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Feb 28, 2022, 11:55 PM

US Jewish leaders asleep in the face of anti-Israel school curricula

Massachusetts Jews are facing a storm of institutionalized animus as anti-Israel curricula are spreading to public schools statewide. Jewish leaders in the Bay State know about these developments, but to date have not told their constituents. In an Feb. 1 article, I...

Feb 8, 2022, 9:43 PM

From Texas to Massachusetts: Will incitement wake up sleeping Jewish leaders?

The recent hostage-taking of a rabbi and congregants in a Texas synagogue by a jihadist should be a wake-up call to finally push the Jewish community into an honest discussion about anti-Semitism in America. Mainstream Jewish organizations—the Anti-Defamation League,...

Feb 20, 2019, 1:10 PM

Ending the ‘Occupation’ myth

NEW YORK CITY - AUGUST 10 2014: Anti-Israel Rally in Brooklyn (Shutterstock)

The scope of the myth of Israel as an occupying power over Palestinian land is far-reaching and few know the historical truths. In order to start an Israeli-Palestinian peace process from an informed frame of reference, it is important...

Jan 22, 2019, 8:22 AM

Which Countries Are Apartheid States?

Apartheid word in old textured dictionary (Shutterstock).

“A Nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones.” ― Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom Although Israel is frequently accused of being an “apartheid state,” few of those who hear the accusation...

Jul 31, 2018, 12:13 PM

Is America devolving into a country of men from a country of laws?

It seems that America is devolving into a country of men and not of laws, that the constraints put in place by the framers of the Constitution are being willfully ignored and that the country is, shortsightedly, beoming increasingly...

Jun 26, 2018, 6:39 PM

Terror kites, terror tunnels, suicide bombings, stabbings, rock-throwing, drive-by-shootings, and car-rammings

File: Israeli firefighters battle a blaze in a field in southern Israel caused by kites flown by Palestinians from the Gaza Strip on June 5, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Only the Palestinians use displacement as an excuse for terror tactics, as if they are justifiable

Apr 18, 2018, 5:22 PM

Every day is a day of remembrance for Israel

The United States established Memorial Day in 1868, three years after the end of the Civil War. Memorial Day was first called “Decoration Day,” as it was meant as a time for the nation to decorate the graves of...

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Karen Hurvitz is an attorney and artist in Massachusetts. She is counsel for Education WIthout Indoctrination.

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