Give the Settlers their Fair Share

Posted on: February 6th, 2014

The main obligation of a state toward its citizen is to provide them with security.

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The Counterpoint of Leadership

Posted on: February 6th, 2014

In Judaism, monarchy had little or no religious function.

Second Chances

Posted on: February 6th, 2014

Hearing that someone has been divorced nowadays doesn't have the same connotations it used to.

Boycott the Real Human Rights Violators: Open Letter to Emma Thompson

Posted on: February 6th, 2014

I know a little something about human rights violations – such as the violation of my daughter Alisa’s right to live.

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Christie Faces Uphill Fight for his Political Life

Posted on: February 6th, 2014

Issuing a statement dredging up Wildstein’s life, Christie’s office raised as many questions as it answered.

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Saying Yes (And No) to Limmud

Posted on: February 6th, 2014

There must be an Orthodox presence and an Orthodox refusal to attend Limmud NY.

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Netanyahu’s Modest Proposal

Posted on: February 6th, 2014

How political movements gain footholds remains one of the great true-life mysteries.

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Jewish Agricultural Colonies In America (Part I)

Posted on: February 5th, 2014

There were very few Jewish farmers in Europe during the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Indeed, in many parts of Europe Jews were forbidden to own land. Despite this there were some Jews who always felt they should return to the agrarian way of life their forefathers had pursued in ancient times, and that America was an ideal place to establish Jewish agricultural colonies.

West Coast Happenings

Posted on: February 5th, 2014

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Rav Chaim Halpern In L.A. Yeshiva Visit

Posted on: February 5th, 2014

HaGaon HaRav Chaim Halpern, rosh yeshiva of Ohr Joseph in Novardok, France, visited Yeshiva Aharon Yaakov-Ohr Eliyahu in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles.

Letters To The Editor

Posted on: February 5th, 2014

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The Anti-Boycott Bill In Albany

Posted on: February 5th, 2014

It’s no secret that many in the academic community support boycotts as a means of pressuring and punishing Israel. So it’s understandable that proposed legislation to prohibit use of public funds to promote boycotts – authored by New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and now being considered by the Assembly – has created an uproar. An identical bill was passed last week by the State Senate.

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Secretary Kerry, Again

Posted on: February 5th, 2014

Speaking at the Munich Security Conference about what he saw as the dangers inherent in the failure of Israeli-Palestinian talks, Mr. Kerry said: “The risks are high for Israel. People are talking about boycott. That will intensify in the case of failure. Do they want a failure that then begs whatever may come in the form of a response from disappointed Palestinians and the Arab community?”

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Supreme Court Hears From Orthodox Groups In Obamacare-Related Suit

Posted on: February 5th, 2014

The brief informed the court that though “the Jewish faith does not prohibit the financing of contraception,” the legal position taken by the administration threatens to curtail religious observances by American Jews inasmuch as Jewish law does not distinguish between and among different forms of business ownership.

Quick Takes: News You May Have Missed

Posted on: February 5th, 2014

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SodaStream Controversy Inadvertently Upends Boycotters’ Claims

Posted on: February 5th, 2014

JERUSALEM – Actress Scarlett Johansson announced last week that she was ending her relationship with Oxfam following criticism from the humanitarian group over her work as a spokeswoman for SodaStream, a producer of home soda-making machines, which operates a factory in the West Bank.

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Israeli Scholars In The Left’s Cross Hairs

Posted on: February 5th, 2014

What was unique about the MLA’s and the ASA’s approach was the breathtakingly Orwellian notion that not only was Israel itself guilty of the many alleged transgressions assigned to it by its libelers, but a boycott against Israeli academics was warranted because the academic establishment itself is complicit in Zionism’s excesses and a core element of the bemoaned occupation, oppression, and denial of Palestinian self-determination.

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Community Currents – February 7, 2014

Posted on: February 5th, 2014

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As Kerry Works On Peace Framework, Jewish Groups Keeping Low Profile

Posted on: February 5th, 2014

“As we have since the beginning of the process, we continue to support Secretary Kerry’s diplomatic efforts to achieve a secure and lasting peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians,” AIPAC spokesman Marshall Wittman said in a statement to JTA.

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Who Am I?

Posted on: January 31st, 2014

Somewhere along the way, my own mantra got lost and fell to the wayside. Now, that certainty has been replaced by doubt. By comparing. By looking over my shoulder at others and seeing that they do more, they have more, they know more, they have more than me.