NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Despite the Metropolitan Opera’s decision to cancel the simulcast of a controversial opera, there is still anger and unease surrounding the Met’s plans to put on the performance at the opera house this fall. As WCBS 880′s Peter Haskell reported, canceling the simulcast wasn’t enough for some. Morton Klein, of the Zionist Organization of America, […]
The University of South Florida (USF) is a popular choice for Jewish students. According to Hillel, it’s one of the top 30 public universities by Jewish population. But Jewish students and their parents should think twice about whether this school is right for them. Anti-Semitism is a problem on the campus, and although university officials are well […]
I heard you were in Israel, Jeremy. Why didn’t you look me up? We really need to talk. First I was hoping for a conversation about your ‘Setting the record straight’ Times of Israel op-ed. Of course it should surprise no one that I take issue with your pleasant sounding claims — as do your numerous critics. Your organization, J Street, and my organization, ZOA, […]
Once again I find myself writing in response to Alan Elsner’s March 13 column in the Chronicle , “For Netanyahu, the time for talk is past—time now for deeds.” There are many, many reasons for the Prime Minister to be cautious and to move slowly. First and foremost is Abbas himself. Who does he represent? […]
It long has been common knowledge that the Palestinian Authority, led by Israel’s “peace partner” Mahmoud Abbas, provides stipends to perpetrators of terror and their families. I had always understood these were “off books” stipends, paid in the guise of charity to families rendered needy by the absence of family members who choose to […]
They say that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. The positions of the Palestinian Arabs in the latest round of peace talks, being pushed by Obama Administration and Secretary of State John Kerry, and the concessions being expected of Israel by the U.S. and […]
Under pressure to restart talks with Mahmoud Abbas’s Palestinian Authority, Israel has diverged from its refusal to accede to preconditions and agreed to free 104 terrorists from its jails. It’s a mistake. Israel should withstand the pressure and say no. Why? Because it makes a mockery of justice – and inflicts unimaginable pain on families […]
Morton Klein, who heads the Zionist Organization of America, tells Arutz Sheva in a special interview that the reason the U.S. is not becoming involved in the Syrian civil war is that it does not know which side is worse than the other. “We’re not sure which side is better,” he explained. “We know that […]
Letters — June 5, 2013 ZOA Is Not ‘Hawkish’; It’s Rational Centrist Thank you for your interesting article “ZOA Lobbies Against Aid to Egypt, Palestinians” in the May 3 issue about ZOA’s Mission to Washington. Nevertheless, it inappropriately stated that ZOA is “hawkish.” Is demanding that Palestinians abide by their Oslo agreements to arrest terrorists, end […]
April 21, 2013 Letters to the Editor Israelis have gone the extra mile Jewish communities in what for millennia have been called Judea and Samaria are built on about 1 percent of the territory, and yet they’re seen by some commentators as an obstacle to ending the Arab war against the Jewish people (“Time is […]