Daily Archives: April 4, 2018
It takes ten to tango
JERUSALEM — The ad in the paper for the show entitled “Tango in the Shadows” caught my eye, and since Yigal and I have long been aficionados of the tango in every shape and form...
נאָך דעם פֿאַרבאָט פֿון גאָלדענע צײן – אַ פֿאַרבאָט פֿון חתונה-מוזיק
דער הערשער פֿון טורקמעניסטאַן סאַפֿרומאַט ניאַזאָװ, איז נישט סתם קיין פּרעזידענט, און אַפֿילו נישט קיין געװײנלעכער טשודאַק. ער װעט אַרײַן אין דער געשיכטע פון די לענדער פון געװעזענעם ראַטנ-פֿאַרבאַנד און אין דער װעלט-געשיכטע בכלל...
AMCHA Initiative Endorses Bipartisan Campus Free Speech Bill
Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, the director of AMCHA Initiative, today testified before the California State Assembly’s Committee on Higher Education in support of AB 2374, the Free Speech on Campus Act of 2018.
The bipartisan bill, introduced by...
Bill Clinton admits quiet campaign against Netanyahu during 1996 election
In an interview, former U.S. President Bill Clinton admitted that he tried to help then-Israeli P.M. Shimon Peres defeat Benjamin Netanyahu during Israel’s elections in 1996, just a year after the assassination of Israeli...
Jewish groups satisfied with allocations for Israel and security in omnibus spending bill
Major American Jewish organizations are pleased by the provisions in the newly enacted federal spending bill concerning Israel, national defense and domestic-safety issues.
U.S. President Donald Trump criticized, but in the end signed, the $1.3...
Seventy years of sacrifice: A global salute to Israel’s fallen soldiers
If you’ve ever been in Israel for Yom Hazikaron—the Memorial Day for those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for the Jewish homeland—chances are you will never forget it.
Even if you somehow miss the official...
Donald Trump and the Cry of the Crowd
“The crowd,” observed the 19th-century Danish philosopher Sören Kierkegaard, “is untruth.”
In these United States, nothing could possibly be more apparent or confirmative. Here, the presidency of Donald Trump — the most starkly injurious result of...
Lynn and Charles Schusterman (1935–2000)
The great medieval sage Maimonides noted the importance of both the “welfare of the soul” and the “welfare of the body.” Though spiritual matters were ultimately on a higher plane, the spirit could not...
James Angleton (1917–1987)
James Jesus Angleton, was born in 1917 in Boise, Idaho, and served in the CIA for more than 30 years, since its inception in 1947.
Maintaining the rank of counter-intelligence chief for more than two...