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July 4, 2015
8:05 pm

Israel And Hamas Preparing For A New Gaza War

A year after the eruption of the third war in seven years between Israel and Hamas, an uneasy calm prevails in the Gaza Strip. The combatants observe an informal ceasefire,......

 

June 28, 2015
11:00 pm

The Scourge Of Our Times

It was another stomach-turning day on the terrorist front. Within a matter of hours on June 26, terrorists wreaked death and destruction in three far-flung countries -- France, Tunisia and......

 

June 27, 2015
4:14 pm

German Muslims and the Holocaust

The southern German state of Bavaria is trying to resolve a vexing issue. Should Muslim high school students in all grades be required to visit former concentration camps, or the......

 

June 23, 2015
3:27 pm

Israel should have cooperated with Gaza inquiry

Whatever you think of the report released yesterday by the United Nations Human Rights Council on last summer's Gaza war, take a moment to reflect on its causes. In a......

 

June 22, 2015
3:27 pm

Take Down the Confederate Flag

On his obnoxious racist website, American mass murderer Dylann Storm Roof holds the battle flag of the Confederacy as he spits on and burns the American flag. It's hardly a mystery......

 

June 21, 2015
3:28 pm

Jewish Extremists Pose a Danger to Israel

Extremism in Israel, whether manifested in deed or through rhetoric, should be a source of grave concern to decent Israelis who care about the future direction of their country. In......

 

June 19, 2015
3:32 pm

The Girl From Human Street

Roger Cohen, a New York Times columnist, has written a poignant memoir of identity, displacement and prejudice in The Girl From Human Street: Ghosts of Memory of a Jewish......

 

June 18, 2015
3:28 pm

The Vilna Vegetarian Cookbook

A voice from the past emerges in the pages of The Vilna Vegetarian Cookbook: Garden-Fresh Recipes Rediscovered and Adapted for Today's Kitchen (Schocken Books), first published in Yiddish in 1938......

 

June 10, 2015
4:47 am

Spanish marriage of convenience

For more than 500 years, between the 10th and 15th centuries, Spanish Christians, Jews and Muslims coexisted in what Jeffrey Gorsky calls "unparalleled harmony." This period, known by some......

 

June 7, 2015
8:07 am

Netanyahu’s Simplistic Truth

The anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions movement is gaining ground at a fairly rapid pace. Recognizing the gravity of the situation, some pro-Israel supporters who had previously downplayed this......

 

June 6, 2015
9:25 am

Islamic State Singled Out Minorities

Two years ago, as Islamic State swept through northern Iraq in a rampage of conquest, pillage, rape and murder, the fighters under its ominous black banner singled out Christians......

 

May 26, 2015
11:44 am

The tragedy Of Ehud Olmert

Standing on the cusp of becoming Israel's first former prime minister to be packed off to jail and stamped with the infamy of a criminal record, Ehud Olmert is making......

 

May 23, 2015
6:16 pm

Major Iran Nuclear Issues Still Unresolved

With the six major powers struggling to meet an end-of-June deadline for attaining a comprehensive and historic nuclear deal with Iran, two formidable issues remain to be settled --......

 

May 21, 2015
6:26 am

Hitler’s First Jewish Victims

In the spring of 1933, less than four months after Adolf Hitler's accession to power, four Jewish inmates in the newly opened Dachau concentration camp were killed while supposedly......

 

May 19, 2015
3:50 pm

Southern Lebanon: A Thorn In Israel’s Side

Fifteen years after its unilateral withdrawal from southern Lebanon, this combustible area remains a thorn in Israel's side and a potential threat to regional peace. Since completing its hasty pullout......