December 2011

Hillary’s criticism of Israeli democracy wide of the mark

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Now that Americans and Israelis may have finished arguing about the campaign to bring emigrants back home, they are in full tilt about comments made by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. At a “closed” but thoroughly leaked meeting of Israeli and Americans concerned with public affairs, she expressed deep concern […]

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

A story of Jewish Detroit

A Prayer for the Departed by Bill Broder, The Ainslie Street Project, ISBN 978-1-461-13893-8 ©2011, $12.95, p. 230 By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California — The narrator of the TV show Naked City, a detective series about the 65th police precinct in New York City, which aired from 1958-63, ended each show with “There are

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Fred Reiss, EdD

If attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities is Israel’s only option…

By Evelyn Gordon WASHINGTON, D.C.–The media chatter that erupted in October about the possibility of Israel attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities sparked an immediate reaction: Both in Israel and abroad, opponents argued against such a strike, warning of various dire consequences. Certainly, Israel would prefer not to attack Iran: It would rather see Tehran’s nuclear program

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Middle East

Pro-Israel groups organize to combat Palestinians, leftists on campus

By Bruce Kesler ENCINITAS, California –The old “gentlemen’s agreement” worked sub rosa to discriminate against Jews and preserve the homogeneity of neighborhoods or work places. General indifference permitted this. The new “gentlemen’s agreement” works similarly on many campuses to preserve the homogeneity of leftist and pro-Palestinian thought, again permitted by indifferent administrators. As many of

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USA

Israel’s immigration ministry hurts Americans’ feelings with ill-conceived ad campaign

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Emigration from Israel is one of those issues that erupts every so many years to excite the fearful. Americans might think about abortion, prayer in the schools, gun control, or the placement of a Christmas tree and Hanukkah menorah on a public place. What is common to them all is

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What’s in it for me?

By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO–“Hi Jake, how are you doing?” “Hi guys. Just fine. What’s up?” “We’re on our way up to the school’s library to help move and cover the books. They’re going to paint the room and they need lots of help. Do you want to come?” “Are they paying you anything

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