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Obama throws Israel to the wolves
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.
Why J Street should welcome Trump and Friedman
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!”
How to love Trump
For a majority of Americans, feeling traumatized and terrified are reasonable responses to the words \”President-elect Donald Trump.\”
“Stand up already,’ God is calling to you
\”Then Judah approached him and said, \’Please, my lord, let your servant appeal to my lord, and do not be impatient with your servant, you who are the equal of Pharaoh’ \” (Gen. 44:18).
Is this Orthodox rabbi a feminist?
When word got out that Rabbi Simcha Krauss was coming to Los Angeles to teach a series of lessons on how to resolve the problem of agunot — women “chained” to their marriages because their husbands refuse to give them a get, or religious divorce — the Rabbinical Council of California (RCC) sent a letter to the Orthodox community discouraging attendance.
Chanukah, Trump and David Friedman
The story of Chanukah is, among other things, the story of intra-Jewish hatred.
When values divide us
You know what annoys me? The term “Jewish values.” It’s one of those lazy expressions that buys you instant moral credibility.
My Little Brother — and yours
I was 23 years old, living in New York City when I was matched with my first Little Brother, Jeremy. He was 11.
Why Ambassador Dermer is wrong about Southern Poverty Law Center
Ron Dermer, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, recently referred to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) as “defamers and the blacklisters.”
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