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Political Contrail
This month marks the 30th anniversary of an emotionally fraught and bitterly waged political confrontation between the Reagan administration and the organized Jewish community that culminated in the U.S. Senate… Read more
Demographic Optimism
Since the 1940s, the consensus opinion about Israel’s population growth, which has relied on projections by Israel’s demographic establishment, has been consistently wrong. As a result, the conventional wisdom that… Read more
The New York Times’ War Against Israeli Settlers
By Ricki Hollander ~ Following the feverish and lopsided coverage of the Palestinian bid for UN membership, the New York Times is shifting back to its general lopsided coverage of… Read more
There Has Never Been a Sovereign Arab State in Palestine – The Area between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea
By Eli Hertz ~ A Palestinian state now has a good chance of becoming a rogue state – the kind of polity the United States is currently grappling with in… Read more
The Book of Life
By Tevi Troy ~ The High Holy Days are traditionally a time for introspection. Even the sturdiest soul must pause with trepidation over the more harrowing passages in the somber… Read more
Letter: Men and the Mikvah
Kol ha-kavod to the Jewish Ledger on covering the development of the subject of mikvah (“The Mystery of The Mikvah,” August 19, 2011). I would just like to point out… Read more
The Palestinians’ U.N. Agenda
By Alan Dershowitz ~ As Egypt and Turkey increase tensions with Israel, the Palestinian Authority seeks to isolate the Jewish state even further by demanding that the United Nations accord… Read more
It’s time for a Jewish spring
By Dr. Judah Pearl ~ Recent weeks have not blessed us with much good news. Turkey’s bullying threats to Israel in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Palestinian determination to pursue… Read more
The devil made him do it
John Galliano, designer for Christian Dior and a rock star of the fashion world, received a suspended fine and zero jail time for shouting “I love Hitler” and other anti-Semitic… Read more
Remembering the truth about 9/11 isn’t Islamaphobia
By Eric Rozenman ~ It is asserted, in connection with 10th anniversary observances of al Qaeda’s Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, that “we are not at war with Islam, only against… Read more
