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NSA and JEW
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Superman is a Jewish Fantasy
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Archie Comics feature film in the works
Archie comics lovers, rejoice!
Israel’s SodaStream inks deal with KitchenAid
The Israeli company SodaStream agreed to develop a home system for making carbonated drinks for KitchenAid appliances.
Barbra Streisand receives Honorary Doctorate from The Hebrew University
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Attention Forward: We Aren’t That Radical
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‘Trust’ problem for young American Jews? Hard for me to see it
July 10, 2012 | 12:22 am
What I get from the new Workmen's Circle survey survey of American Jews is a 15% rise for the youngest age group on 'attachment' to Israel, compared to a very negligible 2% decline on the mysterious 'trust index.'
Settlements are legal, but who cares?
July 9, 2012 | 5:22 am
A judiciary committee has concluded that Israeli settlements in the West Bank are in fact legal, but does it even matter?
Will the Jews vote for a losing Romney?
July 8, 2012 | 11:59 am
The last unsuccessful Republican presidential candidate to get more than 30% of the Jewish vote was Charles Hughes in 1916; will Romney be the next?
‘We are Israelis saying that we have come of age’
July 6, 2012 | 8:57 am
Arik Rosenblum, Managing Director of Takdim, the Ramat Hasharon Community Foundation, discusses the community-based organization's philosophy, activities and place in the Jewish world.
Five comments on Israel’s political crisis
July 5, 2012 | 11:40 am
With his maneuvers over the Haredi draft, Netanyahu has made Kadima leader Shaul Mofaz look foolish - but Mofaz cannot leave the coalition.
Alice Walker gets a celebrity pass
July 4, 2012 | 9:44 am
What if Alice Walker is not as intelligent as he believes she is? What if writing books about whatever-it-is-she-writes-about doesn't necessarily make Walker more informed about world affairs than your average Joe?
Israel Factor assessment: Dem vs. GOP, AIPAC vs. J Street
July 3, 2012 | 2:49 pm
For the most part, our panel of experts tends to favor the Democratic Party and even believes it is better for Israel than the Republican Party.
Why don’t the intermarried of New York raise Jewish kids like they do in Boston?
July 2, 2012 | 4:35 am
Almost half of children of intermarried couples in New York are apparently raised entirely non-Jewish; in Boston, some 60% of children of intermarriages are raised as Jews. Why the disparity?
The Israelis who would not support Diaspora Jews
June 28, 2012 | 10:14 am
A new survey shows that support for Diaspora programs among Israelis is divided by party preferences, but how?
VIDEO / Israel and the Diaspora: Two sides of the same coin?
June 27, 2012 | 11:47 am
Do Israeli and Diaspora Jews really understand each other? What is modern Zionism? What role should the State of Israel have in Jewish religious practices? Hear what our distinguished panel has to say.
When Rabbi Yoffie talks about ‘disconnect’
June 26, 2012 | 11:24 am
The rabbi believes that 'increasing U.S. Jewish disconnection and the Israeli government's expansion of settlements ... are intimately related.'
Israel’s Poll Trend: The right-wing bloc is gaining
June 24, 2012 | 11:59 am
What would happen if Israeli elections were held today? And would a Likud breakaway headed by Netanyahu fare any better than Kadima?
The long-term damage of the Sinai situation
June 22, 2012 | 9:12 am
We're in a gray area regarding Egypt, which might remain a gray area for a long period of time.
The worst possible scenario on Iran
June 21, 2012 | 11:25 am
Notes from a round table discussion at the Israeli Presidential Conference, on the future of US-Israel relations.
Can a very small country have a very big heart?
June 20, 2012 | 1:08 pm
Israelis have been wrestling with the morality of deporting African migrants, given the unique history of their country with its roots in immigration and persecution.
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