May 1, 2013
11:06 am

Is government best which governs least?

“I hope this guy with a THAT GOVERNMENT IS BEST WHICH GOVERNS LEAST bumper sticker achieves his dream of moving to Somalia someday.” – Ken Jennings Minimalism as......

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February 16, 2013
9:21 pm

From Aloni-Deri to Lapid-Bennett

Twenty one years ago, Shulamit Aloni’s Meretz party and Aryeh Deri’s Shas party needed to sit together in a coalition. Aloni assured the public that there would be no problem.......

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February 11, 2013
4:11 pm

Gender politics vs. science

The internet was abuzz last week with articles talking about the gender gap in science in the US, UK and Canada. The articles were wrong......

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January 25, 2013
11:31 am

Freaky Friday: US and Israel swap political cultures

"With malice towards none, with charity for all …" Abraham Lincoln, second inaugural address, 1865 "Ooh, aah, mah karah, HaLikud achal otah.” [Translation: What happened? The Likud......

January 23, 2013
1:41 pm

Flavor of the month? How Yair Lapid can make this time different

Nearly every time there are elections in Israel, three things happen: A new party rises from nowhere to capture secular voters who are primarily interested in domestic issues, and......

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January 15, 2013
4:11 pm

Center of what? Media’s self-centered bias

You know the old “New Yorker's view of the world” map where Manhattan is bigger than Asia and 3 stops on the N train is about the distance from......

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December 18, 2012
5:28 pm

J Street’s problems require more than one word

“Israel’s diplomatic problem in one word: settlements.” So claims J Street’s VP of Communications Alan Elsner. It's always tempting to believe that there's a silver bullet, a single change......

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December 6, 2012
2:41 pm

Why the Imperfect God idea matters

With his An Imperfect God essay in the New York Times, Yoram Hazony set off a new round of discussions surrounding the question of if God is......

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November 1, 2012
2:14 pm

5 Reasons for Jews to Vote Romney

There are many reasons for Jews to vote for Governor Romney. Here are the top 5. 1. Romney supports non-violence and doesn't demonize rich or successful President Obama said “rich......

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September 4, 2012
3:40 pm

Aaron Sorkin’s Jewish & Christian problem

The final episode of the first season of Aaron Sorkin's Newsroom just aired. In the climactic final scene the protagonist called the Tea Party the American Taliban. The people......

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August 22, 2012
10:46 am

Germany and brit milah

There were two interesting circumcision stories yesterday. A new Johns Hopkins study argued that fewer circumcisions meant reduced male health and an extra $2.5 billion burden on the health......

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August 19, 2012
11:56 pm

New York Times from Crown Heights to Sheldon Adelson

Crown Heights Riots Twenty one years ago today a car accident in Crown Heights was quickly followed by anti-Jewish riots. Nobody was more surprised by the New York Times' coverage......

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August 16, 2012
1:43 am

Romney goes on offense

Yesterday Paul Ryan flew to Las Vegas to meet with Sheldon Adelson. Adelson is the son of a poor Jewish Lithuanian immigrant cab-driver. He sold newspapers and worked......

August 8, 2012
12:39 am

The fall of the House of Burg

Yosef Burg spent his twenties in Nazi Germany, where he helped Jews escape, arranged clandestine religious services, earned his doctorate and received his Rabbinic ordination. He then got out......

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July 29, 2012
4:54 pm

Political Hatred and Tisha B’Av

REG: If you wanted to join the P.F.J., you'd have to really hate the Romans. BRIAN: I do! REG: How much? BRIAN: A lot! REG: Right. You're in. Listen. The only people we hate more than the......

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