The image of his smiling, victorious face, aglow with the sense of vindication that seemed to be one step away from “I told you so,” has become the paradigm of the image of impending …
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By Rabbi Binny Freedman
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7/8/15
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My husband Jerry thinks it’s an adventure to have a stopover or two when he flies. His best flight yet was his two stop trip to Israel. He got to visit Romania, the birthplace of his dad. It …
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By Judy Joszef
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7/8/15
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Reuters reports that the Obama administration has been taking the Iranian side regarding a long list of violations to the interim Joint Plan of Action (JPOA) as well as to U.N. Security Council …
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By Jeff Dunetz
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7/8/15
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Back in 2003, as some readers will recall all too clearly, the noted historian Tony Judt penned a searing critique of Israel in the New York Review of Books. Titled “Israel: The …
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By Ben Cohen
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7/8/15
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An angel walked among us. Now he is no more. Malachi — My Angel — Rosenfeld was riding in a car with his buddies, on their way home from a basketball meet, when he was shot at by a …
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By Tehilla R. Goldberg
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7/8/15
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With the annual observance of the destruction of our two sacred Temples now underway, I bring to your attention several new literary works detailing the significance of this time of year in …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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7/6/15
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It’s safe to say that in the coming weeks, you’ll be reading a great deal about the new memoir, “Ally,” authored by Israel’s former ambassador to the United States, …
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By Ben Cohen
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6/25/15
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My first reaction to the latest controversial Meretz-sponsored bill in the Israeli parliament was, mark of Cain.
The original meaning of the phrase in Genesis is a sign of safety and protection …
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By Tehilla R. Goldberg
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6/25/15
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U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro asked Prime Minister Netanyahu to publicly rebuke former Israeli ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren’s remarks that President Obama abandoned Israel by …
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By Jeff Dunetz
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6/24/15
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A new study has found that many of the children who were educated in Nazi Germany retained, for the rest of their lives, the anti-Semitic attitudes they learned in school. What does that portend …
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By Stephen M. Flatow
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6/24/15
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