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חיים פאר
May 26, 20242 min read
Inside Baseball - The Election Results
As the saying goes, I have some good news and some bad news. First, the bad. I unfortunately did not get in to the City Council. Our...
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חיים פאר
Feb 20, 20243 min read
Politics as Hevruta not War
When asked by the head of our טב list for City Council -- Deputy Mayor Chagit Moshe - what I wanted to work on as a City Councilor, one...
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חיים פאר
Jan 23, 20242 min read
Judaism and the Environment: Let's Transform Jerusalem into a (Sustainable) Light unto the Nations
In honor of Tu B'Shevat: Here’s a thought I had while studying the Talmudic tractate Bava Kama (the laws of damages). The discussion...
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חיים פאר
Jan 18, 20241 min read
Introducing 3030
To refute the erroneous claim made by some that the Jewish people have no connection to the land of Israel before 1948 I've started a...
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חיים פאר
Jan 4, 20241 min read
Grandpa Sam / Principles not Promises #3
Today's Political Principle (#3) is something I learned from my grandfather and appears in a campaign poster of his from 62 years ago as...
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חיים פאר
Jan 2, 20244 min read
The Call-In / Principles Not Promises #2
As you may have heard, we Jews like to argue. Especially about politics. One of the things I hope to address if fortunate enough to be...
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חיים פאר
Jan 1, 20244 min read
Principles, Not Promises
From time to time I hope to share what kind of representative I’d like to be if fortunate enough to be elected. Rather than focusing on...
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חיים פאר
Jan 1, 20243 min read
I'm Running for Jerusalem City Council
I've decided to throw my kipa into the political ring. About half a year ago I started working with Chagit Moshe, a Deputy Mayor of...
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