After failing for eight years to get the Palestinians to come to the negotiating table, a lame duck President Barack Obama decided to punish Israel by allowing the United Nations Security Council to essentially declare Israel a criminal state.
The way his critics have bludgeoned David Friedman—the right-wing New York lawyer nominated to be the next United States Ambassador to Israel– you would think they’re afraid he will barge into Israel-Palestinian peace talks on his first day in office and yell, “Stop! No more peace talks!”
You know what annoys me? The term “Jewish values.” It’s one of those lazy expressions that buys you instant moral credibility.
Whether I’m speaking to Trump voters or Clinton voters, their emotions are off the charts.
Dear Mr. Ellison, I share many of the concerns expressed by your critics who are opposed to your candidacy to head the Democratic National Committee (DNC).
People who are 100 percent sure of themselves — and who can’t imagine why, for example, anyone with a brain would vote for Donald Trump — can lose all sense of humility and curiosity.
Dear Mr. President-elect, I started writing this letter before your appointment of Steve Bannon, a move that hasn’t been well received in my Jewish community. I was hoping to reach you before you made any moves. In any case, since you will make hundreds of other decisions, I’m now even more motivated to share my thoughts.
Having Donald Trump as president of the United States may be the most shocking political news story of my adult life.
Hillary Clinton delivered a killer stump speech this morning, after she lost the election. It was her concession speech. Listen to it.
Here we are at the climax of a crazy, nasty and historic election year — when we finally announce our new president — and here I am at my laptop, with very little to say.
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