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UCLA Jewish Studies head stands behind keynote invitation to Cornel West for Heschel conference

Jared Sichel April 21, 2015

Amidst objections from some leading Jewish voices at UCLA to an invitation to Cornel West—an author, academic and an outspoken critic of Israel—to serve as the keynote speaker at an upcoming UCLA conference to honor the late Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, Todd Presner, director of UCLA’s Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies, said Tuesday he does not plan to rescind the invitation.

The virtues of isolation

Jewish Journal September 3, 2014

By accepting a ceasefire with Hamas, Israel\’s leaders have revoked Israeli citizens\’ inalienable right to live free within secure borders.

Netanyahu: ‘No immunity’ for those who fire at Israel

Jewish Journal August 24, 2014

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that any building from which Hamas carries out terrorist activities is a target for Israel.

More rockets fired on Israel as communities open bomb shelters

Jewish Journal August 19, 2014

A barrage of rockets was fired from Gaza at southern Israel after a cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian groups was broken.\n

For Israelis in the western Negev, each day is ‘Russian Roulette’

Jared Sichel August 18, 2014

Paya Amirov described her life as a game of “Russian Roulette”—she can’t know whether the next minute, hour, or day will be quiet or chaotic, with the ever-present possibility of needing to drop everything and run from scorching metal and shrapnel that falls from the sky.

What a dying business in Sderot looks like, even during cease-fire

Jared Sichel August 15, 2014

Red alert sirens, which have made life here grim for every resident, have made doing business here nearly impossible for many. On Thursday, even as the city was enjoying its fourth day of calm, the sight of gray metal shutters in front of nearly every shop in this alleyway was a stark reminder that Sderot\’s store owners know better than to think that temporary quiet will soon bring customers back.