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- President Obama canceled a scheduled appearance before the Jewish federations' General Assembly.
- The Union for Reform Judaism passed a resolution urging equal services for Israeli Arabs.
- The International Atomic Energy Agency has evidence that Iran may have tested an advanced nuclear warhead design, according to a British newspaper.
- The United States vetoed an Israeli plan to attack a ship bearing weapons allegedly from Iran to Hezbollah, according to a report in an Arabic-language newspaper.
- The Obama administration expects to keep working with Mahmoud Abbas despite his planned resignation as Palestinian Authority president.
- Obama cancels GA appearance
- Reform endorse qual treatment for Israeli Arabs
- Iran may have tested secret nuclear warhead design
- Report: U.S. stopped Israeli attack on weapons ship
- U.S. sees Abbas in continuing role
- Groups blast UNGA Goldstone vote
- Israel delivers swine flu vaccines to Palestinian Authority
- Abbas announces he won’t run for re-election
- 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: Jackie Mason does it again
03/16/09 03:11 PM
Sadly, Jackie Mason lost all sense of decency years ago. He used to be a wonderfully funny and original comedian for whom I had great respect. But over the years he has become an out-and-out racist. His constant comments about Arabs and Palestinians are nothing short of hateful. His refusal to appear at a club at which a Palestinian comic was also booked was disgusting, and now he finds it funny to refer to our president as a shvartzeh, which anyone who is Jewish knows, is most definitely equivalent to nigger amongst some Jews. Had this been is first error in judgment, I would be less harsh. But this is just a continuation of his narrow-minded and mean-spirited material that does not shine a very positive light on the Jewish community or himself.
Posted in: Hamas says truce imminent; Shalit may go free
02/13/09 04:28 PM
This would indeed be excellent news. Shalit has been captive far too long, and it was beginning to look hopeless as the whether he would ever be released. Of course, it also encourages me to believe that even mortal enemies such as Israel and Hamas, can ultimately find terms that are agreeable to both, in order to stop the killing and bloodshed for the sakes of both sides.
Posted in: Op-Ed: Prop 8 goes against God's love for every person
11/03/08 06:38 PM
I find the first two comments to be very sad indeed. The commentators actually believe it is perfectly fine to discriminate against an entire group of people who simply want the same rights they have, to love the person of their choice. What's worse they compare it to alcoholism and admits that God creates them as well. But they believe we have the obligation to turn our backs on these people because of their personal revulsion to these individuals. Alcoholism is a disease that can and should be treated. Homosexuality is another form of perfectly normal human behaviour that harms no one. While there are definite societal consequences for alcoholism, no such negative consequence exists due to homosexuality other than the discrimination and hatred these individuals face because of the belligerence and arrogance of these "I, and only I know the right way to live," of these commentators.
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