Posted on: June 18th, 2013

Iranians voted for Hassan Rouhani because they believe that the internal human rights situation will improve under a non-hardliner.

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Posted on: June 18th, 2013

There have been a growing number of accounts of atrocities carried out by rogue elements of the Syrian Free Army.

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Posted on: June 18th, 2013

מִבְרֶשֶׁת שִׁנַּיִם listen and repeat A tooth is a שֵׁן (listen and repeat), while teeth are שִׁנַּיִם (listen and repeat) (a double form, even though many teeth are spoken of, not just two).A brush is a מִבְרֶשֶׁת (listen and repeat), though when the word was created in the 19th century, it may have been intended to be מִבְרָשָׁה (listen and repeat) (Wiktionary). […]

Posted on: June 18th, 2013

"Colony construction on Palestinian land was the main reason for the breakdown of US-sponsored negotiations in 2010."

Posted on: June 17th, 2013

It can be hard to get people to read full-length articles, especially about obscure dimensions of the incomprehensible Middle East and its never ending conflicts...

Posted on: June 17th, 2013

Any ideology whose logic is followed to its final conclusion leads to a horrifying and unlivable society.

Posted on: June 17th, 2013

Rav Lopiansky tries to actually answer some of the questions I have publicly asked about the current Charedi opposition to drafting Charedim into the army.

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Posted on: June 17th, 2013

For some, guilt by association is actual guilt. For these people, who you know and with whom you associate determine your credibility.

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Posted on: June 17th, 2013

The Holocaust teaches us that normal cultural and "moral" values are ignored when the victims are Jews.

Posted on: June 17th, 2013

Such myopic and at times obsessive focus on Israeli culpability is part of a pattern at the Guardian.

Posted on: June 17th, 2013

“Themes of exile and redemption are central to Jewish poetry, reaching new heights of poetic expression in the works of the Golden Age of Spain.”

Posted on: June 17th, 2013

For now, I want to write about the hotels where I stayed here.

Posted on: June 17th, 2013

Not so long ago, Diane Sawyer dutifully informed her viewers that "Bashar Assad is ready to work with the United States."

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Posted on: June 16th, 2013

A 32-year-old man, believed to be of Somali origin, has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and is currently in custody.

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Posted on: June 16th, 2013

One of the arguments Jonathan makes is that we here in the United States ought to ‘not mix in’ to the issues affecting Charedim in Israel.

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Posted on: June 16th, 2013

Socialism, like most systems of government derived from it, has enshrined control as an end in and of itself.

Posted on: June 16th, 2013

Deputy Minister of Finance Mickey Levy (Yesh Atid) said at a Tel Aviv conference that “The Benefits Party is over”. “Entire populations do not take part in the labor market and become accustomed to relying on government aid (“Kitzbaot”). Ladies and gentlemen, I want to tell you this party going is about to end, it’s […]

Posted on: June 16th, 2013

When is the best time to teach your kids about money, and how do you do it? On this week’s podcast, Doug meets Ron Lieber, a columnist for The New York Times. In 2011, Ron won the Loeb award, a prestigious honor in the world of business journalism, in the category of personal finance. Ron […]

Posted on: June 16th, 2013

At minute 2:30, follow the exchange between Rabbi Yehuda Glick and two other fellows on Temple Mount.

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Posted on: June 16th, 2013

שַׁגְרִיר, שַׁגְרִירָה Visit Ktzat Ivrit .