Daily Archives: December 4, 2017
DeNazification Can Bring Results
One of the tragedies of Middle East peace negotiations launched between the government of Israel and the PLO in the 1991 Madrid conference and in the 1993 Oslo summit, was that there was no...
Reflections Towards a New Path to Peace in the Palestinian/Israeli Conflict
The Trump Administration is now exploring the possibility of renewing the Palestinian-Israeli talks. This is a noble goal and consistent with U.S policy in the Middle East in the last 43 years.
U.S President Richard...
Hannah Arendt
Political theorist Hannah Arendt died on this day in 1975 at age 69. In 1959 she became the first woman appointed to a full professorship at Princeton. Arendt was born in Germany on October...
Iran is like Nazi Germany in its ‘ruthless commitment to murder Jews’ – Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister went on another fiery tirade against Iran, comparing the Islamic Republic with Hitler’s Germany, claiming both shared the goal to exterminate all Jews.
“Obviously, there are some differences between the Nazi Germany...
Menashe, affectionate and gently humorous portrayal of Hasidic Judaism, a community rarely seen on...
A go-to theme for the more mawkish end of the comedic spectrum – a father striving to parent alone after the death of his wife – here gets an illuminating, unsentimental new spin. According...
A New African Tradition for Hanukkah
For Meskerem Gebreyohannes, all of the Jewish holidays bring doro wat, a luxurious chicken dish she makes with slowly cooked onions and a red chile sauce layered with flavors from the African spice trail.
Despite...
Teacher, 24, at an orthodox Jewish nursery who was sacked for ‘living in SIN’...
A teacher at an orthodox Jewish nursery who was sacked for 'living in sin' with her boyfriend has won her case of religious and sexual discrimination.
Zelda de Groen, 24, said she was subjected to...
Record number gather for largest Jewish event in St. Petersburg
The three-day Jewish festival of learning and culture Limmud FSU St. Petersburg took place this past weekend in Crowne Plaza hotel in the city.
The dynamic, volunteers-driver and pluralistic event gathered a record number of...
The True Path to Prosperity
It’s often thought that Democrats care about fairness and not economic growth, while Republicans care about growth even at the cost of some fairness.
Rubbish. Growth and fairness aren’t opposites. In reality, Democrats are the...
Vandals desecrate Athens Holocaust memorial
Authorities in Athens have "strongly condemned" the vandalism of the city's Holocaust memorial, during which an inscription of words written by Elie Wiesel were torn from the monument.
The memorial, in a small park in...