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Opinion Bernie Sanders Has To Run – To Make Democrats More Critical Of Israel
There are plenty of reasons for Bernie Sanders not to run for president. He’s an old white guy who may have trouble generating enthusiasm from people of color and women, especially after the recent revelations of sexism in his 2016 campaign. Of all the potential Democratic nominees, he’s the one most likely to prompt a…
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Opinion Don’t Believe The Hype. 2020 Won’t Be About Israel.
There’s a narrative emerging on the left that’s surprising only because it’s so commonplace on the right: the idea that the Democratic Party is abandoning Israel. Thus, when freshmen congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar came out in support of the boycott effort against Israel, known as BDS, you saw commentary from Republicans jubilant that…
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Opinion Can This Man Revitalize Israeli Journalism?
Even several decades ago, it became clear to a lot of very smart people that traditional journalism was in trouble. Newspaper circulation was shrinking. Trust in media was endangered. Long before the complete meltdown in advertising, the competition online, the advent of “fake news,” there was a sense that journalism was disconnecting from its essential…
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Israel News In Israeli Politics, The Future Is Female
The faces on the walls of the second floor of the gracious municipal building in Haifa tell a story of male authority. Lining the corridor are portraits of the mayors of modern Haifa, beginning with Hassan Bey Shukri, a Muslim appointed by the Turks in 1914, and continuing with his eight successors right up to…
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Opinion Why Is The Pro-Israel Right So Threatened By Black Jews?
One of the responses to the horrific massacre of 11 praying Jews this fall was a call for more firearms in synagogues. From Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams to New York State Assemblyman Dov Hilkind to President Trump himself, many called for an increased presence of armed guards at Jewish places of worship. But not…
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Israel News Tulsi Gabbard Zig Zags On Israel From Adelson Embrace To Questions On Gaza
Tulsi Gabbard, the Democratic congresswoman from Hawaii who announced her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020 over the weekend, promised that her campaign will focus on “the issue of war and peace.” This statement alone sets her apart from all of the other candidates who have already announced their intentions for the next…
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Fast Forward Ronald McDonald On The Cross Artwork Denounced By Israeli Christians
The pastor of Haifa’s Saint Elijah Cathedral condemned over the weekend an exhibition at the Haifa Museum of Art that includes a sculpture of a crucified Ronald McDonald. “We denounce the exhibition and the injury to the holiest symbol of Christianity by an institution that is supposed to serve citizens of all religions,” the Rev….
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The Schmooze How William Shatner Got Guilt-Tripped Over A Hebrew Wikipedia Entry
It’s not every day that a Hollywood star gets guilt-tripped on Twitter for not visiting his Jewish family in Israel, but that’s exactly what happened to William Shatner this week – and it’s all Hebrew Wikipedia’s fault. Shatner has never shied away from his Jewish roots. In fact, the Jewish Canadian Star Trek icon has…
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