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Prosecuting the Holocaust: A personal and legal history
It is not often that a book comes along so vital to our understanding of human rights law that it becomes recommended reading for American presidents.
Letters to the editor: Political balance, anti-Semitism, Harris Newmark and more
Shmuel Rosner’s column this past week is very troubling (“The Formerly Orthodox American Jews,” June 24).
Brexit and the global democracy deficit
I arrived in London early on the afternoon of June 24, already knowing the results of the Brexit vote.
Sanders reignites potent strain of progressivism
In the 2016 presidential election campaign, there have been many astonishing developments to date.
Can institutions like UCLA ever truly prepare for campus shootings?
KCRW: Inside UCLA’s efforts to prepare its campus for active shooter scenarios
What if Tom Friedman is right?
Without warning, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman dropped a bombshell smack into the middle of his opinion piece on Feb. 10.
Against complacency: The lesson of Goldstone
Richard Goldstone’s reconsideration of the controversial fact-finding report on the Gaza war of 2008-09 is the latest Rorschach test for the Jewish community. It has elicited a wide range of reactions, from ecstatic claims of exoneration to lingering bitterness at the report’s “blood libel,” as Caroline Glick and Jeffrey Goldberg have branded it. My own sense in reading Goldstone’s Washington Post op-ed was a measure of relief that the report’s most serious allegation — that Israel intentionally targeted civilians in Gaza — was unfounded.
Apparent Allies Might Not Be Our Friends
This week\’s Israel Christian Nexus gathering at Stephen S. Wise Temple was intended to rally support for Israel. Its advertised list of speakers included John Fishel, president of The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, and a fair number of prominent local rabbis.