Alan Dershowitz’s secret weapon
Jared Sichel
May 7, 2014
World-famous lawyer, best-selling author, Harvard professor — Alan Dershowitz’s list of accomplishments is very, very long.
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Prager and Dershowitz go head to head, heart to heart
Ryan Torok
May 7, 2014
Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz and radio talk-show host Dennis Prager sparred over everything from politics to religious identity to attitudes about Israel during a 90-minute event dubbed “The Forum on Critical Values” on April 29 at Stephen S. Wise Temple.
Iranian-Jewish doctor spreads Holocaust truth in Farsi
Karmel Melamed
May 7, 2014
As Jews worldwide remembered and honored the 6 million Jewish victims of the Holocaust in recent weeks, Dr. Ari Babaknia, a renowned Newport Beach Iranian-Jewish obstetrician and gynecologist, was crisscrossing the country — touring Southern California and New York City — and making his own unique contribution to the cause.\n
Rabbi David Wax pleads guilty to kidnapping in agunah case
Jewish Journal
May 7, 2014
New Jersey Rabbi David Wax pleaded guilty to kidnapping charges as part of a scheme to force an Israeli to give his wife a get.
Hamas executes two men in Gaza as spies for Israel
Jewish Journal
May 7, 2014
Two Palestinians were executed in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday as Israeli spies, the enclave\’s Islamist Hamas government said, adding they had helped the Jewish state\’s armed forces carry out lethal operations.
The language of pleading eyes: A Mother’s Day story
Rabbi David Wolpe
May 7, 2014
“The music of his life suddenly stopped.” So reads a line in Chaim Nachman Bialik’s powerful poem, “After My Death.”
Report: Jewish Ukrainian mayor regains consiousness
Jewish Journal
May 7, 2014
The Jewish mayor of Ukraine’s second-largest city regained consciousness in an Israeli hospital following what is believed to be an assassination attempt.
Ex-London mayor: Jews vote Conservative because they are rich
Jewish Journal
May 7, 2014
British Jews increasingly support the country’s Conservative Party because they are richer than they used to be, the former mayor of London said.
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