By Alex Gordon HAIFA, Israel — There has been a war in Europe for nine months now. What could be more dangerous than a war in Europe? A war in Asia, which could start because of a war in Europe and would go with it. Who is pushing for war in Asia? The very country […]
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Alex Gordon, Israel, Middle East, Opinion
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Aryeh Schupak’s family could not live as Jews until they moved from the former Soviet Union to Edmonton in Canada, where they immersed themselves in Jewish religious practice, The Canadian Jewish News recounts. The family would sustain and nurture it after they moved to Israel – when Aryeh was
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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion
By Jonathan S. Tobin (JNS) If pro-Israel Republicans think former President Donald Trump will apologize or make amends in any way for choosing to have a public dinner at his Mar-a-Lago resort home with two notorious antisemites, they haven’t been paying attention to how he has conducted his public career. And if they think they
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Israel, Middle East, Opinion, USA
By Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D JERUSALEM — Benjamin Netanyahu (Bibi) claims to be making progress. He’s offered Internal Security to Itamar Ben-Gvir, Interior and Health to Aryeh Deri, so far nothing to Smotrich, with Ben-Gvir saying that he won’t join a government without Smotrich. What will remain for Likud? And how will disappointed Likudniks vote with
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Ira Sharkansky, Israel, OpinionBy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Jewish Texans, estimated to number 176,000, should probably worry about the deep in the heartlessness of the Texas abortion law — with the reporting of Amanda Eid’s near-death experience. The majority of Texas lawmakers approved legislation that severely sickened Eid and almost killed her in late August because she
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Bruce Ticker, Opinion, USA
By Jonathan S. Tobin (JNS) A curious thing occurred at the end of 2020. A program that had been promoted by the organized American-Jewish community was proven to be a tremendous success. But not everyone was happy about it. So, the news that this program is now having budget problems will probably prompt mixed responses
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Israel, Opinion, USA
By Richard L. Cravatts, Ph.D At Princeton University, the Princeton Committee on Palestine (PCP) has had a busy year of activism with the sole purpose of maligning, libeling, and questioning the legitimacy of Israel. In March, for example, the group sponsored a referendum that called on Princeton to “immediately halt usage of all Caterpillar machinery
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Israel, Opinion, Richard L. Cravatts, USA
By Steve Kramer KFAR SABA, Israel — Although it has been 55 years since I graduated from college, I still fondly remember my student life being enhanced by my membership in a Jewish fraternity. Today, I might have a different attitude, now that Jew-hatred (some call it antisemitism, a somewhat innocuous term.) A recent article
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Opinion, Steve Kramer, USA
By Doron Krakow A common question among JCC leaders is: “Are we a movement?” The Merriam-Webster dictionary definition of a movement is: “a series of organized activities working toward an objective; also: an organized effort to promote or attain an end.” As a product of Young Judaea, the Zionist youth movement, I was inured from
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Doron Krakow, Lifestyles, Opinion, USABy Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D JERUSALEM — Prime minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu’s earlier indication that he could finish with his government in a couple of days isn’t holding. So far, he seems to have promised the Finance Ministry to Aryeh Deri, but Bibi’s promises are worth a wet tissue in a thunderstorm. There’s also a problem with
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Ira Sharkansky, Israel, Opinion
By Ben Cohen (JNS) Even before the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar kicked off, the tournament already had a hero: the former captain of the Iranian national team, Ali Daei. Now retired and working as a coach, Daei is without question the greatest footballer Iran has ever produced, playing at senior level both in
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International, Israel, Middle East, Opinion
By Alex Gordon HAIFA, Israel — In 1922, Hugo Bettauer, an Austrian writer of Jewish origin, published a satirical anti-utopia, the novel The City Without Jews. The book was published 47 times in seven languages. The author wrote: “The people have chosen a political savior, Dr. Karl Schwertfeger of the Christian Social Party.” The writer
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Alex Gordon, Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Opinion
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — These days I feel like Alice in Anti-Wonderland, where what seemed impossible yesterday is now happening before my very eyes. I would say “Curiouser and Curiouser” if I could, but I feel more like saying “Awfuller and Awfuller.” Each candidate for a ministerial post in the government
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Israel, OpinionBy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Jared Polis, Joshua Shapiro and Lee Zeldin ended the day, on Tuesday, Nov. 8, able to claim vast political accomplishments. All three can be credited with consolidating or augmenting power in their states for their respective political parties. Polis won re-election as governor of Colorado, Shapiro was elected to
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Bruce Ticker, Opinion, USA