Thousands rally in Frankfurt against anti-Semitism
Jewish Journal
September 2, 2014
Some 3,500 demonstrators rallied in Frankfurt to protest a wave of anti-Semitic incidents in Germany.\n
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September 2, 2014
Where is Obama on Hamas?
David Suissa
September 2, 2014
I can understand why President Barack Obama would be reluctant to blindly support Israel at times when Israel’s neighbors have major grievances against the Jewish state. It serves no one’s interest for America to appear overly biased toward Israel. Better to appear fair and reasonable.
Manhattan’s Ramaz school clarifies advice on concealing kippahs
Julie Bien
September 2, 2014
When Rabbi Haskel Lookstein, the principal of Ramaz, an Orthodox day school on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, first heard about last week’s attack in the neighborhood on a Jewish couple by a mob bearing Palestinian flags, he had an instinctual response.
For Dodgers’ Joc Pederson, there is no joy in debut
Jewish Journal
September 2, 2014
It was a scenario straight out of “Casey at the Bat”: a screaming crowd, ninth inning, two outs, two men on base, the home team down by two runs, the slugger striding to the plate with a chance to win the game.
Blockers and tacklers: Jewish gridders gearing up for NFL campaign
Jewish Journal
September 2, 2014
Blocking brothers, a college star seeking success in the pros, a fullback who hasn’t had a carry in four seasons and a couple of ace special teamers are among the Jewish players on NFL rosters as the league kicks off this week.
In lame-duck period, Obama administration retreats from peace endeavors
Jewish Journal
September 2, 2014
Does the prospect of President Obama’s lame-duck period, coupled with the multiple foreign crises he is facing, diminish his quest for Israeli-Palestinian peace?
Israel’s land seizure: political favor or West Bank game-changer?
Jewish Journal
September 2, 2014
In the days after the war in Gaza concluded, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to bear left.
Whether you fire him or not, condemn Salaita’s words
David N. Myers
September 2, 2014
For the past month or so, the academic world in this country has been abuzz with impassioned debate about Professor Steven Salaita, whose proposed appointment as a tenured professor in American Indian studies at the University of Illinois in Champaign/Urbana was rejected by Chancellor Phyllis Wise on August 1.
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