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More debate on east Jerusalem, Israel and the Arab-Israeli conflict
April 19, 2010Noam Sheizaf of Promised Land blog has responded. I wrote about his criticism of my east Jerusalem Shabbat post where I discussed some of the history of east Jerusalem as well as the reconstruction of the Hurva Synagogue. He has now written a rebuttal. This is a long post because I incorporate his post. Of [...]
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Bar Rafaeli and the Boys of Jersey Shore
April 11, 2010Terry Richardson is too, too clever… Interview Magazine recently did a photoshoot/Interview featuring the boys of MTV’s Jersey Shore cavorting with Israeli super model Bar Refaeli. Controversial photographer Terry Richardson took time off from behaving inappropriately with young East European models to shoot this homage to tackiness, chemically enhanced muscles, and the end of the [...]
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Responding to the leftist who didn’t have the nerve to debate here
April 9, 2010We’ve had interesting comments from Noam on Jewlicious before, so it’s not as if he doesn’t know us or know that he’ll receive a serious debate. Thus, I was surprised to see that he decided to attack my post “East Jerusalem Shabbat” about the reconstruction of the Hurva Synagogue in the Old City without presenting [...]
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Responding to the leftist who didn’t have the nerve chose not to debate here
April 9, 2010We’ve had interesting comments from Noam on Jewlicious before, so it’s not as if he doesn’t know us or know that he’ll receive a serious debate. Thus, I was surprised to see that he decided to attack my post “East Jerusalem Shabbat” about the reconstruction of the Hurva Synagogue in the Old City without presenting [...]
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U.S. Veto of UN Security Council Resolution on East Jerusalem: Will It or Wont It?
March 31, 2010The Kabuki drama continues over a BBC report alleging that a U.S. representative (the story implies it was George Mitchell) told the Qatari prime minister that the former “would seriously consider abstaining” if a Security Council resolution condemning Israeli building in East Jerusalem was put forward. Reports out of Israel claim that a different State [...]
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POLL: AMERICAN (IF NOT OBAMA) KNOW ISRAEL NOT THE PROBLEM
March 23, 2010To listen to those sent to do Barack Obama’s dirty work, solving the Israeli/Palestinian conflict would appease America’s enemies and evicting Jews from lands held at one time by Jordan would bring peace to the Middle East. A poll conducted by Frank Luntz for The Israel Project shows that Americans disagree with both premises. 80% [...]
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Biden’s Embarrassment and Hillary’s Rage: Part of a Staged Effort to Push Israel Away?
March 18, 2010Is it just me, or does anyone else think last week’s drama surrounding Vice President Joe Biden’s supposed “embarrassment” and Hillary Clinton’s rage over an Israeli decision to build 1600 apartments in East Jerusalem seems manufactured? I have struggled mightily and sincerely to keep an open mind, and my respect for the Presidency–as well as [...]
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Obama is Responsible for the Crisis in Jerusalem
March 17, 2010Yossi Klein Halevi on the new turmoil in his city: Why, then, the outbreak of violence now? Why Hamas’s “day of rage” over Jerusalem and the Palestinian Authority’s call to gather on the Temple Mount to “save” the Dome of the Rock from non-existent plans to build the Third Temple? Why the sudden outrage over [...]
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This time, Israel did it to itself
March 10, 2010Let’s review: US Vice President treats Israeli PM like dirt after Israeli government announces 1600 new residential units in east Jerusalem during his visit to begin long-postponed peace talks. UN’s Ban releases statement that any Israeli construction in east Jerusalem is illegal according to international law in response to Israel’s untimely announcement. The EU parliament [...]
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Arabias women: Valentine is also for you
February 15, 2010As I did for the past several years, in this Valentine celebration, my thoughts go to youth, women and men who believe in gender equality and personal freedoms across the Middle East and for their fundamental right to give and receive, talk about and be free, in love. I have been arguing that freedom [...]
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Unplugging Expectations
February 9, 2010I am not your typical Jewschooler. True, I am liberal and Jewish, but I proudly work in corporate America, enjoy the occasional trefa banquet and, perhaps most egregiously, I am a member of a Reform Temple on the Upper East Side of New York City. Please don’
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Stopping an Israeli Attack is the Key American Goal
February 2, 2010Lee Smith with a smart piece on, among other things, Richard Haass’s recent op-ed calling for America to stop playing footsie with the Iranian leadership:There is evidence to support the idea that the American foreign policy establishment believes stopping Israel from attacking Iran is a key goal of U.S. Middle East policy. At a late [...]