Michael Oren lends foreign policy bona fides to new Israeli party Kulanu
Jewish Journal
February 9, 2015
Michael Oren, New York-born and educated at Columbia and Princeton, begins an interview in Hebrew.
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February 9, 2015
Obama says Iran must show ‘political will’ at talks
Jewish Journal
February 9, 2015
President Barack Obama said an extension in nuclear talks with Iran was unlikely and that an agreement depended on the “political will” of Iran’s government.
Islamic State pulls forces and hardware from Syria’s Aleppo
Jewish Journal
February 9, 2015
Islamic State has withdrawn some of its insurgents and equipment from areas northeast of the Syrian city of Aleppo, rebels and residents say, adding to signs of strain in the Syrian provinces of its self-declared caliphate.
‘Whiplash’ director draws from personally experiencing the cost of greatness
Naomi Pfefferman
February 9, 2015
Should parents vaccinate their children? One pediatrician thinking about measles
Jewish Journal
February 9, 2015
Every pediatrician, each in his or her own way, faces those few parents who are afraid to immunize their children. It’s not a dramatic moment. Fairly early in the process of getting to know who this patient is, a parent will say, “It’s too much.” Or, “It will overwhelm his immune system.”
‘Foxcatcher’: Why it took 7 years to complete
Jonathan Maseng
February 9, 2015
For Hollywood screenwriters, having your work rewritten is a fact of life, although it goes without saying that most writers hate it.
Coffee in Amsterdam with Anne Frank’s Best Friend
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
February 9, 2015
Next month is the 70th anniversary of the death of Anne Frank. The exact date that she died in Bergen-Belsen in 1945 is not known other than it is in the first few days of March.
Why They Hate the Jews
Jewish Journal
February 9, 2015
Just a day after twelve people were gunned down in a Paris newspaper office, an additional gunman walked into a kosher supermarket and slaughtered four Jewish men.
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