example of what Jewish giving should be about.

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Israeli and Palestinian children shake hands.

'Peace' doesn’t belong solely to Israelis, nor 'justice' to Palestinians

The pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian camps have no common language: Even the words 'peace', 'justice' and 'rights' have been appropriated by different sides, and each side viciously rejects any comparison to the other.

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Unchained from 'the man,' British youth do Israel initiatives better

Unlike in the U.S., youth groups in the U.K. are not tied to conservative donors.

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Jewish new immigrants from North America, who are making Aliyah

Poll shows Israelis don't resent the Diaspora as much as we thought

Buried in the Pew survey is a series of findings that suggest Israeli Jews feel more connected to, and appreciative of, their American counterparts than we acknowledge.

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Firefighters walk past a burned engine of an airplane at Fort Lauderdale Airport in Florida

Becoming a celebrity for the wrong reasons

My colleague and I have a combined 15 years in peace-building efforts for Jews and Arabs, yet we were chased by the media for something totally unrelated.

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In this Monday, Jan. 17. 2011 file photo protestors greet soldiers during a demonstration against fo

If Tunisia could do it, so can Israel and Palestine

Tunisian civilians played a key role in turning the Arab Spring into democracy. In honoring this, the Nobel Peace Prize emphasized that even in the Middle East, the graveyard for hope, change is possible.

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