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Ofer Kenig
What if Netanyahu fails to form a coalition?
If the PM can’t cobble together a majority government by Wednesday, Israel could find itself heading to new elections
Hillel Neuer
UN’s World Health Organization condemns Israel
What a waste of precious time, money, and resources, diverted from global health priorities to wage a (false!) prosecution of the Jewish state
Joanne Palmer
What happened in Chicago
When the anti-Semitic attack doesn’t take place because the terrorist is inept, the community gets a little tense anyway
Jonathan Ariel
American Middle East strategy may be fraying
The US has put its eggs in the Saudi basket, and Israel is following suit — an approach that may soon backfire
Stanislaw Krajewski
Between hope and despondency in Poland
Alon Goshen-Gottestein asked some hard questions about Jews and Poland; here are my answers
Jonathan Sacks
The birth of hope
We are not wrong to strive to perfect the world; indeed, our refusal to accept suffering and injustice as inevitable is particularly Jewish (Bechukotai)
Oded Eran
The forecast for Jordan’s stability is rocky with considerable risk
With the kingdom facing dire economic and political challenges, Israel’s talk of annexing the West Bank could increase the turmoil
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Cindy Grosz
May 26, 2019, 3:30 PM
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Rabbi Marvin Hier Talks New Film & Jewish Hate Today with Cindy’s Corners
I was truly honored last week to share coffee with someone I consider a modern-day hero for all Jewish people. Cross one off my bucket list! Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder and dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, has been an...
Heather Johnston
May 26, 2019, 3:23 PM
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Palestinians and Israelis work together for a better tomorrow in the West Bank
A unique and incredibly uplifting Iftar meal (the feast that breaks the daily Islamic fast during the month of Ramadan) took place last week in the ancient biblical city of Hebron. Attending the feast were not only practicing, adherent...
Ofer Kenig
May 26, 2019, 3:10 PM
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What if Netanyahu fails to form a coalition?
If the PM can't cobble together a majority government by Wednesday, Israel could find itself heading to new elections
Jeffrey Levine
May 26, 2019, 3:07 PM
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The Great Moshav Fire
Featured Video: Interview with Reb Shlomo's daughter, Dari, at the Carlebach Home on the Moshav. We have heard in the past about the great fire of London or Prague that destroyed most of the town. In our age, who could...
Danielle Mor
May 26, 2019, 2:56 PM
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Breaking down the wall between American and Mexican Jews
As media coverage abounds on issues such as President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall with Mexico and cross-border drug trafficking, Jews living in the United States largely form their perceptions on Mexico based on those narratives. At the same time,...
Yedidia Z. Stern
May 26, 2019, 2:16 PM
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Stop this march of folly
A dark shadow has fallen over the constitutional regime in Israel. Leaks from the coalition talks point to the negotiators’ desire to revolutionize the present system of checks and balances between the law and politics. The future coalition aspires...
Sheldon Kirshner
May 26, 2019, 1:38 PM
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City on a Hilltop: American Jews and Settlements
Of the roughly 400,000 Jews who've settled in the occupied territories since the 1967 Six Day War, approximately 60,000 are originally from the United States. These settlers have played an outsized role in establishing settlements beyond the old Green...
Avi Nofech
May 26, 2019, 1:33 PM
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First Past the Post
Which system is fair: proportional or FPP? The angry Liberals say: "Ontario’s voting system took only 40.5 percent of the votes to manufacture a majority for Doug Ford’s PCs as voters were cheated by First-past-the-post" Here an explanation is needed: PC are...
Laurey Hyman
May 26, 2019, 1:05 PM
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Could Lag BaOmer be the cause of nationwide wildfires?
In the past few years, the day after Lag BaOmer has coincidentally led to nationwide forest fires. Can we make a connection between these two events or are we to continue to bury our heads in the sand? Burying...
Justin Cohen
May 26, 2019, 12:07 PM
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She didn’t visit Israel, but May was strong and stable in her support
That Theresa May faced the most unenviable task in recent British politics won't erase her place in the history books for the wrong reasons: losing the Tory’s majority from 20 points up in the polls and suffering the worst...
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