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Lady Thatcher: A Friend of the Jewish People

Emily Schrader — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:48:25 +0000

On a personal level, the death of the Iron Lady, the former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, is very painful for me, as she is someone who has been my role model for many years. In college, I even hung a poster of her above my bed so that I would be inspired to go to chemistry class, and [...]

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Student Activists for Palestine — the Parody

Emily Schrader — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 23:02:50 +0000

Since the Nakba in 1948, the people of Palestine have been systematically oppressed by the illegal occupation of Palestine. Their land has been stolen, their homes demolished for no reason (I mean, it’s their land – they can build where ever they want), their babies murdered indiscriminately by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF), their cities ethnically [...]

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Give me liberty or give me — mental illness?

Emily Schrader — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 20:37:08 +0000

Patrick Henry, one of the key figures in the American revolution, once said in a speech to the Virginia Convention, “Give me liberty or give me death!” I’m pretty sure that the recent responses to the heartbreaking events in Newtown, Connecticut have Mr. Henry rolling over in his grave — for several different reasons. First, the [...]

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Spreading the Holiday Cheer

Emily Schrader — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 22:11:50 +0000

Deck the halls with boughs of holly, Fa la la la la la la la la That’s what’s broadcasting through the airwaves in America this time of year. Cities all over the United States (and the world too) are filled with Christmas trees, holiday lights, red and green decorations, and of course, the never-ending Christmas music. To [...]

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An unprecedented battle — on Twitter

Emily Schrader — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:29:17 +0000

Last night’s launch of Operation Pillar of Defense has given social media users more real-time updates, excitement, disappointment, and even laughs than perhaps any war before. It would be fully appropriate to say that social media has become of paramount importance in this conflict. Yesterday the #IDF broke the news regarding Ahmed al-Jabari on Twitter [...]

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Does the GOP need fundamental reform?

Emily Schrader — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:19:26 +0000

On Tuesday, Barack Obama won the U.S. presidential election. So the question is, what should (or can) the GOP do now? Unfortunately for Republicans and the 56 million people who voted for Romney, there is no day after pill for Barack Obama (how anti-choice is that?). But there are a lot of hypotheses about what [...]

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Thank You For Smoking

Emily Schrader — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 17:08:40 +0000

I like to think of myself as a perpetual kvetcher. Give me anything and I’ll find something I don’t like about it. This is an exception. In the United States, smoking is demonized. Wikipedia and Mad Men tell me this modern fight against tobacco has been going on since the 1950s when the link between lung cancer and smoking [...]

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Whose War on Women?

Emily Schrader — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 23:12:51 +0000

Anyone who follows the American election has heard about the alleged “war on women.” And unfortunately, there is indeed a war on women, but it’s not being waged by the Republicans in America as President Obama would like the world to believe. Not only are the Obama campaign’s hyperbolic accusations against the Republicans untrue, but [...]

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A reason to be angry: the apologist-in-chief

Emily Schrader — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 21:07:07 +0000

I have something in common with the Muslim protesters rioting around the world. We’re both mad at President Obama. However, they’re mad because of America’s right to free speech, and I’m mad because of his administration’s mishandling of the ugliness that has spread across the Middle East in the past few weeks. As has been [...]

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Is Socialism a Jewish value?

Emily Schrader — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 20:22:19 +0000

Is socialism a Jewish value? Recently, I have had many people tell me exactly that. But are they right? Many Jews argue that collectivist policies are properly aligned with Jewish values because of the mitzvah of tzedakah and Jewish traditions like Jubilee (among other things). This thinking requires a belief that tzedakah is essentially the [...]

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You get what you pay for — healthcare

Emily Schrader — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 11:48:21 +0000

It should come as no surprise to anyone who has read, well, pretty much anything I’ve ever written, that I’m not exactly left wing. That being said, it should also come as no surprise that I’m vehemently against socialized healthcare. But despite my abhorrence (on purely philosophical and moral grounds) for socialized healthcare, I am [...]

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No Olympic Spirit in the IOC

Emily Schrader — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 16:05:46 +0000

As a former elite athlete, I have always loved the Olympics. In fact, being an Olympian used to be my life goal. Nothing was more inspiring than the dedication, the passion, the struggle, and the overall spirit of Olympians. I used to admire the Olympics because of the idea that we can overcome tremendous obstacles, both [...]

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The real dirty tricks are Obama’s — not Romney’s

Emily Schrader — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 15:03:33 +0000

After reading the title of Liam Hoare’s recent Times of Israel article, “On Israel, exposing Romney’s dirty tricks,” one would expects to see evidence that Mitt Romney is using shady tactics to fool the world into thinking he is a staunch supporter of Israel. But in the actual article, Hoare argues not that Romney is [...]

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Helping Democracy Thrive: Likud Anglos Take Action

Emily Schrader — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 05:09:18 +0000

Last week young activists gathered at the Knesset to meet with Members of Knesset Tzipi Hotovely, Ze’ev Elkin, Ofir Akunis and journalist Seth Frantzman of the Jerusalem Post, in honor of Likud inspiration Ze’ev Jabotinsky’s 72nd yahrzeit. The meetings were part of the Jabotinsky Conference for Young Activists organized by Likud Anglos, a group of [...]

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Girl vs. Cockroach

Emily Schrader — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 21:27:00 +0000

Moving to Israel requires a lot of adjustments for an American girl – a different currency, a whole new language, learning to be aggressive, an incredibly hot and humid climate, and — worst of all — the giant flying cockroaches. I don’t mean the itty bitty cockroaches we have in America. I mean big old [...]

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