Category Archives: Israel

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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