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Does Yeshiva University Answer to a Higher Authority?
Wearing a yarmulke or sporting a beard doesn't make one "religious," and it is high-time for the Jewish community to question the pervasive sha-shtil (hush-hush)...
David Ward Plays the ‘You of All People’ Card
The Holocaust Educational Trust has accused Liberal Democrat MP David Ward of "deliberately abusing the memory of the Holocaust, causing deep pain and offence" after he compared the Israeli government to the...
Beyond “Apes and Pigs”: Ten Morsi Quotes That Tell All
Is Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi's recently revealed statement that Zionists are "descendants of apes and pigs" cause for concern? At least one Jewish leader believes that "actions and words both matter." "So far, President...
Israel’s Fractional Reality
In Israel, the devil is not so much in the details as it is in the fractions. Ignore the puffy pundits on TV who have been wrong all along. The math is easy. Likud-Beitenu is...
Algemeiner Editor Dovid Efune: There Was No Leftward Shift in Israeli Election (VIDEO)
Algemeiner Editor Dovid Efune appeared on Real News TV Wednesday, a day after elections in...
Israeli Elections and Palestinian Negotiations
The American politician Tip O'Neill once famously observed "that all politics is local." Had O'Neill...
Netanyahu’s “Serpico” Moment
Toward the end of the movie "Serpico" before he gets trapped in a doorway and (spoiler...
The Changing of the Israeli Guard
Israel had a party on Election Day. The weather was beautiful and people went...
What is Lapid’s Position on Jerusalem?
The big surprise of Israel's election is the rise of Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid (There...
Does Yeshiva University Answer to a Higher Authority?
Wearing a yarmulke or sporting a beard doesn't make one "religious," and it is high-time for the Jewish community to question the pervasive sha-shtil (hush-hush) mentality...
David Ward Plays the ‘You of All People’ Card
The Holocaust Educational Trust has accused Liberal Democrat MP David Ward of "deliberately abusing the memory of the Holocaust, causing deep pain and...
Beyond “Apes and Pigs”: Ten Morsi Quotes That Tell All
Is Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi's recently revealed statement that Zionists are "descendants of apes and pigs" cause for concern? At least one Jewish...
Israel’s Fractional Reality
In Israel, the devil is not so much in the details as it is in the fractions. Ignore the puffy pundits on TV who have...
Algemeiner Editor Dovid Efune: There Was No Leftward Shift in Israeli Election (VIDEO)
Algemeiner Editor Dovid Efune appeared on Real News TV Wednesday, a day after elections in Israel to discuss the results with host Amy Holmes. Asked for...
Israeli Elections and Palestinian Negotiations
The American politician Tip O'Neill once famously observed "that all politics is local." Had O'Neill been an Israeli, he might have added: "but local politics...
Netanyahu’s “Serpico” Moment
Toward the end of the movie "Serpico" before he gets trapped in a doorway and (spoiler alert) shot in the face, Frank Serpico (Al Pacino)...
The Changing of the Israeli Guard
Israel had a party on Election Day. The weather was beautiful and people went to the beach and the parks by the tens of...
What is Lapid’s Position on Jerusalem?
The big surprise of Israel's election is the rise of Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid (There is a Future) party, which won 19 seats in the...
Enshrining Ideologies: Egypt and the U.S.
For days now, the twittersphere and even the mainstream media have been agog at the anti-Semitism spewing in a now-viral video by Mohammed Morsi in...
Obama Needs to Realize It’s Not About the Palestinians
President Obama's criticism of Prime Minister Netanyahu — on the eve of the Jan. 22, 2013 Israeli elections — underlines the secondary...
Netanyahu: ‘Obama Knows Israelis Determine What Their Interests Are’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is still expected to win Israel's election Tuesday under the combined Likud-Yisrael Beitneu party ticket, spoke to...
Film Director Goes to the Fans for Hebrew Hammer Sequel
When Jonathan Kesselman wrote the script for The Hebrew Hammer , he couldn't have imagined the following it would attract. Filmed in 2002, and released...
The New Middle East Paradigm
In 1996, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan convened an international forum at the Hashimiyya Palace in Amman with guests from the entire...
