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Ari Teman - The Innovation Blog

Top Ten Jews Helping the Goyim (SPOOF)
August 19, 2012 3:45 am1 comment

My friend Dovid Efune, editor of The Algemeiner, has a yearly list, “Top 10 Non-Jews...

David Brog - For Zion's Sake

The Media’s True Failure in Gaza
March 19, 2013 1:31 am2 comments

Earlier this week, the United Nations confirmed that the tragic death of 11-month-old Omar...

William Rapfogel - Voice of the Needy

Ray Kelly is Beyond Reproach Over Training Video
February 12, 2012 1:52 pm1 comment

In July 1993, I joined a group of Jewish leaders on a visit to Israel with Mayor David N....

Oliver Benjamin Karp - The World According to Karp

Martin Luther King, the Mensch (VIDEO)
January 16, 2012 7:06 pm0 comments

Martin Luther King Jr. is correctly remembered as a great American who helped his country live...

Ron Agam -

Top Israeli Official Warns of Al-Qaeda in Syria
May 7, 2013 1:42 pm0 comments

Recently, I had a very interesting conversation with a high-ranking Israeli security official...

David Harris -

Happy 65th Birthday, Israel!
April 16, 2013 2:13 am0 comments

For many nations, a 65th birthday may not generate much excitement. But if the country happens...

Kevin Bermeister -

With Their New Status, Palestinians Will Observe a Bursting Israeli Jerusalem
December 11, 2012 2:01 pm0 comments

Open your eyes and see the fires burning in Afghanistan, Egypt, Syria, Bahrain, Libya and...

Yosef Abramowitz -

Solar Energy For All of Israel and Land for the Bedouins
January 24, 2012 4:01 pm5 comments

If solar energy is working for Haiti and its good enough for the kibbutzim, then certainly...

Yonah Bookstein -

MSU Student Viciously Assaulted, but Was It an Anti-Semitic Attack?
August 30, 2012 5:45 pm5 comments

The vicious assault on Michigan State University student Zachary Tennen has been plastered...

Israel

Lone Soldier - The Lone Soldier

Lone Soldier Week 18 – Raw and Rugged from Israel’s Front Lines.
July 25, 2011 9:57 am0 comments

‘Woke today at the crack of dawn for another day of drills.  My legs were already...

David Bratslavsky - Street Smart Politics

The Economist Should Get Real on Iran
February 29, 2012 11:46 am1 comment

The cover of the latest Economist reads “Iran” in ominous black letters peppered with...

Josh Hasten - Midwestern in the Middle East

Bat Hever is Israel’s Hurricane Sandy (PHOTOS)
January 21, 2013 3:45 am0 comments

For many Israelis, last week’s winter storm was a blessing. At least five straight days...

Arik Elman - Arik Elman Blog

Israel’s Bus Service and Liberal Rage
March 5, 2013 9:31 pm6 comments

Those of you who prefer to get your news about Israel from somewhat more reliable sources...

Asaf Romirowsky -

The Historical Revisionism of ‘The Great Book Robbery’
April 9, 2013 8:54 am2 comments

‘The Great Book Robbery’ (watch here), a documentary that recently screened on...

Efraim Karsh -

The War Against the Jews
August 14, 2012 3:14 pm5 comments

The sustained anti-Israel de-legitimization campaign is a corollary of the millenarian obsession...

Judy Lash Balint -

Experiencing Jerusalem Through the Arts
January 4, 2013 4:13 am2 comments

Jerusalem–Jerusalem inspires creative energy—ever since David composed his Psalms here,...

Eli Beer -

From Davos: Creating a Network of Heroes
February 1, 2012 10:55 am0 comments

From a talk delivered by the author at the World Economic Forum in Davos. As I stand here...

Hadar Sela - Hadar Sela Blog

Move Over Galloway: BBC Radio Ulster Airs Pro-Assad & Anti-Israel Propaganda
May 22, 2013 9:27 am3 comments

When George Galloway promotes Assad regime propaganda on Iran’s Press TV or the Iranian/Syrian...

Shoshanna Jaskoll -

‘Collaboration’ Is Not a Four-Letter Word
March 1, 2013 1:54 am2 comments

I was recently privy to a conversation between nonprofit executives. The two work for a small...

Shraga Simmons -

Resurrected: The Rachel Corrie Libel
September 2, 2012 5:23 pm4 comments

It was a horrible tragedy. In March 2003, Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American, was hanging...

Jewish International

Joshua Freedman -

Swedish Fears after Suicide Bomb Attack
December 27, 2010 4:13 am0 comments

A suicide bomb attack by an Islamic terrorist in Sweden has prompted the local Jewish community...

Gabriel Martindale - The perfidious Albion blog

Anatomy of a House Price Boom
April 26, 2013 2:22 pm1 comment

If I have managed to communicate anything at all worthwhile in previous blog posts, I would...

Adam Jacobs - Jacobs' Ladder

Judaism and Revelation
April 9, 2013 9:37 am4 comments

We’ve all heard the sensible saying that history is written by the victors, but on second...

Ben Horne - The Sports Blog

Orthodox Response to an Un-Orthodox Sport
February 23, 2011 1:29 pm2 comments

Imagine the conversation between a Rabbi and his son. Says the Rabbi, “son, when you grow...

Elad Nehorai - Elad in Wonderland

Antisemitism Exists
March 7, 2013 1:38 am6 comments

We live in a world that is, thank G-d, very comfortable for Jews. Most of us are safe and...

Melvin Konner -

Israel, The Long View
November 21, 2011 7:12 pm0 comments

I’m sitting on the porch of the home of my friends the Selas, in Binyamina, south of Haifa,...

Laurent David Samama -

France’s Unity: A Country Comes Together in Response to Murders at Jewish School
March 19, 2012 11:42 am3 comments

Paris, early in the morning. Just after breakfast, the news of an attack against a Jewish...

Michael Weiss -

Raed Salah’s Apologists Wring Their Hands After the Vile Sheikh’s Arrest
July 4, 2011 7:02 am0 comments

Hats off to Theresa May for throwing the frothing hate-cleric Raed Salah into jail, where...

Sam Westrop -

Fascism With a Human Face
July 24, 2012 2:26 pm0 comments

Until now, every year, the Young Socialists have held a summer fair at Burbage Primary School...

Pinchas Allouche -

The Western Wall Clashes: Searching for a New Way Together
May 17, 2013 9:14 am0 comments

Concerning Developments “Clashes erupt at women-of-the-wall prayer service,”...

Jeremy Rosen - A Voice In the Camp

Shavuot – A Kid In Its Mother’s Milk
May 14, 2013 12:14 am11 comments

“Do not cook a kid in its mother’s milk.“ It is a puzzling statement that is repeated...

Irit Felsen -

How The Media Can Help Heal Gilad Shalit
November 6, 2011 10:09 am0 comments

For five long years, a media campaign swirled around the abduction and internment of Gilad...

Paul Leslie -

An Iranian in Lyons and Paris
May 17, 2013 9:22 am0 comments

A “face-off” between the governments of Tunisia and France, which wished to retain...

Shahrouz Khalifian -

The Spanish Inquisition and the Spread of Conversos in the Americas
April 27, 2012 11:47 am2 comments

A road trip down to the Mexican-American border would yield much of what you would expect...

Avishai Don -

The Forgotten Christians
February 10, 2012 10:18 am0 comments

This Saturday marks the one-year anniversary of Hosni Mubarak’s resignation, and the Harvard...

Susana Scheiner -

Blaming Israel for Summer, and Other Libels
August 16, 2012 12:05 am3 comments

You thought it couldn’t get more ridiculous than Egypt blaming Israel for shark attacks...

Arsen Ostrovsky -

Happy Europe Day
May 10, 2013 1:16 pm0 comments

As Europeans come together to celebrate the 63rd anniversary of Europe Day today, the...

Gidon Ben-zvi -

Should Israel’s Security be Sacrificed at the Altar of ‘Regional Stability’?
May 10, 2013 1:13 pm0 comments

Check out the front page of Monday’s (May 6th, 2013) edition of The Guardian and your hair...

Nicole Chayet -

Cheering for Aly Raisman: Another Jewish Girl’s Olympic Experience
August 2, 2012 7:58 pm7 comments

As I walked off the plane at London’s Heathrow Airport, the first image I saw was the Olympic...

Rebecca Hughes -

Modern Slavery in Israel: It’s All Politics
August 19, 2012 3:59 am1 comment

Several days ago, I awoke to the sound of my phone ringing off the hook.  A very annoyed...

Chas Newkey-Burden -

‘A Crime and a Disgrace’ (VIDEO)
May 10, 2013 1:26 pm2 comments

An 83-year-old Holocaust survivor has told the Israeli parliament that its treatment of her...

Tabitha Korol -

Levy Distorts, Haaretz Supports
November 9, 2012 2:14 pm8 comments

How absurd for Haaretz to be so named for the Land of Israel when it is quite unworthy of...

Lifestyle

Mimi Hecht - Lady Mama

Mattel to Make Bald Barbie: Why I’m Not Applauding
April 2, 2012 4:58 pm0 comments

Over the decades since Barbie has made her debut, she has taken on many themes to reflect...

Menucha Levy - Freidafroo

Lady Gaga and the Counting of the Omer
May 23, 2011 2:36 pm0 comments

While half-heartedly screening the 53rd Annual GRAMMY awards this year, when Lady Gaga debuted...

Matthue Roth -

Writers Should Wake Up Early
December 7, 2011 6:27 pm0 comments

As a glutton for torture (and as a recent parent, which is kind of the same thing), I’ve...

Vanessa Van Petten - The Science of People

When Your Jewish Child is Dating a Non-Jew
April 28, 2011 1:55 pm7 comments

This is a tricky article for me to write, but if you will be patient with me, I’m going...

Uri Laio -

Finding Your Inner Matzah
March 31, 2011 3:09 pm1 comment

Pesach is the one holiday on which Jews are required to become obsessed with food. This is...

Vanessa Bressler -

‘Pinkwashing?’ – Forget About Israel
January 5, 2012 9:07 pm1 comment

How does one translate “pinkwashing?”  After I read a New York Times Op-Ed on November...

Lillian Gewirtzman -

Reflections of a Shoah Interviewer
December 28, 2011 12:01 am0 comments

In The summer of 1994 I accepted The Shoah Foundation’s invitation to join the crew of...

Tony Rebuck -

That Took a Lot of Courage, Mr. Collins
May 5, 2013 3:29 am6 comments

As they say in my tribe: Yasher Koach. It took great strength of character to come out as...

Tanya Helfand -

When the Bar/Bat Mitzvah Parents are Divorced
December 6, 2012 5:11 pm3 comments

Although festive and meaningful events, bar mitzvahs, like weddings, are always full of anxiety...

Arts And Culture

Yitzchok Moully - The Art of Jewish Art

Un-Orthodox Orthodox Art
July 31, 2012 3:02 pm0 comments

Jacqueline Nicholls is a fine artist in her words “…who...

Simcha Weinstein - Shtick Shift

New Year’s Resolution from the Most Famous Person of 2013
January 1, 2013 3:21 am1 comment

The most famous person of 2013 hasn’t even been born yet. I’m talking, of course, about...

Erez Safar - The Shemspeed Files

Jaffa Road: Where the Light Gets In (INTERVIEW)
December 3, 2012 7:00 pm0 comments

Music lovers better pack their bags because they’re in for a sonic world tour when global...

Daniel Vahab -

Are You Addicted to the Internet?
July 23, 2012 11:56 am0 comments

“Do you neglect household chores at home or school to spend more time online or video gaming?...

Evan Kleinman -

‘Punk Jews,’ Why we made it?
August 30, 2011 2:50 am9 comments

People often ask me about an issue that is both the easiest and hardest to explain. Jewish...

Todd Weinstein - I on Ruach

Pharaoh Waiting for the Last of the Ten Plagues of Passover (PHOTO BLOG)
March 31, 2013 6:59 pm3 comments

Text courtesy of chabad.org. 1. Aaron strikes the Nile, the waters turn to blood; 2....

Brandon Marlon -

Ambassadors All: Jews in the 21st Century
March 12, 2013 12:39 am6 comments

In his poignant and insightful writings, outgoing UK and Commonwealth Chief Rabbi Jonathan...

Kara Bieber -

British Girl in Tel Aviv Diary Part 7: A Peace of My Mind
December 3, 2012 12:47 am0 comments

As we continue to keep readers informed about what life in Israel under rocket fire is like,...

Abe Novick -

Through the Glass Darkly
May 17, 2013 12:59 am0 comments

Over the past year and pouring through every screen available, has been an unrelenting cascade...

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