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Daily Archives: December 20, 2019

Geula Cohen. Credit: Government Press Office Israel, National Photo Collection.

Israeli activist and longtime Knesset member Geulah Cohen dies at age 93

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Former Knesset member Geulah Cohen, an iconic pre-state underground fighter, founder of the Tehiya Party, 2003 Israel Prize laureate and the mother of Likud Minister Tzachi Hanegbi, died on Wednesday night. She was 93...

Trump Should Be Removed from Office

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In our founding documents, Billy Graham explains that Christianity Today will help evangelical Christians interpret the news in a manner that reflects their faith. The impeachment of Donald Trump is a significant event in the...
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The Decline and Fall of Every Revolution (Hanukkah 5780)

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22 years ago, Mikhail Gorbachev found himself in a situation he never imagined he’d be in: broke. This was the man who had led a world superpower, signed groundbreaking nuclear arms control agreements, and initiated...
Lance Cpl. Michael Thorn [Public domain]

A Hanukkah contemplation: ‘To another year’

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Some messages are simply too important to ignore. One such message, I believe, emerges from two words in the Talmud’s short discussion of the Hanukkah festival. While overwhelmingly vital and powerful, however, this communication...
Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), chair of the House Judiciary Committee. Source: Screenshot.

The real implications of impeachment for American Jews

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Whether you support or oppose the effort to impeach and remove President Donald Trump from office, there’s little doubt that this historic battle is now dominating the American political landscape in a way so...
Sarah Halimi, z"l

‘Dark days are coming back’: Justice is denied for Sarah Halimi

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The appeal court in Paris duly confirmed on Thursday the dreaded expectation of French Jews who have anxiously followed the legal proceedings in the case of Sarah Halimi, the 65-year-old widow who, on April 4, 2017,...
Eneas De Troya from Mexico City, México [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)]

Articles of Impeachment and the “Higher Law”: An Unexamined Legal Opportunity for the United...

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As presented to the United States Senate, Articles of Impeachment concerning Donald J. Trump will focus upon various pertinent elements of Constitutional and statutory law. Still, at least in part, this country’s most hallowed...
U.S. Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism Elan Carr speaks at “The Future of Human Rights in an Era of Increased anti-Semitism" conference in Tel Aviv on Dec. 18, 2019. Photo by Yelena Kvetny.

What is the future of human rights in an era of amplified anti-Semitism?

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Anti-Semitism has increased dramatically in the past decade, particularly in Europe and North America, with college campuses, work places, political parties, social media and civil society becoming fertile ground for violent extremism and hateful...
USAID Deputy Administrator Bonnie Glick. Source: Screenshot.

USAID’s Bonnie Glick takes lessons from Judaism as deputy of US development agency

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Deputy Administrator at the U.S. Agency for International Development Bonnie Glick made headlines last week after Bloomberg reported that she placed a hold on U.S. economic assistance to Lebanon—a story that she denies. Her agency administers U.S. civilian...
MusashiAI provides a completely autonomous forklift. Source: MusashiAI.

World’s first AI-controlled robot ‘employment agency’ opens in Israel

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The world’s first “employment agency” offering robots controlled by artificial-intelligence for hire has launched in Israel as a joint venture between SixAI of Israel and Musashi Seimitsu of Japan, according to Daily Mail. MusashiAI provides a...