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Meir Kahane vs. Ehud Olmert
I stumbled upon this fascinating video (below) of Meir Kahane debating Ehud Olmert on ABC News (Nightline?) with Ted Koppel. ...
33rd and 3rd… and 2nd Ave
According to food blog eater.com and neighborhood chatter ,the Second Avenue Deli will be reopening on 33rd street between 3rd ...
Six Day War
From Americans for Peace Now: The war that broke out on June 5, 1967 radically changed the Arab-Israeli conflict: It ...
Center for Online Judaic Studies
The Center for Online Judaic Studies, which is being run out of NYU, has posted its first educational resource guides ...
Taking on the Chief Rabbinate
Props to JTA for pointing out Rabbi Marc Angel’s scathing critique of the Israeli Chief Rabbinate in the Jerusalem Post. ...
Israel’s Unstable Government
Yesterday I mentioned Gidi Grinstein’s suggestion that many of Israel’s problems are rooted in the instability of its government. Here’s ...
The Problem With Israel
I just got back from a lunchtime speech given by Gidi Grinstein, President of the Reut Institute (“an innovative policy ...
Religion in the Public Square
Rabbi Debra Landsberg has posted a thoughtful reply to a comment I posted on her blog about a comment she ...
Yom Yerushalayim
Today is Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day), which celebrates the 1967 reunification of Jerusalem. Click here to listen to the actual ...
Karaites Revisited
Back in November, I blogged about the Karaite representation at the United Jewish Communities General Assembly.I wrote:But perhaps most fascinating ...
David Grossman Mourns, Writes
Yesterday’s New York Times Magazine contained a heartbreaking essay by Israeli novelist David Grossman about writing after his son Uri ...