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May 6, 2009
At AIPAC, Obama and Netanyahu Administrations Listen to Each Other
f this year’s AIPAC policy conference stopped well short of a full-blown spat between the pro-Israel lobby and the Obama administration, it was because each side was listening to the other: Obama officials listened to Israeli fears about the Iranian nuclear threat, and AIPAC and Israel’s prime minister listened to the U.S. administration’s insistence on the inevitability of Palestinian statehood.
Deal-making Behind Byzantine Ballot Measures
May 19, California voters will be asked to vote on a package of six ballot measures. What’s a voter to do? What’s a Jewish voter to do?
Ashamed of Mental Illness? Shame on You!
The friendship documented in the film “The Soloist” between Los Angeles Times reporter Steve Lopez and Nathaniel Ayers, the homeless man Lopez discovers is a Juilliard-trained musical prodigy, brings to mind man’s first question to God: Am I my brother’s keeper?
Jewball, The Missing Class, Bye Bye Bybee
Honest people differ on whether certain interrogation techniques constitute torture, but empirically these techniques prevented at least one major attack against the country.
Now It’s J.J. Abrams’ Turn to ‘Trek’
J.J. Abrams is responsible for some of the most beloved entertainment of the past two decades. He is the writer/creator of the television dramas “Felicity,” “Alias,” “Lost” and “Fringe.”
Pope’s Israel Visit Fraught With Potential Minefields
The official Israeli government Web site for Pope Benedict XVI’s upcoming trip to Israel and the West Bank promotes the May 11-15 visit as a “Bridge for Peace.”
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