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Did Trump just blink on Iran sanctions?

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When U.S. President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the Iran nuclear deal in May of this year, he vowed that America would re-impose all the sanctions on Tehran that had been...
By April Brady / POMED (Mohammed bin Salman's Saudi Arabia: A Deeper Look) [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

The Khashoggi Affair and the Specter of the New Nuclear Deal with Iran

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The outrage over the missing Washington Post columnist and critic of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Jamal Khashoggi has seemed to have reached with the Saudi Royal Family even allegedly having considered replacing the...
A banner at a vigil in Pittsburgh following the murders of 11 elderly Jewish worshippers in Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue during Shabbat-morning services on Oct. 27, 2018. Photo by Ben Cohen.

‘Anti-Semitism upholds white supremacy’

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On a sunny afternoon last Tuesday in Pittsburgh, about 200 demonstrators gathered outside the JCC in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood, a short distance from the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh where, on...
Rabbi Dr. Ari Sytner (center) with community members in Pittsburgh, there to provide comfort after 11 Jewish worshippers were shot and killed by a gunman the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue on Oct. 27, 2018. Credit: Courtesy.

Returning to synagogue, how do we speak to our children about Pittsburgh?

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Unlike any previous tragedy, where we listen to the horror stories, process our emotions and then return to ordinary life, this time is different. As the tragic shooting took place in a synagogue, the...

PLO threat to withdraw recognition of Israel is fake news:The PLO never recognized Israel...

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Concerning the JPOST Oct 29 headline story ” that PLO announces will no longer recognize the State of Israel” https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/PLO-announces-the-cessation-of-recognition-of-the-State-of-Israel-570661 Most people do not realize that the PLO never ratified the Oslo Accord when the PLO...
Vice President Mike Pence speaks July 7 2017 at the Christians United for Israel conference in Washington DC. (CUFI)

Mike Pence’s Messianic problem

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It was the sort of unforced error that was the last thing the Trump administration needed in a week during which its liberal critics have been trying to place blame for the massacre at...
U.S. President Donald Trump huddles in prayer outside the Tree of Life Synagogue with Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer, Rabbi Jeffrey Myers and first lady Melania Trump, as the president’s daughter, Ivanka, and her husband and senior adviser to the president Jared Kushner look on. Credit: David Aaronson/Twitter.

Grappling with the roots of anti-Semitism after Pittsburgh

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As Jews around the world grieve for those who were slaughtered in the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre, the reaction of many in both Jewish and non-Jewish circles has demonstrated a refusal to acknowledge the true...

FAKE NEWS “PLO announces it will no longer recognize the State of Israel”: They...

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“PLO announces that it will no longer recognize the State of Israel” now runs as a headline around the world. This is fake news at its best. The PLO never recognized the State of Israel in...
The Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh, where a mass shooting took place during Shabbat services on Oct. 27. Credit: Google Maps screenshot.

Special Editorial: #WeAreAllJews

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Earlier this year, our colleagues at the three leading Jewish newspapers in the United Kingdom published the same front-page headline and joint editorial voicing concern over rising anti-Semitism in Britain’s Labor party. Today we have...
President Donald J. Trump delivers remarks on the Iran Strategy in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House, Friday, October 13, 2017. In Washington, D.C. (Official White House Photo by D. Myles Cullen)

When Realism is Unrealistic: Trump’s Foreign Policy as Impediment to US and Allied Security

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"You, created only a little lower than The angels, have crouched too long in The bruising darkness Have lain too long Face down in ignorance. Your mouths spilling words Armed for slaughter." Maya Angelou, recited at US President Bill Clinton's inauguration,...