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Andy Blumenthal
Jul 25, 2018, 3:44 PM
Dialogue with a “Former Israel Supporter”
Here is an email dialogue that I had recently with someone who criticized my writings in Times of Israel and identified themselves as a “Former Israel Supporter.” Him: “I ran into your rambling in TOI. Just what we need – another kook aid drinking religious...
Andy Blumenthal
Jul 7, 2018, 10:43 AM
Dialogue with a “Former Israel Supporter”
Here is an email dialogue that I had recently with someone who criticized my writings in Times of Israel and identified themselves as a “Former Israel Supporter.” Him: “I ran into your rambling in TOI. Just what we need – another kook aid drinking religious...
Ted Sheskin
Jul 5, 2018, 8:48 PM
Free Speech Rights for Corporations and Unions
In Citizens United versus the Federal Election Commission, the Supreme Court ruled in 2010 that political spending is a form of free speech that is protected under the First Amendment. This decision allowed corporations and unions to spend unlimited amounts of money on political activities,...
David Wolpe
Jul 5, 2018, 6:32 PM
Thunder Road
‘From the crooked timber of humanity,” said Immanuel Kant, “nothing straight can be made.” This famous shot of pessimism from one of history’s pre-eminent philosophers makes an interesting contrast with the rabbinic comment in the Talmud: “Thunder was created only to straighten the crookedness in...
Bob Levi
Jul 3, 2018, 7:46 PM
A Teaching Moment for Israel Activists
A teaching moment can be painful and embarrassing, and it was for a handful of pro-Israel activists. Over the past few months, a wide swath of the Jewish media has cast an unflattering light on a handful of American pro-Israel advocates who were conned by...
Phyllis Bernstein
Jul 2, 2018, 10:26 PM
Uncivil Society — In My Hometown
Can we all stop to listen and try to understand? My husband and I were honored by the local Chabad at a fancy catering hall and I will share a story about my remarks. As Jews we are one people with wide views on Israel....
Andy Blumenthal
Jul 1, 2018, 3:20 PM
Naked before G-d
At the Western Wall, where we bare our souls before our Maker, Marisa Papen instead displayed haughty flesh
Andy Blumenthal
Jun 26, 2018, 9:40 AM
Never forget, despite the pain of remembering
Recently, I watched the award-winning movie, The Devil’s Arithmetic. It ís about a modern-day American girl, Hannah, who is apathetic to her Jewish roots and especially to her family’s survival from the Holocaust. Repeatedly, Hannah brushes off her relatives who want to tell her what...
Douglas M. Bloomfield
Jun 25, 2018, 12:13 AM
The Times They Are A-Changin’
CHANGING TIMES — The German government just signed a deal to lease drones manufactured in Israel. This means that the Luftwaffe is flying Israeli aircraft and the Israeli navy is operating German U-boats. Meanwhile, the Israeli government wished the Saudi soccer team success in its...
Douglas M. Bloomfield
Jun 20, 2018, 10:18 PM
Are Nazi Comparisons Fair?
The Holocaust was so horrific and unique, that comparisons belittle the meaning of that period of world history. So it is with comparing Donald Trump’s zero tolerance immigration policy of family separation. We’re not talking about mass extermination and genocide. Just a policy built on...
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