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Reporters’ Roundtable: Israel as Wedge Issue; Birthright; Eli Valley and Amy Winehouse
This week, host Josh Nathan-Kazis is joined by Forward editor Jane Eisner and Forward Fellow Naomi Zeveloff to discuss how Republicans are using Israel as a wedge issue in 2012 elections. Then, Josh talks with Yossi Beilin, the left-wing former Knesset member and author of a new book, Birthright: The True Story, which details his…
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‘Ground Zero Mosque’ Opens Quietly
A controversial Islamic center in lower Manhattan opened quietly yesterday without protests as the developer reportedly admitted making missteps in the campaign to build it. The Park51 center, which was the target of mass protests by those opposed to an Islamic center close to the site of the Sept. 11 attacks, opened with a photo…
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South African Jews Struggle With Legacy of Apartheid
Since the fall of apartheid, South African Jewry has struggled mightily with two specters from its past. Its central body, the South African Jewish Board of Deputies, worked happily with the apartheid regime, even as that regime violated the civil liberties and human rights of many Jews who were key figures in the anti-apartheid struggle….
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Dynamic Leader Puts Oomph Back in Brandeis
‘Fred, President Fred!” a gaggle of upperclassmen shouted as the president of Brandeis University, Frederick Lawrence, strode down the stairs and onto the floor of the university’s basketball arena. The students, clad in shorts and yellow orientation leader T-shirts, cheered and applauded when Lawrence stopped to chat. Lawrence, due in just minutes to deliver a…
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Lithuanian Official’s Attendance at YIVO Concert Is Uncertain
With only a day to go before the event, uncertainty surrounds the planned appearance of Lithuania’s foreign minister at a concert in New York City celebrating the music of the Vilna Ghetto. It is an appearance that has come to be seen as a flashpoint for a complex stew of issues roiling relations between Lithuania…
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Keeping It Non-Partisan at a Candidate’s Pep Rally
Texas governor and Republican frontrunner Rick Perry was the star of Tuesday’s press conference of politicians opposing the bid for Palestinian statehood and expressing their support for Israel. The national media followed Perry’s strong statements regarding the upcoming U.N. vote, opposing settlement freeze, and above all, blaming President Barack Obama for the diplomatic mess Israel…
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U.N. UPDATE: Seeking to Change the Topic
Danny Ayalon, Israel’s deputy foreign minister, has issues with the Palestinian bid for statehood. Not only is it harming the peace process, he said, it is also distracting the international community from the world’s real problem. “There’s hunger in Africa, millions are suffering of malnutrition, there is a genocide going on in Syria, huge problems…
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Web Chat: Statehood Bid
The Palestinians will be going to the United Nations this September to seek recognition of statehood. Despite the desire of Israel and the United States to avert what many are describing as a disastrous move, a U.N. vote now looks inevitable. As Mahmoud Abbas, leader of the Palestinian Authority, recently put it, “We have exhausted…
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Turkish Jews Voice Wary Confidence About Future
The diplomatic clash between Israel and Turkey may be escalating, but many within Turkey’s 23,000-strong Jewish population insist that it is nothing more than politics for them, with no practical effect on their lives or security. “In daily life, we don’t fear anything from the Turks,” said Nisya Isman Allovi, manager of the Jewish Museum…
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American Billionaires Spark Israeli Media Furor
Las Vegas billionaire Sheldon Adelson has long been seen as a powerful force in Israel’s body politic. He’s the owner of Israel’s largest daily newspaper and so close to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he sat in the front row of the Knesset’s VIP section for Netanyahu’s 2009 electoral victory appearance. Adelson is also…
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Koch Takes a Victory Lap on N.Y. Congressional Race
Former New York Mayor Ed Koch voiced deep satisfaction with the victory of Republican Bob Turner over Democrat David Weprin in the special election for New York’s Ninth Congressional District September 13—and with his own impact on that race. But in an interview with the Forward, the longtime Democrat at times seemed fact challenged when…
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