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Opinion Jews Just One Piece of Obama Puzzle
American Jews have historically been a critical base for the Democratic Party. This has not changed. Jewish voters’ affinity for the Democratic Party is deeply rooted in both the faith’s core tenets, such as tzedakah and tikkun olam,, and in the particular evolution of a post-New Deal Democratic Party championing civil rights and liberties, separation…
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Israel News Israel Is Strategic Asset After All
A new study from a Washington think tank supportive of ties between America and Israel is seeking to rebut growing sentiment among military experts who question Israel’s value as a U.S. strategic asset. The report, released November 2 by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, argues that the benefits of America’s close military ties…
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Fast Forward Bibi Clamps Down on Free Speech: Opposition
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has set upon itself to limit free speech and declare war on Israel’s judicial system, Labor leader MK Shelly Yachimovich said on Sunday, adding that a wave of recent Likud bills was pushing Israel away from the democratic world. Yachimovich’s comment came after, earlier Sunday, the Ministerial Committee for Legislation…
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Opinion A Divine Society?
Judge Richard Goldstone is back in the news, having written in an OpEd piece in the New York Times that it is a canard to define Israel as an apartheid state. That has set off the predictable reactions, from “Goldstone is whitewashing Israel’s behavior” to “Goldstone has finally seen the light.” All quite beside the…
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News Israel’s Alt-Comedy Scene Gains Traction
In his black T-shirt and first-day-of-basic-training haircut, with weathered skin that betrays his Iranian roots, Idan Mor looks like a typical post-army Israeli. The soft-spoken Mor, however, is anything but. The 32-year-old former paratrooper and Haifa native is making a name for himself as one of the smartest and most original comics on Israel’s alternative…
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Israel News Israel Trip Divides Jewish Service Group
A social service trip to Israel may seem like an innocuous program for a Jewish social service organization. But at Avodah, a domestic Jewish anti-poverty group, one staff member has quit and others involved with the group have launched a protest petition amid heated argument sparked by the prospect of just such a trip. The…
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Fast Forward Dead Sea Falls Short in 7 Wonders Vote
It’s wonderful, but apparently not Wonder-ful enough. A provisional list of the New 7 Wonders of Nature was announced and Israel’s Dead Sea failed to make the cut. The Dead Sea was in the running for a place alongside spectacular natural phenomena such as the Amazon, Iguazu Falls, and Indonesia’s Komodo national park, which did…
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Israel News Should Israelis Debate War With Iran?
A recent poll showed that a majority of Israelis believe that a strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities will prompt a broader war with Hamas and Hezbollah, even though the public is evenly split on whether to launch a military attack on Iran in the first place. This national ambiguity means that it’s not at all…
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