Thoughts on Wright  March 24, 2008 I’ve just read Dayo Olopade’s fascinating piece, “Far Wright,” on Barack Obama’s far-left preacher, Jeremiah Wright. It’s an insightful piece, and it evoked memories of the two black churches I sometimes attended when I lived in Georgetown. But I’m no expert and Dayo is.A good friend of mine, Morton Klein, who […]

Local News Second Night to Honor Israel planned in Rochester (Catholic Courier Publication Date:  03-18-2008)  Bethel Christian Fellowship Church, 321 East Ave., Rochester, will host the second-annual Greater Rochester Night to Honor Israel at 6 p.m. Sunday, March 30. The event is an initiative of Christians United for Israel, a group dedicated to showing nondenominational and […]

Hillel Exhibit Draws National Criticism Harvard Crimson, Published On Monday, March 10, 2008  2:42 AM By BITA ASSAD Contributing Writer   The ongoing controversy fueled by the opening of an Israeli soldiers’ photo exhibit last week at Harvard Hillel has prompted attention from national Jewish organizations beyond Harvard’s Jewish community. Morton Klein, president of the Zionist […]

03/05/2008 IDF Photos At Harvard Hillel Drawing Ire Shots taken by IDF soldiers raise questions about moral cost of occupation, says Breaking the Silence group; Hillel itself conflicted.   by Larry Cohler-EssesEditor At Large   A decision by Harvard University Hillel to host a photo exhibit showing Israeli soldiers mistreating Palestinians drew fire from a […]

American Jewish Leaders DebateDiaspora Role On Jerusalem Dina Kraft02/29/08 The Jewish Press The object of 2,000 years of Jewish yearning, Jerusalem is perhaps the most sensitive topic on the Israeli-Palestinian negotiating table. So when it comes to discussing the future—and possible division—of the city, Diaspora Jews want their voices heard, too. The question of how […]

December 20, 2007 Neal Sher King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia was practically stunned at the hostile reception he received during a recent visit to London. It seems our British friends are much more attuned than we to the nefarious role that the Saudis continue to play in financing and fomenting terror. The nation that is […]

Published Saturday, March 8, 2008 9:30 PM PST Education Sens. query racism report Senators question what they see as discrepancies between anti-Semitism report at UCI and policies of Education Department. By Daniel Tedford and Joseph Serna Questions about anti-Semitism and harassment at UCI, which has seen two separate reports in recent months on the subject, […]

On Thursday evening, February 28th, Jeff Daube, Director of the Zionist Organization of America’s Israel office, together with Dana Barnett of Israel Academia Monitor, conducted a seminar for 20 Israeli Hebrew University students at the SIACH Center in Jerusalem. The three-hour seminar was designed to acquaint Israeli university students with the problem of anti-Israel rhetoric […]

  Why Do We Fawn Upon John Hagee? The Hour By Leonard FeinJewish Daily Forward, Mon. Mar 03, 2008 Of politics, bedfellows and such: The dustup over evangelical Pastor John Hagee’s endorsement of Senator John McCain would not have attracted the attention it did had it not come in the wake of the Tim Russert-provoked […]

  (Some) Jews Against Obama [from the March 24, 2008 issue of The Nation] by Eric Alterman During the past few months a small group of neoconservative Jews, many of whom hold key positions in the world of official Jewish institutions, have been working to undermine the presidential candidacy of Barack Obama with a series […]