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Chanukah, 2011

We shall light the lights of freedom — amidst awareness of a growing darkness. We recall and celebrate the right to be observant Jews — the agenda of the ancient...

Are the Palestinians an invented people? Yes and no

Congratulations to Republican presidential candidate Newt Gilngrich for raising the question: Are the Palestinians an invented people? If the term “Palestinian” is...

US ambassador to Belgium blames Jews for anti-Semitism

The routine is only too familiar. Say what you said. Then deny it. Or say your were misquoted. Or say you were “misinterpreted.” The American ambassador to Belgium,...

1941: asleep over Japan; 2011: deluded over Iran

The most wicked surprise in American history came Dec. 7, 1941, when Japan launched its attack on Pearl Harbor. Before the day that “will live in infamy,”...

Minding your own business

Not so long ago, the way to protect one’s privacy was to lock the front door and draw the shades. That’s all there was to it. All that has changed, […]

Two-state solution? It’s been offered on a silver platter for 64 years

Last Tuesday was November 29, 2011. Sixty-four years earlier, the UN voted to partition Palestine into a Jewish state and a Palestinian state. The Jews said yes. The...

Israeli designers attract world attention

Creativity is not taking a timid back seat to terror in the Jewish state. Forget army fatigues and utilitarian kibbutz attire. Homegrown Israeli designers are scaling...

Coaches, priests, rabbis, youth directors: Context to the Penn State scandal

The scandal at what was until recently the nation’s most successful and “squeaky-clean” football program is far bigger than a football story. Plug in different titles...

Turkey, memories, and giving thanks

Thanksgivings of long ago were tinged with snow or sweat, depending on where you grew up. Regardless of the weather conditions, the internal thermometer was very...

Israel bans Palestinians on West Bank Israeli buses

Sounds so credible, so beautiful, so open-and-shut, so obvious, so compelling: Six Palestinians said, “We are like them, exactly like them.” The “we” are the six...