Posts Tagged: Jewish
British Victims of Zanzibar Acid Attack May Have Been Targeted Because They Were Jewish
Two girls who were the victims of a devastating acid attack on the island of Zanzibar Wednesday may have been targeted because they were Jewish,...
Israel Asks Congress for Impartial Treatment in Sequester
JTA - Israel has asked congressional leaders to make sure that its earmarks are cut according to standards set by the "sequestration." "The Israeli position...
UK’s Labour Party: UK ‘Missing Opportunity’ to Engage Iran by Not Attending Presidential Inauguration
The shadow foreign minister of the United Kingdom's Labour Party, whose leader, Ed Miliband, is Jewish, said it would be a mistake for the country...
Jewish Groups Slam Turkish Deputy PM’s Jewish Blame Claim
Several Jewish organizations have condemned statements reportedly made Tuesday by Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay accusing the "Jewish diaspora" of causing unrest in...
Poll: Majority of Israeli Arabs Reject Israel’s Right to be Jewish
70% of Israeli Arabs do not accept Israel's right to have a Jewish majority, a new poll conducted by Haifa University and the Israel Democracy...
Two Arrested for Planning to Develop X-Ray Weapon to Use Against ‘Enemies of Israel’
CNN - Two New York state men have been charged in a bizarre plan to develop a mobile X-ray system that would be used...
How to Draft the Ultra-Orthodox
Since its inception in 1948, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has served as a major means of integrating Israel's diverse population. Jews from all walks...
Designer Galliano Conducts First Interview About Anti-Semitic Rant: ‘It’s the Worst Thing I Have Said in My Life’
Fashion designer John Galliano has opened up in his first interview since the anti-Semitic comments he made in 2011 that led to his dismissal from...
Wisdom From the Wilderness
"Numbers" might be how we call the fourth of the Five Books of Moses, but in the Hebrew original it is known as Bemidbar, or,...
A Campaign of Willful Blindness on Terrorism
On April 15, 2013 at 2:49 p.m. two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Most of us know the details, more...
Neo-Nazi Trial Highlights Troubling Atmosphere in Germany
Times of Israel/AP - Most of the victims were immigrants and their deaths at first failed to make headlines. Police were quick to blame...
Netanyahu: “We Will Act in Order to Defend Israeli Citizens”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Tuesday addressed the targeted assassination of a terrorist in Gaza as well as a terrorist attack in the West Bank...
Response to Judith Butler at Brooklyn College
The ironic and the disingenuous are kin. Their commonality resides in a gap, which is the distance between what is said and something else. With...
Why Obama Hearts Hagel
The last time I wrote about President Obama's then only rumored selection of Chuck Hagel I said two things I knew I would wish to...
