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- Composer Richard Wagner's great-grandson criticized the music chosen to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall because it includes a composition by his "anti-Semitic" great-grandfather.
- The United States and Israel need to improve their communication, Jerusalem's mayor said.
- Norwegian prosecutors have dropped a case alleging war crimes by 10 Israeli leaders during last winter’s Gaza military campaign.
- Palestinian activists attempted to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall by knocking down a portion of the West Bank security wall.
- An evangelical Christian who promotes Messianic Judaism will be the keynote speaker at a Birthright Israel alumni event in New York this month.
- Wagner great-grandson objects to Berlin Wall event music
- Jerusalem mayor: U.S., Israel should improve communication
- Norway drops war crimes case against Israel
- Palestinians knock down portion of security wall
- Evangelical leader to speak at Birthright Next event
- Obama, Netanyahu to meet, Israeli newspaper reports
- Reform endorse qual treatment for Israeli Arabs
- Iran may have tested secret nuclear warhead design
- Obama’s Nobel, Israel’s problem?
- Jews of color come together to explore identity
- FBI: Alleged spy wannabe asked for Israeli citizenship
- Family likely murdered by professional killer
- New signs that Ethiopian aliyah will resume
- U.S. appetite for Israeli food grows
- Female Orthodox scholars helping women talk about sex
- Attacks on J Street as parley approaches
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Posted in: Jews in Palestine
10/22/09 12:57 AM
Interesting idea. And the corollary should also be considered, such that the Arab population currently living in Israel become citizens of "Palestine," but continue to be welcome to live in Israel as legal residents, but without Israeli citizenship. Wouldn't that be the natural counterbalance, and a blessing to Israel?
Posted in: Carter replies to Abram's reply-UPDATES
09/10/09 12:37 AM
When did the West Bank become "Palestinian land"? The West Bank was part of the original land given to the Jews by the Balfour Declaration during the British Mandate after the end of World War 1, and then codified by the League of Nations in 1922. The land was offered to the Arabs in 1948 but they rejected it, because they preferred to attack Israel in an attempt to "drive the Jews into the sea." The original mandate giving the land to Israel has never been abrogated or reversed legally. So, when did it automatically become Palestinian land? Answer: it's not Palestinian land. It's really Israeli land. If the Palestinians want to live there, they are free to negotiate for an autonomous zone. But let's understand once and for all the underlying truth of the situation.
Posted in: Jews, evangelicals get together
07/10/09 01:52 AM
Rather than being insecure about being proselytized by Christian evangelists, all Jewish people should read the book "Twenty-Six Reasons Why Jews Don't Believe in Jesus" by Asher Norman. This book should be required reading in Jewish education. It gives a clear and convincing description of why Jesus is not the messiah, and why Jews must not believe in such misguided folly. Once Jews have the knowledge contained in this book, then they can proselytize the Christians right back, by showing them the false and flimsy foundation of their own religion.
Posted in: Mass converts pose dilemma for Latin American Jews
06/26/09 03:21 PM
Dear Robin Margolis, You are totally correct. Of course, there must be a mechanism to ensure that the converts' motivation is sincere. But along those lines, I think we should make a huge push into countries like China and India, whose inhabitants do not have the burden of a past experience with Christianity and Islam, and who might find Judaism very appealing and alluring. Just think: if just a few percent of those billions of people converted, the number of Jews in the world would explode. What's wrong with that? It could only be good. If just 2% of Indians and Chinese converted, the number of Jews in the world would increase by 40 million. Who could complain about that?
Posted in: Roger Cohen's wishful thinking
03/23/09 06:41 PM
Roger Cohen is an Englishman. The British, even the liberal Jewish elite from that country, are anti-Semitic to the core. That has been the way with the British for many centuries. Great Britain is currently the leading purveyor of anti-Semitism of any country outside the Arab world. Roger Cohen fits right in. They will always side against Israel regardless of the issue. The British Jews have assimilated to the point that they actually believe that they are an accepted part of the upper crust of British society. That has been a sad pattern in Jewish history (think of the assumptions made by the Jews in Germany in the 1930's). Jews are often their own worst enemies.
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