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A Gradual Commitment to Saving Lives “In Darkness”
Although films about the Holocaust have long been well-established fare in popular culture (as early as 1946, Orson Welles' thriller, The Stranger, ...
What Must be Said: Former Nazi Gunter Grass and What Germany Owes Jews
I've never believed that children inherit the sins of their ancestors. In the American context, the history of slavery and segregation (de facto and de jure) doesn't impute guilt to Americans several generations removed from such...
“Jew Flu”: With Friends Like These, Who Needs Enemies
Lenin called those who work against their own people's best interests in support of their enemies "helpful idiots," and I am sure that many in the Arab world feel the same way about entities like...
AJC Diplomatic Seder Crosses Borders (PHOTOS)
For just over three and a half hours on March 30, 2012, representatives of some fifty nations broke matzo together at the festive Diplomatic Seder of the New York Region of the American Jewish Committee. ...
Working to Restore Property Rights in Eastern Europe for Holocaust Survivors
While he witnesses a growing Jewish cultural revival in Poland, Ambassador David Peleg does not...
Muslim Brotherhood Charm Offensive Courts Washington
They represent the new political power in Cairo, and given their performances in public events...
An Encounter With Mike Wallace, the Vineyard’s Famous Renter
I had the pleasure of meeting Mike Wallace in 1998 at a dinner sponsored by...
Passover 2012: “The Jewish People are Omni-Present”
During the Passover Seder in our home, like in Jewish homes worldwide, our youngest child...
A World Without Holocaust Survivors
As the number of Holocaust survivors able to give direct testimony about their horrific experiences...
A Gradual Commitment to Saving Lives “In Darkness”
Although films about the Holocaust have long been well-established fare in popular culture (as early as 1946, Orson Welles' thriller, The Stranger, was...
What Must be Said: Former Nazi Gunter Grass and What Germany Owes Jews
I've never believed that children inherit the sins of their ancestors. In the American context, the history of slavery and segregation (de facto and de jure)...
“Jew Flu”: With Friends Like These, Who Needs Enemies
Lenin called those who work against their own people's best interests in support of their enemies "helpful idiots," and I am sure that many in...
AJC Diplomatic Seder Crosses Borders (PHOTOS)
For just over three and a half hours on March 30, 2012, representatives of some fifty nations broke matzo together at the festive Diplomatic Seder...
Working to Restore Property Rights in Eastern Europe for Holocaust Survivors
While he witnesses a growing Jewish cultural revival in Poland, Ambassador David Peleg does not necessarily see parallel progress for the Holocaust survivors whose property...
Muslim Brotherhood Charm Offensive Courts Washington
They represent the new political power in Cairo, and given their performances in public events in Washington last week, the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice...
An Encounter With Mike Wallace, the Vineyard’s Famous Renter
I had the pleasure of meeting Mike Wallace in 1998 at a dinner sponsored by the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD),...
Passover 2012: “The Jewish People are Omni-Present”
During the Passover Seder in our home, like in Jewish homes worldwide, our youngest child asked "why is this night different from all other nights?",...
A World Without Holocaust Survivors
As the number of Holocaust survivors able to give direct testimony about their horrific experiences during World War II is dropping precipitously, the Jewish community...
Corporations Plan for Post-Middle-Class America
American corporations have pretty much written off the middle class. Their actions declare that the middle class is moribund. And they should know since they...
Defending Israel and Judaism is a Passover Must
On the eve of Passover this year, it's worth noting that it hasn't been an easy 12 months since the last seder for...
Passover Rap Music with Y-Love (INTERVIEW)
During a time when some Jews refrain from listening to live music - Jewish rap super star, Y-Love and beatbox superstar Yuri Lane (who has...
Pesach 2012 – Oil or Occupation
In an article in the New York Times, Thomas Friedman quotes an Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) study showing that there...
South Sudan’s Jewish Abolitionist
Within Sudan's well-documented history of intertribal warfare, turbulence, and slavery, there is the lesser-known tale of a Jewish abolitionist. In 1994, Charles Jacobs quit...