July 24, 2012

Lost Jewish Cities Found and Put Back on the Map

Ruth Ellen Gruber July 24, 2012

Volume 27, Number 21

Jewish Journal July 24, 2012

Dennis Prager interviews New York’s ‘Ground Zero’ imam

Dennis Prager July 24, 2012

On July 20, Jewish Journal columnist Dennis Prager conducted a lengthy interview on his radio show with Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, author of “What’s Right With America,” who is best known for his plans to build an Islamic community center, including a mosque, near the World Trade Center in New York. What follows is the transcribed text of that interview.

Opinion: Palestinian Authority’s Jew-hatred a deal killer for peaceful two-state solution

Jewish Journal July 24, 2012

Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority (PA), has indicated that he will pursue his U.N. campaign of Statehood-Without-Borders. With the help of scores of Muslim and Arab countries, Abbas’ carefully choreographed “diplomatic” campaign has already yielded full membership in UNESCO, and with the promise of support from as many as 130 nations at the General Assembly, he must certainly feel that the golden ring of full recognition for the moderate PA is not far off.

L.A.’s little-known plaque and grove of trees honor ‘Munich 11’

Jonah Lowenfeld July 24, 2012

In the summer of 1984, when Los Angeles hosted the Olympics, then-Mayor Tom Bradley and the local organizers of the Olympic Games unveiled a large bronze plaque honoring the 11 Israeli athletes murdered by Palestinian terrorists at the 1972 Summer Games in Munich. The Israeli Olympic delegation was present for the unveiling, as were Jewish community leaders, according to a Los Angeles Times report.