International

How U.S. benefits with Israel as its strategic partner

By Shoshana Bryen inFOCUS Quarterly WASHINGTON, D.C. —One of the few points of unbounded bipartisan agreement in Washington has for decades been that U.S.-Israel security cooperation is right, good, mutually beneficial and worth every nickel spent on it. It is well–grounded in facts and acknowledged benefits to both sides. Today, however, support for Israel is

How U.S. benefits with Israel as its strategic partner Read More »

Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USA

‘Welcome the stranger’: words U.S.A should live by

By Joel  H. Cohen NEW YORK —  A recent full-page ad in the New York Times really resonated with me, and I hope it registered with all Americans, Jews especially, as well. It was not selling a product or technology, but a long-held, seemingly endangered principle: welcoming the stranger. A tribute “with much love and respected”

‘Welcome the stranger’: words U.S.A should live by Read More »

International, Joel H. Cohen, USA

Two- state solution not on any major party’s agenda

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It’s still labeled the two-state solution, despite clear evidence that it requires at least three states. With Gaza kept separate from the West Bank, as its leaders seem to desire. Americans imagine that it’s only the Israeli right that frustrates the creation of a Palestinian State. Yet the reality is

Two- state solution not on any major party’s agenda Read More »

Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Jewish group helps dedicate Ida Wells- Barnett marker

By Jerry Klinger HOLLY SPRINGS, Mississippi — I have dedicated scores of historical markers and memorials across America as President of the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation (JASHP).  Almost all the projects have a Jewish theme or background story. Next month in Marietta, Georgia, JASHP will dedicate the first ever anti-lynching memorial to all

Jewish group helps dedicate Ida Wells- Barnett marker Read More »

Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, USA

Berger is Sen. Warren’s self- inflicted campaign wound

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — After five months of struggling her way out of Rodney-Dangerfield status, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren could lose much of the voters’ respect through a crisis of her own making – hiring a campaign staffer assailed for a long history of harsh, one-sided opposition to Israeli policies. It is

Berger is Sen. Warren’s self- inflicted campaign wound Read More »

Middle East, USA