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david benkof
Why the Saudis are just like Trump
The online bickering between Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his fellow billionaire Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal over Trump’s proposal to ban Muslim immigration is seeped with irony: For decades, Saudi Arabia has had a near-total ban on granting visas to Jews.
John Kerry must resign
“Indiscriminate” attacks were on the first day of the Muslim battle month
Feminism isn’t kosher
Fierce debates this month over women clergy represent the most fractious internecine conflict in the Orthodox Jewish community in a generation.
Israel’s coming Arab surge
Between now and March 17, the day of the Knesset election, followers of Israeli politics will hotly debate which party and prime minister should and will guide Israel’s next phase.
UN vote means we can’t choose democracy
The conventional wisdom assumes that if Israelis and Palestinians cannot work out a two-state solution, the Jews will someday have to choose between democracy and independence.
Don’t blame the USY’ers – blame the adults
On Monday, the international board of United Synagogue Youth (USY) voted to junk the Conservative teen group’s requirement that its top leaders date only Jews.