Opinion

• Opinion

  Divest Anti-Israel Prejudice From Churches

  There is a battle taking place within mainstream Christian churches across America. A small cadre dedicated to the triumph of the Palestinians at the price of the destruction of Israel is trying to influence the Middle East policies of the American Christian community. As a result, Jews and Christians are often undermined as they work…

  By David Elcott

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• Opinion

  Prostituting the Constitution

  Let’s say you run an agency administering governmental disaster relief funds and, after a big hurricane, you are told you no longer will be permitted to administer funds unless you publicly announce that you are opposed to gay marriage — whether or not you actually oppose it, whether or not you even have an opinion….

  By Kathleen Peratis Aug 26, 2005 | 4 min read
• Opinion

  Breaching ‘The Breaking Point

  The recent oil rally and record-high prices have sprouted a thriving cottage industry of energy millenarians — doomsayers warning that oil production has peaked and that a toxic mix of soaring demand and plummeting reserves is leading the world on a global collision course toward the “End of Oil.” That such predictions have been repeatedly…

  By Antoine Halff Aug 26, 2005 | 5 min read

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  Gloom and Doom, Yet We Bloom

  The highest temperature ever recorded anywhere was at Tirat Tzvi, in Israel, on June 12, 1942, when the thermometer reached 129 degrees Fahrenheit. By comparison, the 100-plus temperatures recorded this week at the Kissufim crossing — the way from Israel proper to Gush Katif, in Gaza — though higher than usual, are not all that…

  By Leonard Fein Aug 19, 2005 | 4 min read
• Opinion

  Homes and Borders

  In the hot desert scrub of southern Gaza this week, in scenes broadcast around the world, Israelis who were losing their homes to a government policy they thought cruel confronted soldiers executing that policy and begged for some miracle to change history. The miracle did not come, but the settlers’ sacrifice seared the hearts of…

  By J.J. Goldberg Aug 19, 2005 | 3 min read
• Opinion

  Sabotaging Peace

  Given Israel’s wrenching efforts to open a new page in its relations with the Palestinians, it is depressing to see groups supposedly committed to morality and human rights continue to demonize the Jewish state as though nothing at all had changed. Over the past two years, a motley assortment of churches, trade unions and local…

  Aug 19, 2005 | 2 min read
• Opinion

  A Picture Of Heroism and Hate

  I always try to go to Mass on the anniversary of my mother’s untimely death 26 long years ago. But this year I decided to do something of a different spiritual significance. I attended the “Liberation!” exhibit at the Museum of Tolerance here in Los Angeles — photos and footage and objects from the moments…

  By Tad Daley Aug 19, 2005 | 4 min read
• Opinion

  Mideast Peace Requires Withdrawal From Unilateralism

  As much as some Palestinian groups would like to claim that Israel’s unilateral disengagement from Gaza this week is a direct result of their military actions, the majority of Palestinians don’t buy into such a simplistic narrative. Nor, however, is the withdrawal a product of what we believed to be the alternative path to liberation…

  By Daoud Kuttab Aug 19, 2005 | 3 min read
• Opinion

  The Conscription Prescription

  The Israeli military draws its manpower from universal conscription. Actually, conscription in Israel is no longer truly universal — large numbers of ultra-Orthodox are exempted, along with any woman declaring herself religious and a percentage of youth judged unfit for service — but it probably comes as close to universality as any army. In stark…

  By Yossi Alpher Aug 19, 2005 | 4 min read
• Letters

  August 19, 2005

  Attack on Evolution Is Dressed-up Creationism I was very disturbed by David Klinghoffer’s attack on science in his August 12 opinion column (“Toward Theological Evolution”). He advocates that “Intelligent Design” — the idea that it is not possible to find naturalistic explanations for some traits in living things — should be embraced by Jews. He…

  Aug 19, 2005 | 5 min read
• Opinion

  Mourn for Gaza, Pray for Unity

  As Israel prepares to disengage from Gaza, it is not only natural but also proper that we experience a keen sense of mourning over our loss. Imagine if we were evicted from our homes, if our synagogues were dismantled, the remains of our loved ones disinterred. These feelings only become more acute when we recall…

  By Avi Weiss Aug 12, 2005 | 3 min read