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December 16, 2013
Human Rights Organizations Challenge the Knesset’s New Amendment to Infiltration Law
Israeli soldier killed while on patrol on Lebanese border
An Israeli soldier patrolling Israel’s border with Lebanon was killed by what is believed to be a rogue Lebanese soldier.
Agunah crowd shouldn’t target families
The preeminent sacred cow to many Jews is compassion for agunot (“chained” women whose husbands withhold a Jewish bill of divorce, or “Get”). But enough already: the Internet crowd attacking Avrohom Meir Weiss in his divorce from Gital Dodelson is becoming as heartless and halachically problematic as Weiss himself.
Alan Dershowitz retiring from Harvard Law School
Alan Dershowitz, one of the country’s most prominent lawyers and a passionate advocate for Israel, is retiring from Harvard Law School.
American Studies Association votes for boycott of Israeli universities
The membership of the American Studies Association endorsed its national council’s call for a boycott of Israeli universities.
‘When Failure Succeeds’: The true goal of BDS and the ASA vote
In the recent boycott resolution passed by the America Asian Studies Association and being voted on by the American Studies Association we uncover the innate hatred, bigotry and destructive intolerance directed at Israel by boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) adherents and supporters. BDS stands for the elimination of the Jewish state of Israel.