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Category Archives: Israel
Donald Trump Praises Israel’s Use of Profiling for Security
(JTA) — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump lauded Israel for its success in using racial profiling to prevent terror attacks. In a phone interview Monday with “Fox & Friends,” the network’s morning show, Trump said that U.S. police are afraid … Continue reading
Safran Foer’s New Novel Explores Divorce Between Liberal Jewish Americans and Israel
Many left-wing Jews choose leftism over ethnic loyalty. Haaretz: ‘Here I Am’ shows how because of Israel’s growing ethno-nationalism, embarrassment has replaced guilt as his generation’s dominant feeling toward Israel. “Here I Am” is Jonathan Safran Foer’s first novel after … Continue reading
#JewsForRefugees Trending On My Twitter
I hope President Trump deports all #JewsForRefugees. Idiots! #JewsforRefugees push to bring #Muslims to America while Muslims teach 3yr. olds that #Jews are apes & pigs! https://t.co/2CppAJ8ef9 — (((TheRighToExist))) (@TheRighToExist) September 15, 2016 #JewsforRefugees? And they wonder why antisemitism is … Continue reading
Is Norman Podhoretz All About America?
Umm, no. America’s welfare doesn’t seem to figure in his concerns. Tabletmag: On September 7, The Times of Israel published an interview with Norman Podhoretz, the 86-year-old former editor of Commentary, author of Making It (one of Tablet’s 101 greatest … Continue reading
The Syrian refugee crisis: A Jewish sense of responsibility
Jerusalem Post Sept. 9, 2015: “Talking to many supporters in recent days, there is a great resonance around our own history. My own grandparents were refugees in Britain, and I think my story is similar to many in my generation … Continue reading
Facebook Complies With 95% of Israel’s Demands on ‘Incitement’
Good to know. There’s nothing I hate more than incitement. Forward: Facebook, Google and YouTube are complying with up to 95 percent of Israeli requests to delete content that the government says incites Palestinian violence, Israel’s Justice Minister said on … Continue reading
Compared To America, Israel Is A Low-Trust State
There are parts of American life that are considerably lower trust than parts of Israeli life. Overall, however, Americans have more trust in their government and in each other than do Israels. So what about Jews in the West? Jews … Continue reading
WSJ: Jewish Baby Boom Alters Israeli-Palestinian Dynamic
By YAROSLAV TROFIMOV July 14, 2016 8:37 a.m. ET JERUSALEM—Israel’s peace camp and its international backers have long used one crude but powerful argument: Arabs make more babies than Jews and unless a separate Palestinian state is created, a demographic … Continue reading
Many Jews Don’t Care About Israel
A third of Jews in America don’t care about Israel and about a third care passionately. My guess is that a majority of American Jews identify more with America than with the Jewish state. Comments: * Many Jews believe that … Continue reading
From Albany to Kansas City, the Jewish Community Is Stepping Up for Refugees
Rabbi Jennie Rosenn is the Vice President for Community Engagement at HIAS, the global Jewish nonprofit that protects refugees. She writes: One year ago, a photograph of a small Syrian refugee boy woke up the world. Our hearts were broken … Continue reading