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Senator Dick Lugar Departs with a Statesman’s Warning
It’s a departing statesman’s job to share what he has learned. George Washington famously cautioned Americans to take advantage of a “detached and distant situation” to “pursue a different course” from that of Europe and avoid unnecessary conflicts. Dwight D. Eisenhower warned of the dangers of military-industrial complex overreach. Last week, following his defeat by state Treasurer Richard...
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April 29, 2011 11:54 am
The President’s Catastrophic Mideast Policy
At every conceivable level, the Obama administration’s Middle East policies are spiraling...
April 29, 2011 11:44 am
Obama Faces Critical Decision on Afghan Troop Withdrawal
President Obama must soon make a critical decision: how many and what type of U.S. forces to...
April 29, 2011 11:34 am
My Thoughts On The Election Of 2012
The 2012 Presidential and Congressional election is all but over as a result of the adoption...
April 28, 2011 10:05 pm
Can the Real Israel Survive Its Imagined Versions?
Israel, goes the title of a book by Rich Cohen, Is Real. This message is coming home to...
April 21, 2011 11:54 pm
Reconsidering the Brotherhood’s Inevitability
He joined in the demonstrations in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, enduring a beating from Hosni...
April 21, 2011 11:49 pm
Obama’s Quagmire
Opponents of the Vietnam War — that seemingly endless, inconclusive, increasingly unpopular...
April 21, 2011 11:45 pm
If There Is a Will, It Can Be Done
This past week, the House of Representatives adopted a budget by a vote of 235 to 193 without...
April 17, 2011 9:47 pm
Gaddafi’s Empty Boast
Oriana Fallaci died almost five years ago but her writings live on. She won fame especially...
April 17, 2011 6:12 pm
The Making of an American Jihadist: Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad
“My son was programmed and trained to kill by radical Islam.” Jihadists “stole...
April 17, 2011 11:15 am
The Jewish Answer to Al-Jazeera: What Would it Take?
Within the ‘Friends of Israel’ camp complaints of Israel’s treatment in the ‘media’...
April 15, 2011 3:47 pm
Iranian Winter Could Chill the Arab Spring
Since the “Arab Spring” began four months ago in Tunisia, U.S. media have focused...
April 14, 2011 1:51 pm
An Open Letter to President Obama
Dear Mr. President, During your recent meeting with American Jewish communal leaders, you...
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Manchester City’s Title Win Provides Wisdom to Us All
I’m not prone to tears. I didn’t even cry when my children were born. That’s why my wife may not like what I’m about to tell you. For the first time in my life, I’ve been crying lately. A lot. They’re tears of joy, though, all because my beloved Manchester City football club are finally champions. City’s epic comeback, scoring 2 goals in stoppage time, propelled them past Manchester United for the Premier League crown in England. All my life, [...]
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Bayern Munich, aka “FC Hollywood” Embraces its Jewish Roots
As Bayern Munich gets ready for their match against Chelsea in the Champions League final this Saturday, the German club known for its high level of play and confidence on the pitch, is embracing its Jewish history, which was shrouded in secrecy following Hitler’s rise to power in 1933. Before Nazi Germany’s rise, Bayern Munich was led by a Jewish president and coach, while 2 of the 27 signatories of the team’s founding charter in 1900 were Jewish as well. [...]
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Euro Championship to Feature Arab-Israeli Swimmer
An Arab-Israeli swimmer will represent Israel in the European Swimming Championships, which take place May 22-27, reported Israel Hayom. Jowan Qupty, 22, lives in Jerusalem. Qupty was originally not included as part of the national team, but appealed the decision and was eventually granted a slot. If he performs well at the competition, he could go on to compete in the London Olympic Games this summer.
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Arts and Culture Jewish History
“Follow Me” Film Brings Entebbe Hero to Life
Yoni Netanyahu helped saved 102 Israeli hostages on a dark July 4 at Entebbe. Though mortally wounded, his spirit and leadership imbued his troops as they stormed the “Old Terminal” at Entebbe Airport in Uganda. Netanyahu was admired but not popular, a conflicted man struggling to bring order to the complicated pieces of his life’s puzzle—a life he gave for his country. Filmmakers Jonathan Gruber and Ari Daniel Pinchot explore the complex personality of this fallen IDF commander in their new [...]
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Arts and Culture Jewish Identity
New Brooklyn Gallery Features $175,000 Hassidic Art
A new fine art gallery in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn will display work by Hassidic artists. Although the Betzalel Gallery will focus on Judaic artists, Hassidic Curator Shmuel Pultman is also an expert when it comes to notable classic artists such as Rembrandt, Goya, Velazquez and Sargent. “Twenty years ago, the most a Judaic artist was able to command for a painting was $20,000-$30,000,” he said. “The Betzalel Gallery’s top painting has an asking price of $175,000, although [...]
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Arts and Culture World
Polanski to Bring “Dreyfus Affair” to the Big Screen
The iconic and controversial French-Polish director Roman Polanski is about to bring The Dreyfus Affair, one of the most famous cases of anti-Semitism in modern times, to the big screen. Polanski says this is a project he’s wanted to do for quite a while, and he intends to show “its absolute relevance to what is happening in today’s world – the age-old spectacle of the witch-hunt of a minority group, security paranoia, secret military tribunals, out-of-control intelligence agencies, governmental cover-ups [...]
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Drake and Jones, Hollywood’s New Jewish Power Couple?
Drake, who made no secret of his love for Judaism in a recent hip-hop video, is rumored to be in a relationship with another famous Jewish entertainer, Rashida Jones. “She wants them to go public, but he’s reluctant,” a source told In Touch. Representatives for both Drake and Jones – who starred in The Social Network and The Office, and is currently starring in Parks and Recreation on NBC – claim the two are just friends, but according to In [...]
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Arts and Culture Blogs
Noah Meets Katrina in “Watershed”
How difficult is it to imagine a truly devastating catastrophe? Will calamity come from an instantaneous, even violent change in the landscape, or a slow transformation that could have been prevented? Will we suddenly realize the terrifying future when the prevention is attainable or when it is too late? Artist Anita Glesta considers these issues in her use of installations and large scale works to bring awareness of global and social issues by drawing parallels between historical events and specific trends today. One [...]
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