Published October 06, 2014. Benjamin Netanyahu’s comparison between ISIS and Hamas, repeated in recent weeks from every podium in the U.S. and in every TV network interview, gained little traction with the Obama administration which made clear it does not see the two terror groups as equal. But it resonated well with at least one audience: Christian supporters of […]

All eyes were on New York as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made his major address to the United Nations, which kind pundits called “vintage” and less generous observers called “warmed-over shtick.” Jeff Daube, Israel director of the Zionist Organization of America, says that Netanyahu was effective in sending a strong message, communicating to the world the […]

 The Washington Times – Saturday, October 4, 2014 The insistent evangelical voice will ring out soon, and very close to the U.S. Capitol building. Scheduled for Sunday afternoon in Upper Senate Park, it’s the Rally for Israel, organized primarily by potential White House hopeful Mike Huckabee and Penny Nance, president of Concerned Women for America. “It’s time for the […]

Published by Algemeiner October 5, 2014 10:16 PM Last month, in a primetime national address, President Obama laid out his four-pronged strategy to “degrade and ultimately destroy ISIS.” The U.S. military has already begun to carry out the President’s directive; airstrikes against ISIS positions in Iraq have increased and we can likely expect a prolonged […]

First Publish: 10/1/2014, 11:00 PM By Cynthia Blank A group of fourteen diverse organizations have banded together to deliver a letter to more than 2,500 US colleges and universities urging such institutions to protect Jewish students on campus in lieu of rising anti-Semitism across the globe.  The organizations include: Alpha Epsilon Pi, AMCHA Initiative, American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists, Americans for […]

Wednesday, October 1, 2014 — The cool elegance of the Metropolitan Opera’s opening night, precursor to a controversial season featuring John Adams’ “The Death of Klinghoffer,” was countered this week by a heated Jewish protest outside Lincoln Center.               An estimated crowd of 1,500 to 2,000, according to the protest’s organizers, were effusive in their […]

Tuesday, September 30, 2014 — Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas will be the keynote speaker at the annual dinner of the Zionist Organization of America in late November, giving him an audience of some of the nation’s most influential Jewish leaders, including casino magnate and political financier Sheldon Adelson. “We’re inviting him because he’s one […]

September 20, 2014  8:24 PM by JP Newsroom A coalition of organizations will protest at Lincoln Center on Monday evening, Sept. 22, at 4:30 PM, across the street from the Lincoln Center Plaza at Broadway & 65th Street to protest the Metropolitan Opera House’s decision to air the “The Death of Klinghoffer.” Thousands are expected to gather […]

Confusion Over Ted Cruz Invitation to Opera Protest Middle East Politics On the Upper West Side   Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Update: This story has been updated to include Cruz’s spokesperson’s comment that Cruz will not be attending the protest after all. Sept. 16, 2014, at 8:42 p.m.  WASHINGTON – Senator Ted Cruz will join a protest outside Lincoln […]