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Ira Rifkin

Dec 9, 2015, 10:51 AM

Donald J. Trump has bet the house. His outrageous proposal to keep all non-citizen Muslims from entering the U.S. -- a likely unconstitutional ploy -- put his presidential aspirations squarely on the line. All his chips are now in. Why...

Nov 27, 2015, 9:33 AM

The UN: Nothing If Not Consistently Wrong

I'm shocked. Shocked, I tell you. How could Israel's government -- a government that claims to put Israel's security concerns first -- not come up with this on its own? Thankfully, we have the United Nations to help us...

Nov 17, 2015, 7:15 AM

The “Paris of the Middle East” Is Not Paris

Winners tend to attract hangers on, and apparently so do high-profile terrorist attacks. Witness the aftermath of the Islamic State assault on Paris. The New York Times ran a piece Sunday in which various Lebanese figures lamented that Beruit, which suffered...

About Me

Ira Rifkin is an award-winning journalist and author ("Spiritual Perspectives on Globalization: Making Sense of Economic & Cultural Upheaval", SkyLight Paths) who has been widely published on issues relating to Israel, American Jewry, globalization and the news media. He lives in Maryland.