Posted on: February 17th, 2013

What happened at Brooklyn College demonstrates the wisdom of keeping academic departments from sponsoring non-academic hate fests, such as the BDS event.

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Posted on: February 13th, 2013

You are the mother of a me’agen – a young man who has turned his wife into an agunah. Sometimes a person in your situation can get so caught up in defending her position or her son's position that she fails to realize there is no longer a battle.

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Posted on: February 13th, 2013

Many think the World Economic Forum is like a meeting of the United Nations, where politicians and other decision makers meet to speak. Not many know that the WEF, launched as a not-for-profit organization in 1971 by Klaus and Hilde Schwab, is something completely different: a place where people come to listen.

Posted on: February 13th, 2013

Whether it emanates from world leaders or media reports, there is a barrage of public opinion chastising Israel for policies that supposedly impede the path to peace in the Middle East.

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Posted on: February 13th, 2013

Once Knesset Members have made cuts to their own salaries, it will be much easier to cut away at the fat that is choking the budget.

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Posted on: February 12th, 2013

A cemetery in an oil rich province of Saudi Arabia may be the last vestige of Jewish life there.

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Posted on: February 12th, 2013

Erdoğan's Turkey is no longer a trustworthy partner for the West but more like a mole in its inner sanctum.

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Posted on: February 12th, 2013

I see no contradiction between being a feminist and being modern orthodox.

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Posted on: February 11th, 2013

Many singles are not facing a crisis of shidduchim but a crisis of identity, wrestling with existential questions most families simply do not have the time to consider.

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Posted on: February 10th, 2013

Many pro-Israel young academics refuse to speak up out of fear that they will be subjected to the same kind of McCarthyite tactics that I am subjected to.

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Posted on: February 9th, 2013

My good colleague Kay is wrong about the early demise of conspiracy theories and blood libels against the Jews.

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Posted on: February 7th, 2013

If a Muslim sees a Jewish child hiding behind a stone and a voice comes from that stone, one can safely presume that he is suffering from an auditory hallucination.

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Posted on: February 6th, 2013

In a world of cynics and naysayers, where too many people almost instinctively assume the worst of their fellow citizens, our generation was fortunate to have Ed Koch.

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Posted on: February 6th, 2013

I recently purchased a Glock 19. It is my first Glock but second firearm. My first is a slim, black pocket pistol, a Ruger LC9, which we keep in our safe. I practice shooting from time to time and trained for a Concealed Handgun License (CHL) as well.

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Posted on: February 6th, 2013

Since the enemies of Israel neither slumber nor sleep, it should come as no surprise that at the center of the current storm over the acquiescence of Brooklyn College in an academically sponsored campus event designed to expel Israel from the family of nations stands Professor Judith Butler of the University of California.

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Posted on: February 6th, 2013

Apologies offered by the British Sunday Times for an anti-Semitic cartoon published on International Holocaust Remembrance Day address only one, albeit major, aspect of this issue.

Posted on: February 6th, 2013

What does it mean when we say that man was created in the image of God?

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Posted on: February 6th, 2013

Orthodox Jews who benefit greatly from the freedom to practice their religion should in no way impose their religious beliefs on others.

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Posted on: February 5th, 2013

The main concern of Muslim citizens in any Islamic state is staying safe, alive and away from being accused of doing or saying anything against Islamic teachings.

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Posted on: February 4th, 2013

If children are old enough to be on the Internet, they should be mature enough to hear the word “sex” or “sexual” in the context of discussing abuse.

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