According to Gallup, Jews are more opposed to the Iraq war than any other American religious groups.
In advance of a planned speech at the fast-approaching plenum of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, Republican Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska delivered a speech on U.S.-Iran relations at the University of Nebraska yesterday. Read on for the speech… “It is an honor for me to be here today at one of Nebraska’s most…
The rush of coastal states attempting to move their presidential primaries up to January or February of next year could provide Jewish primary voters with a much greater role than ever before in selecting a nominee. Long an outsize presence among the activists and fundraisers who make up the lifeblood of national campaigns, Jewish Americans…
A series of recent verdicts favoring Palestinian defendants in high-profile terrorist cases are raising questions about the American government’s strategy in prosecuting supporters of militant groups. Earlier this month, a Chicago jury acquitted Mohammed Salah and Abdelhalim Ashqar of being part of a racketeering conspiracy to finance and support Hamas. The two men faced life…
Jerusalem – Israel saw the resignation this week of its police commissioner following the thunderous release a report on the investigation into the worst law-enforcement scandal in the history of the Jewish state. Most Israelis saw the departure of Moshe Karadi — as well as the head of the Tax Authority in a separate scandal…
Washington – Despite fears of upsetting a top Israeli and American ally in the Muslim world, Jewish organizations are reluctant to respond to Turkish calls to fight a congressional resolution recognizing the Armenian genocide. In the past, Jewish groups have aided Turkey’s efforts to prevent the United Stated from applying the term “genocide” to the…
Mordkhe Schaechter, a linguist, lexicographer and rebbe of secular Yiddishists, died February 15. He was 79. I became attracted to Yiddish when I was growing up in Louisville, Ky. Sitting in the back of Ms. Donsky’s German class, I often encountered Schaechter’s name while stumbling through week-old issues of the Forverts. On the basis of…
The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in a case that Jewish organizations say could reduce oversight of the executive branch and limit the ability of advocacy groups to bring church-state legal challenges. The case, known as Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. and slated to be heard February 28, pits the Bush…
Washington – In an effort to avoid accusations of American meddling, the Bush administration is looking to moderate Arab countries to press the new Palestinian unity government to recognize Israel and renounce violence. “We don’t want to be in the middle of this,” a senior administration official told the Forward. “We don’t want to have…
What began as a campus dispute over Israel resulted in a four-year legal battle that came to an end only this month, after a top campus rabbi in Los Angeles issued a formal apology. “I am deeply sorry that I hit, kicked and scratched you and called you a liar on October 21, 2003,” Rabbi…
YOU GOTTA HAVE A LITTLE MAAZEL — ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA BENEFIT Led by conductor Lorin Maazel, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra’s January 30 concert in New York at Carnegie Hall’s Isaac Stern Auditorium led off with a flawless rendition of Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No 3. Guest artist Maxim Vengerov performed a bravura interpretation of Beethoven’s Violin…
