Posts Tagged: israel
On Campus: What Jewish Students Need Most is Personal Courage
The last shot fired in the nasty combat being carried out on our nation's campuses took place at Florida Atlantic University, where a...
15th Century Jewish Prayer Book Expected to Fetch Over Half a Million Dollars (PHOTOS)
Christie's New York will be unveiling to the public for the first time since it's creation in Tuscany during the late 15th century, an extremely...
Hip-Hop Artist Drake: Playing A Mega-Positive Role in the Jewish Orchestra
Rabbi Avi Weiss says the Jewish community can be compared to a symphony orchestra, one in which there are drummers, flautists, violinists, and so on....
Mount of Olives Attacks Brings Security Situation in East Jerusalem into Spotlight
The Mount of Olives in Eastern Jerusalem was the scene of an attack on Sunday night, as 7 molotov cocktails or "firebombs" were hurled at...
Israel Stresses “Immediate Steps” for Iran, Obama Urges Diplomacy Ahead of May Talks
Exposing a rift with Israel, U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday insisted that the U.S. has not "given anything away" in recently renewed...
Brotherhood Too Tame for Egyptian Presidential Runner-up Contender
Editors note: This article was written prior to recently enacted Egyptian laws banning the candidacy of some of the individuals mentioned in this article. It's the...
Would Hilary Rosen Have Criticized Stay-at-Home Dads as Never Having Worked?
It's good that Hilary Rosen apologized for her comments that Ann Romney, who chose to be a stay-at-home mom to raise her five boys, had...
Crossing The Sea To Go Backwards
We Jews are a fractious lot. And the Hasidic world is the ultimate in bitter religious splits. Satmar, the largest dynasty today, has two...
Thank You, Cherna & Irving Moskowitz
Making U.S. Presidential race headlines, Jewish philanthropist Dr. Irving Moskowitz has recently donated $1 million to American Crossroads; the Karl-Rove linked super PAC, in a...
Hillary Clinton Dangerously Inconsistent on Palestinian Funding
In a highly controversial move, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has approved a $147 million economic support package to the Palestinian people despite...
And Now for Something Completely Different: Some Music for the Holiday
I offer to my readers a change of pace that I hope will bring some joy for the Pesach (Passover) Holiday. Here are links to...
What Must be Said: Former Nazi Gunter Grass and What Germany Owes Jews
I've never believed that children inherit the sins of their ancestors. In the American context, the history of slavery and segregation (de facto and de jure)...
“Jew Flu”: With Friends Like These, Who Needs Enemies
Lenin called those who work against their own people's best interests in support of their enemies "helpful idiots," and I am sure that many in...
New Jewish Superhero Rises from Brooklyn
Comic book lore is riddled with famous Jews, from the creators of Superman to the original Green Lantern cartoonist. Joshua Stulman, of Brooklyn, is now launching...
