Jewish American Heritage Month

admin | March 31, 2010

Dershowitz reveals the probable future for the “open” Judaism he favors in a remarkable analogy. He worries that Orthodox Jews are becoming more like the Amish: tribal, defensive, few in number, “a quaint sect whom tourists come to gape …

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admin | March 31, 2010

Do Mormons need an Anti – Defamation League ? Jews have one

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admin | March 31, 2010

In short, Palin takes strong shots at the Obama Administration, and warns of the potential of a second Holocaust if Iran gets nuclean weapons.

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admin | March 31, 2010

Literature is supposed to transcend borders, but sometimes it runs up against them. Author Ala Hlehel is among the winners of the Beirut39 literary competition, which acknowledges fresh voices in Arab literature in a list of 39 writers …

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admin | March 29, 2010

We have the first African America President, celebrating a Jewish holiday at his own home. His administration has been downright hostile to Israel’s Prime Minister and Jewish sovereignty over a unified Jerusalem. …

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admin | March 29, 2010

The Diary of Anne Frank is based on the writings of Anne Frank , a young German-Jewish girl, while she was in hiding for two years with her family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. The diary was saved during the war by Miep …

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admin | March 29, 2010

Updated at 4:30 pm with comments from former President Jimmy Carter: Last December, former President Jimmy Carter offered up an Al Het – a confession.

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admin | March 29, 2010

Laura Rozen of Politico returns to top inside reporter form with this piece on the division over Israel policy within the Obama Administration, in particular between Dennis Ross of the National Security Council and Obama’s special envoy …

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admin | March 29, 2010

Although it is far from representative of all public opinion in the Arab countries, or even majority opinion, there has been in recent years a new outbreak of expressions of Holocaust denial among Arabs. Rather than an outlet for …

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admin | March 29, 2010

This quarter I am offering a new course that explores contemporary innovations in Jewish Life around the globe.

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