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Where’s the Outrage Over Biden Comparing Illegal Immigrants to Holocaust Victims?

January 10, 2023

(JNS) After two years of pointedly ignoring a problem largely of his own making, President Joe Biden finally made a brief visit to the U.S. southern border in El Paso, Texas. While there, however, he saw little of the human cost of the catastrophe, as he didn’t meet or see any of the illegal immigrants […]

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Holocaust, Opinion, USA

Holier to Whom? The Temple Mount

January 9, 2023

By Steve Kramer KFAR SABA, Israel — On January 3, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir took a 13-minute walk in Jerusalem’s Old City on the Temple Mount, Judaism’s holiest site. Much of the “world” set its hair on fire and got hysterical—a bit of an overreaction. An ancient spiritual vortex, the Temple Mount has always

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Israel, Opinion, Steve Kramer, USA

Meeting Heinrich Heine

January 4, 2023

By Alex Gordon HAIFA, Israel — Heinrich Heine was loved and hated by the two nations to which he belonged. The Germans loved his lyrics and disliked his political poetry. The Jews liked to attribute his genius to themselves and disliked his conversion to Protestantism, which he often joked: “What do you want? I found

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Alex Gordon, International, Jewish History, Opinion

If Justice, Justice is Not Pursued in Israel

January 3, 2023

By Bruce S. Ticker “Justice, justice thou shalt pursue…” – Exodus “The law is all we have…” – Newman, from “The Seven” segment in “Seinfeld” Team Bibi’s plans to transform Israel’s legal system boils down to a perversion of our most basic biblical teachings. They will forsake justice to feed their political appetites. Retired Rabbi

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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion, USA

Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Israeli Government?

January 2, 2023

By Steve Kramer KFAR SABA, Israel — Now is not the beginning of the end of Israeli democracy, as many “pundits” say, but the end of the beginning of a more nationalistic Israel (a good thing). According to Prime Minister Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu, the government’s four main priorities are: stymying Iran, personal and national security,

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Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Steve Kramer, USA

There is a Government in Israel. Or is There?

January 2, 2023

By Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D JERUSALEM — Last Friday’s headline in Yedioth Ahronoth, by no means an extremist newspaper, indicated that there will be at least 30 ministries in Israel’s new government. Later news, on the internet, indicates that there’ll be a Ministry of Intelligence, a Ministry of Environmental Protection, a Ministry of the Diaspora, a

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Ira Sharkansky, Israel, Opinion

GOP House Leadership May Rebuke Omar and Tlaib

December 27, 2022

If Republicans get their act together on Tuesday, when a new term for Congress begins, they will have the opportunity to make themselves useful. Republicans will take over the House then by a difference of four or five seats, giving them power to act against Omar, Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Detroit and other representatives who distort the Israeli situation and/or slander Jews. [Bruce S. Ticker]

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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, USA

Palestinians Dread What They Have Wrought

December 22, 2022

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — As I scanned the menu at a Japanese restaurant on Sunday, I overheard the word “Palestinians.” I turned my head and spotted a few men at the end of a long table jabbering away, about 20 feet from my table. They were with a dozen others who appeared to

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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion, USA

Why the US and Israel Should Not Overlook the South Caucasus

December 21, 2022

By Paul Miller (JNS) Policy towards Iran represents a particularly complex item on the Biden administration’s agenda. The administration has expressed solidarity with Iranian protesters as they face a harsh crackdown, but at the same time, President Joe Biden has long sought to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. The debate surrounding Iran cannot be

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International, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, USA

Revolution as Business

December 21, 2022

By Alex Gordon HAIFA, Israel — Jews have been criticized many times – by the left for being capitalists, by the right for being socialists. Only once in history has a Jew been both a socialist and a capitalist. It was Alexander Parvus. In Latin, “parvus” is small, the pseudonym under which Israel Gelfand began

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Alex Gordon, International, Jewish History, Opinion

Defrocking The New York Times

December 21, 2022

By Steve Kramer KFAR SABA, Israel — Why “defrocking,” a term usually used in the ecclesiastical sense? Well, The New York Times (NYT) has a quasi-religious following among American liberals, especially Jewish ones. It is “the” authority on most things, and one of those things is the paper’s peculiar relationship with the Jewish state of

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Israel, Opinion, Steve Kramer, USA

During Chanukah, Shining a Light on Hunger

December 20, 2022

By Abby J. Leibman LOS ANGELES — For Jews across America, Chanukah offers an opportunity to rededicate ourselves to our highest Jewish ideals. Amid eight days of joyous celebration, shared meals of latkes and sufganiyot, and gift exchanges, the miracle of the Maccabees — a group of Jews lacking resources to survive who prospered against

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California, Opinion, USA

Why We Need Chanukah

December 20, 2022

By Eric George Tauber CINCINNATI, Ohio — Several years ago, on the sixth night of Chanukah, Chabad set up a giant Menorah for a celebration at Mission Valley Mall. It was fun. Kids were busily making crafts. Some were dressed as Maccabees and Dreidels and there was Chanukah music coming from the speakers. This is

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Eric George Tauber, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Opinion

Prejudice: How Discomfort and Fear of the Unfamiliar Lead to Discrimination

December 19, 2022

By Natasha Josefowitz, ACSW, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — There are many types of prejudice, but they can broadly be placed into two categories: personal and institutional. Personal prejudice is not based on reason, nor on actual experience. It is a feeling rooted in suspicion, fear, and intolerance. It is a negative attitude and adverse

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Lifestyles, Natasha Josefowitz, Opinion, USA

Where’s the Outrage Over Biden Comparing Illegal Immigrants to Holocaust Victims?

Holier to Whom? The Temple Mount

Meeting Heinrich Heine

If Justice, Justice is Not Pursued in Israel

Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Israeli Government?

There is a Government in Israel. Or is There?

GOP House Leadership May Rebuke Omar and Tlaib

Palestinians Dread What They Have Wrought

Why the US and Israel Should Not Overlook the South Caucasus

Revolution as Business

Defrocking The New York Times

During Chanukah, Shining a Light on Hunger

Why We Need Chanukah

Prejudice: How Discomfort and Fear of the Unfamiliar Lead to Discrimination

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