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October 13, 2014
Two Veteran Journalists Raise Alarm Bells about the Direction of the Israeli Government
Cameron sitting out nonbinding Parliament vote on recognizing Palestine
Prime Minister David Cameron will abstain from a vote in the British Parliament on recognizing the State of Palestine.
Should campus racism be discussed?
In early October, a number of prominent Jewish studies professors signed a letter stating their opposition to the AMCHA Initiative, a group with the mission of monitoring anti-Semitism at institutions of higher education in America.
Does the bible condone adultery?
The 1999 memo of Susannah Heschel that ended up with President Bill Clinton’s domestic policy advisor, Ruby Shamir, excusing the President’s affair with Monica Lewinsky as not being adulterous by virtue of “classical Jewish law” is bizarre.
Islamic State seeks to justify enslaving Yazidi women and girls in Iraq
The Islamic State group said it enslaved families from the minority Yazidi sect after overrunning their villages in northwestern Iraq, in what it praised as the revival of an ancient custom of using women and children as spoils of war.
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ZOA presses Nike on refusal to address video ad with anti-Semitic overtones
After initially raising concern on the issue this summer, the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is continuing to press the Nike footwear and apparel giant to remedy its promotion of a pre-World Cup animated video whose content has what critics call anti-Semitic overtones.
Is Obama’s presidency done?
Is it too early to declare Barack Obama’s presidency a failure? It seems to be the talk of Washington pundits lately and a new poll showed a clear majority thinks so.
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