Daily Archives: July 13, 2020
Mideast experts, officials debate Israel’s sovereignty move and the need to ‘finally define borders’
As questions over Israel’s application of sovereignty to parts of Judea and Samaria linger, several leading Mideast experts and former senior officials debated the merits of U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Peace to Prosperity” plan,...
Jewish groups, community weigh in on Eagles player’s apology for anti-Semitic posts
The fallout from anti-Semitic social-media posts by Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson has prompted Jewish organizations not only to weigh in on the matter, but to apply pressure on the Eagles team itself.
Earlier this week,...
Marcus steps down from civil-rights post at US Department of Education
Kenneth L. Marcus announced on Thursday that he has stepped down as assistant secretary for civil rights at the U.S. Department of Education.
“Today, I announced that I will be returning to private life,” tweeted Marcus. “It...
Meet the man seeking to build a grassroots effort to secure Jewish communities
If you had told a young Evan Bernstein that he would be a leader in Jewish communal affairs, he probably would have laughed and said, “There is no way.” But life, as everyone well...
The Different Purposes of Our Daily Purposes
A purpose is the place where we are going when we try to finish our little daily tasks, our larger life schemes, and our still larger personal evolution. It is the end point that...