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Sebastian Gorka, Uphold Your Oath To The American People
For several weeks, the Forward has published a series of articles about Sebastian Gorka, deputy assistant to President Trump, chief adviser on counter-terrorism, and member of the administration’s newly formed Strategic Initiatives Group. The articles reported that Gorka had close ties to far-right politicians in Hungary and that the leaders of a group on the…
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Opinion Fighting Animal Cruelty Now May Be Like Battling Segregation Yesterday
“It is easy for us to criticize the prejudices of our grandfathers, from which our fathers freed themselves,” writes Princeton philosopher Peter Singer in his book “Practical Ethics.” “It is more difficult,” he continues, “to distance ourselves from our own beliefs so that we can dispassionately search for prejudices among them.” Indeed, when it comes…
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Opinion After Comey’s Bombshell, Will Republicans Finally Act Like Americans?
There was a certain ironic justice in FBI Director James Comey’s sensational testimony March 20 before the House Intelligence Committee. Comey testified that the bureau is investigating “whether there was any coordination” between Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and “the Russian government’s efforts to interfere in last year’s election.” In other words, the FBI believes it…
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Opinion These Riveting Photos Show Israelis Helping Africans Find Clean Water
‘Unsafe water kills more people than war.” This statement caught me off guard. “In 2017? Really?” I thought to myself. Yet hundreds and millions of Africans lack access to clean drinking water, resulting in famine, poverty and many deaths, facts those of us who take clean water for granted should contemplate as we mark World…
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Opinion Is There A Silver Lining To Increasing Anti-Semitism?
As Jewish Community Centers across the United States recently celebrated Purim, seven more received anonymous bomb threats. Despite the normally cheerful Purim festivities, the prevailing mood among American Jews is grim. Whether or not they’re in a state of panic, as some commentators have debated, there’s undoubtedly widespread anxiety among American Jews today, after more…
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Opinion A Growing Culture of Hate Takes Root In Middle East
On March 12, 2017, Ahmed Daqamseh, the Jordanian soldier who had murdered seven Israeli schoolgirls in 1997, was released from prison. One would have expected to see him regret his horrible crime, and the people around him to express remorse for his victims — as the late Jordanian King, Hussein, exemplified 20 years ago when…
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Opinion The Art Of The Steal: How Trump’s Plot To Destroy The NEA Robs America
George Will writes that the public should not fund art. The Torah begs to differ. In Exodus 35:4, Moses informs the Israelites that God has commanded them to give of their own possessions to build and decorate the tabernacle. That’s a commandment – not a suggested donation. The artisans Bezalel and Oholiab are commissioned to…
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Opinion Will Bibi Really Dissolve His Government Over A TV Station?
(JTA) – What is “Bibi” up to? That was the question many in Israel were asking Sunday morning after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly threatened to bring down his own government to cancel reforms to state media. According to Hebrew reports, Netanyahu told ministers Saturday that unless the creation of a new government-funded broadcaster is…
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Opinion Explosive Charge: Israel Is Not Part Of A ‘Cycle Of Violence’
The Israeli Air Force attacked Hezbollah targets in Syria on March 17, days before it went after Hamas targets in Gaza. The Israeli strike in Syria, reported in several news outlets, targeted weapons that convoys destined for Hezbollah. The weapons – almost certainly supplied by Iran and Syria – apparently had the potential to alter…
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Opinion Mr. President, Your Old Neighborhood In Queens Would Shock You
Dear President Trump, As fellow Queens natives, we write to you with a question: When was the last time you walked down Midland Parkway to Hillside Avenue? In your still bucolic childhood neighborhood, you would find the Queens campus of the United Nations International School on Croydon Road and the Convent of R.C. Church of…
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