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February 7, 2013
Why no opposition to Hagel, arms to Egypt?
Israel is facing serious challenges on two new fronts. President Barack Obama has nominated Israel-basher Chuck Hagel for defense secretary and sent fighter jets to Mohamed Morsi’s Israel-hating Egyptian regime. Where are America’s major Jewish organizations? Silent, voicing no opposition.
Letters to the Editor: Bill Kristol and his Emergency, Bigotry in AJU Ad?
Congratulations to Rob Eshman on a superb piece explaining clearly why Bill Kristol and his Emergency Committee for Israel (ECI) not only do not help Israel, but are harmful to her interests (“Emergency?” Feb. 1). His thoughtful explanation is comprehensive, clear and completely accurate. In fact, I have spoken with a number of Israeli leaders across the political spectrum who have expressed to me exactly what Eshman stated in his thoughtful piece.
In SodaStream boycott push, Palestinians may be the victims
For proponents of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement, SodaStream would appear to be a straightforward target.
Iran’s supreme leader rejects direct talks with U.S.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, rejected a U.S. proposal for direct talks between the two countries.
Jonathan Safran Foer Named to Holocaust Memorial Council
Novelist Jonathan Safran Foer was appointed to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council. President Obama tapped Foer, 35, also a New York University professor of creative writing, last Friday.
French Rapper Booba ‘Cyber-lynched’ for Mentioning Shoah
Dozens of anti-Semitic messages were left on the Facebook page of the popular French rapper Booba for vowing in a new song to avenge the victims of the Holocaust. Booba, the son of a Muslim father from Senegal, raps in a song titled “Master Yoda” that was posted Feb. 2 on his Facebook page, “We’ll avenge like victims of slavery and the Shoah.”
Ed Koch Eulogized as Friend of Israel, Jewish People
Ed Koch was remembered as a friend of Israel and the Jewish people by a cast of political luminaries at the former New York City mayor’s funeral. At a service that filled the cavernous sanctuary of Temple Emanu-El in Manhattan — the crowd included former President Bill Clinton, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo — Koch was compared to Moses.
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