Holocaust Politics is Bad for the Jews

Photo Credit: Flash90 Polish president Andrzej Duda and Israeli president Reuven Rivlin attend a ceremony in the March of the Living at the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp site in Poland, as Israel marks annual Holocaust Memorial Day, on April 12, 2018. “The March of the Living” is an annual educational program that brings students from all over […]

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Larry’s Letters: The “Beautiful” Palestinian Culture

Photo Credit: pixabay Larry’s Letters Craig M. Considine PhD Department of Sociology, Rice University Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, secure: true }); Dear Dr. Considine, I have just read your comments about the Palestinian “beautiful culture” that you hope to experience and which you extoll. I have […]

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Beirut Violent Fighting Between Protesters and Police ‘Winding Down’

[embedded content] Violent clashes between security forces and protesters in Downtown Beirut were “winding down” late Saturday night, following hours of confrontation, The Daily Star reported. The Lebanese Red Cross reported more than 220 injured, 80 of them hospitalized. Police say several protesters were arrested. The Lebanese Army was also deployed against protesters outside the […]

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What’s Yitzhak Yosef’s Strategy?

Photo Credit: Yaakov Cohen/Flash90 Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef {Originally posted to the author’s website} One must wonder what Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef was thinking when last week he launched into a tirade against non-Jewish Russian immigrants to Israel and those Orthodox rabbis who seek welcoming ways to convert some of them. Advertisement ‘); […]

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On Target

Photo Credit: Jewish Press The small shul used by Gerrer Chassidim in Rova 7, Ashdod, is not a standard building. It was temporarily constructed in a durable trailer, situated on Rechov Rabbi Tarfon. Before construction began, it was agreed that the trailer would be set on a slab of concrete. But when the work was […]

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