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Irina Tsukerman

Jul 5, 2018, 10:57 AM

Is there a connection between an Israeli ex-Minister turned Iranian spy and Equatorial Guinea’s corrupt dealings with Russia, China, and Iran?

At first glance, the story of Gonen Segev, the former Israeli minister of energy and infrastructure, turned Iranian spy, may sound stereotypical. The disgraced former minister got in trouble after various nefarious criminal schemes aimed at sating his greed and debts...

May 30, 2018, 5:47 PM

For Memorial Day, Thank You to the Liberators

Suffering does not move armies, but suffering does move soldiers. Much as we might wish it otherwise, World War II was not fought to save the Jews. It was fought to stop aggressive countries from changing the balance of power...

May 24, 2018, 3:28 PM

Wait, which side are the bad guys on?

Governments agree: All countries are capable of violating human rights...except their own country

Apr 22, 2018, 8:24 PM

This Month in History — April

Many significant events have occurred in April. Below please find some of them: April 2, 1513 - Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon landed at present-day St. Augustine, and claimed FL on behalf of Spain. St. Augustine is the oldest city...

Mar 15, 2018, 11:30 AM

The speech Nikki Haley could have given at the AIPAC conference…

My fellow apologists: it's really wonderful to be here with friends like you -- people who appreciate the license that comes with having overwhelming military power and political carte blanche. You know, representing the US at the United Nations can...

Michael Hilkowitz

Jan 9, 2018, 12:28 AM

Deporting Africans is a gift to Israel's enemies

African migrants take part at a protest in Tel Aviv on June 10, 2017. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Packing 40,000 people off to a dangerous future is both immoral and self-defeating

Jan 4, 2018, 11:56 AM

A Solution to Israel’s Conversion Crisis

A new year means new statistics, and frankly, they are worrying. First, the good news. According to Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics, in 2017: Israeli births outnumbered deaths by 136,000; 27,000 people made aliya, and, in the coming months, Israel's...

Jan 2, 2018, 12:41 AM

Holocaust Museum will be established in Chernivtsi

The Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities with the support of donors reconstructed Jewish memorial in order to establish a Holocaust Museum of Bukovinian Jews. The ruined building of “Beit-Kaddishin,” or “House of Farewell,” a historic Jewish memorial, has for...

Anya Zhuravel Segal

Dec 25, 2017, 12:45 PM

Spreading the Light, Fighting the Darkness

The holiday of Hanukkah falls on the darkest time of the year. Jews worldwide light a candle on the first night, and add another one on every evening of the eight-day holiday, so that by the last night the...

Dec 15, 2017, 10:35 PM

Over $500,000 in Menorahs for Auction and for Private Sale in Cedarhurst, NY

Nightfall on Wednesday, December 20th will end eight nights of candle lighting, latke eating, and doughnut making – all the activities that I look forward to that brighten my winter. But in Cedarhurst, NY, Chanukah lasts an extra day...

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