Connecticut Jewish Ledger www.jewishledger.com CUNY: The right to free speech depends on who speaks freely Jeffrey Wiesenfeld serves on the Board of Trustees at the City University of New York (CUNY). As a member of that Board, he spoke out against that institution’s plan to award an honorary degree to Tony Kushner, a playwright whose art and opinion constantly intertwine […]
http://www.newsrealblog.com/2011/05/10/on-israeli-independence-day-pondering-the-legacy-of-zeev-jabotinsky/ On Israeli Independence Day, Pondering the Legacy of Ze’ev Jabotinsky Posted By Moshe Phillips The killing of Osama bin Laden and the subsequent debates by pundits on whether the Bush/Cheney administration was getting too much or too little credit for crafting the initial response to 9/11 and then creating the infrastructure necessary to remove […]
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.9472,css.print/pub_detail.asp I, Hasan, the son of Akbar, resident of the village of Saraab, being of sound mind and resolute belief in Muhammad, praise be upon him (PBUH) and the 12 Imams, the Pure Ones, declare this here as my last and final will and testament. I have found it my sacred duty to answer the […]
Some Things I Love About Living in Israel Posted By P. David Hornik http://frontpagemag.com/2011/05/10/some-things-i-love-about-living-in-israel/print/ With most of my articles focusing on harsh aspects of life in Israel, and with Israel’s 63d birthday falling on Tuesday, it might be appropriate to mention some of why I love living here. This is a personal statement of an […]
In 1950, my brother and my parents and I went to Israel for the first time. To be perfectly honest my brother and I were bored, annoyed at the endless conversations among my parents and their surviving friends who had not seen each other since my parents left Europe for Bolivia in 1931. We preferred […]
http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/ Rejoice, Rejoice, As The Miracle Nation Turns Sixty-Three Sixty-three years ago, the State of Israel was born, offering as its natal message “peace and amity” to its neighbours and readiness “to contribute its full share to the peace and progress of the Middle East”. Alas, we all know how those noble sentiments were received – […]
http://www.jewishideasdaily.com/content/module/2011/5/10/main-feature/1/israel-the-miracle In May 1998, the eminent British historian Paul Johnson published an essay in Commentary to mark Israel’s 50th birthday; marking its 63rd, we re-publish the essay here.—The Editors “Israel must have its place among the nations (to borrow the title of a book by its prime minister). But it is not a nation like other nations. Willy-nilly, it is and […]
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0511/osama_muslim_brotherhood.php3?printer_friendly Like thousands across the world, I celebrated the capture and killing of Osama bin Laden. He rejoiced in killing. But bin Laden’s murder is not the end of Al Qaeda. And even if Al Qaeda were totally eliminated, the world would still have to deal with Al Qaeda’s progenitor. Bin Laden was many things, […]
The Meaning of Limited Government by Herbert I. London http://www.hudson-ny.org/2109/limited-government The Founding Fathers recognized intrusive government as the forerunner of tyranny. The assertion that we should recall limits is valid for a generation that often believes government should do everything from paying your mortgage to providing free health care. In speech after speech, people have […]
Geert Wilders’s Problem with Islam by Jonathan Kay http://www.hudson-ny.org/2108/geert-wilders-problem-islam As an editor at the National Post, I often rely on three letters to protect my columnists from human-rights tribunals: I-S-M — these being the difference between spelling Islam and Islamism. The former is a religion — like Christianity or Judaism. The latter is an ideology, […]
