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Israel Ups Iran Ante, But Is It Bluff?
On August 12, Israel’s deputy foreign minister, Danny Ayalon, called for an international declaration that diplomacy with Iran had definitively failed. Benjamin Netanyahu’s government itself declared the talks all but dead even before they began, but Ayalon’s explosive comments added fuel to the bizarrely public debate in Israel about whether to bomb Iran. This debate…
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Opinion Obama’s Israeli Fans Sing His Praises
“Tank you Mister Obama, about everyting.” So says a random Israeli interviewed in an exceptionally strange new video out today from the National Jewish Democratic Council. The video opens with jaunty music playing under images of missile batteries. Then Israelis stopped on the street say nice things about the president. One woman in a shopping…
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Opinion Hamptons Bar Mitzvah Brouhaha
A fireworks display at a Long Island bar mitvah damaged a Bentley — and is threatening to singe a congressman’s career. Rocket debris from the rooftop fireworks demonstration apparently dented the high-end luxury car. But not before Tim Bishop, a Democratic congressman on Long Island, allegedly solicited a donation from the bar mitzvah boy’s father…
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Opinion Buoyed by Ryan Pick, White House Talks Health
President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform is shaping out to be one of the party’s main selling point for Jewish voters in the November election. And Mitt Romney’s selection of Paul Ryan, champion of healthcare cuts, has only motivated Democrats to push the issue even more. Jewish elected officials and activists gathered for a conference call…
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Opinion Mel’s Back — But Not Off the Hook
Mel’s back and the Hollywood legend isn’t quite sure why he was forced to go away in the first place. Touching on what the interviewer politely refers to as his “personal crises,” Gibson is asked if Hollywood is a forgiving town in the interview on comingsoon.net. To which he responds: No it’s not. They have…
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Opinion Hebrew National Must Answer to Lower Authority
In early August, the United States District Court of Minnesota scheduled a hearing to determine whether or not it will dismiss the now famous — or maybe infamous — class action lawsuit filed against Hebrew National. According to the plaintiffs, Hebrew National’s hot dogs and other meats failed to live up to their lofty billing….
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Opinion Palestinian Statehood Could Be Escape Strategy
As the Palestinians prepare for another attempt to win recognition as a state at the United Nations General Assembly, President Obama has a rare opportunity to show true friendship for Israel in a way that sets him apart from and ahead of his rival. He can welcome the Palestinian request and promise to support it….
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Opinion It’s a Nazi Slogan, Dude
Readers might not expect a lot of historical analysis from the British tabloid The Daily Mail. But it shouldn’t be too much for the editors to at least remember Nazi Germany and some of its signature evil. That’s why it was particularly disturbing to see this item uncovered by the Twittersphere this morning from a…
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Opinion Anonymous Pamphlets Underline Haredi Splits
The monochromatic ocean of Haredim at the funeral of Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv last month concealed a deeper undercurrent of dissent. Elyashiv, the acknowledged leader of the Ultra-Orthodox Lithuanian community, had roped together two competing factions among a group usually seen as monolithic. There are the conservatives, led by Shmuel Auerbach of Jerusalem, as well…
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Opinion Adelson’s Ethics
Writing on The New York Times website, Thomas B. Edsall, a professor of journalism at Columbia University, pointed to the possible religious ramifications of the political and financial relationship between Mitt Romney and his most generous backer, casino mogul Sheldon Adelson. “The source of Adelson’s huge campaign contributions would appear to create a conflict with…
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Opinion When ‘Unity’ Means Unity of the Orthodox
“Achdus Klal Yisroel.” At the recent Siyum HaShas, celebrating the completion of the 7-and-half-year Daf Yomi (page-a-day) Talmud regimen, that phrase — “unity of the Jewish people” — resounded like a mantra. At the ceremony, which took place at the MetLife stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., the idea of unity was affirmed by nearly every…
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