Santorum’s trifecta: He smashed Romney, squashed Gingrich, and beat the predictions
The current Republican primary season is confounding pundits on almost a weekly basis; Santorum's three wins on Tuesday are the latest surprise.
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Don’t always knock the media’s bias and double standards on Israel: you’ll miss them when they’re gone
Disproportionate coverage is the flip side of disproportionate support for Israel, and thus a critical element in its national security.
19 commentsRomney’s winning formula: superb organization, poisonous propaganda, and lots and lots of money
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney definitely erased memories of his South Carolina defeat, regained his status as the 'inevitable' Republican nominee with his significant majority in Florida.
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Behind the scenes of the conversation that catapulted the Israeli Minister to the Beijing Embassy
Weeks ago, between bites of burekas pastries and slices of cucumber and carrots, Home Front Defense Minister Matan Vilnai and Avigdor Lieberman joked about the former's next career move. Now, it's actually happening.
2 commentsLieberman to meet with Clinton in Washington next week
The two will be meeting for the first time in 18 months; visit will mark the second time that Lieberman will visit the U.S. capital since becoming Israel's foreign minister.
15 commentsDennis Ross’ ‘red line’ to the White house
Why did the White House install a secure phone in Dennis Ross’ office in the Washington Institute for Near East Policy?
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The UN must find a Goldstone for Syria
The UN needs to send a direct message to Bashar Assad: A regime which resorts to war crimes will have to answer for them.
62 commentsThe only Israel boycott that's actually working
After all, when the war with Iran is over, and the only things left here are cockroaches and Migron, this government will still have the only thing it's ever really needed: Someone else to blame.
32 commentsHollywood's Jews need to see Israel's 'Footnote,' Oscar or no
American Jews, in general, should go to see this film about wrongheaded comfort zones, in order to break out of one of their own: the mistaken sense of kinship with the Jewish state and the Jews who live there.
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Israel, Syria, and the double standards of the Free World
While the Assad regime's massacre of Syrian civilians does not justify Israel's occupation of the West Bank, Israel's critics must acknowledge the rough neighborhood it lives in.
28 commentsIsrael's humanists should declare themselves a religious minority
Secular liberals are hated as the ruling elite, even though the right has been in power for the latter half of Israel’s history. Meanwhile, as opposed to religious-nationalists and the ultra-orthodox, we do not have any minority rights.
12 commentsNetanyahu must stop misusing the Holocaust
Anti-Semitism must be condemned, exposed, and persecuted – but to keep warning that the next holocaust is around the corner is intellectually dishonest, morally problematic, and politically unwise.
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A softer, gentler Lieberman
The foreign minister showed an unusually diplomatic side during his visit to Washington this week.
1 commentsEclectic cast of Jews added spice to Florida primary
Most Jewish voters in Wednesday's Republican primary focused on the economy, but there were many outliers.
5 commentsVoters uncertain about Romney, Gingrich as Florida votes in primaries
As Romney tries to convince Floridians that he hasn't 'sold his soul to the devil,' Gingrich is out to prove that as governor, Romney eliminated serving kosher food for the Jewish elderly.
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A vegetarian cholent so meaty, you won't even miss the bones
In the last of her series on overnight Shabbat stews, Vered Guttman offers a version of cholent based on porcini instead of meat, for a distinctly earthy flavor.
1 commentsWhen life hands you fruit and nuts, make a Tu Bishvat Seder
In her new blog, Vered Guttman praises the dishes associated with Tu Bishvat. She's going going to serve a walnut and dried cherry tabouleh salad at her seder, alongside a big bowl of nuts (to make her husband happy).
1 commentsKeeping Yemenite Jewish traditions alive with jachnoon and kubaneh
Although the communities in Sana'a and Raida are dwindling, the slow-cooked Shabbat breads remain a staple of the Diaspora community. In her new blog, Vered Guttman shares some recipes for some quintessentially Yemenite Shabbat overnight dishes.
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Nestled in the stones of Lifta, a stark reminder of purity and conflict
Keeping this physical site of memory alive may serve as an important marketplace of ideas and emotion, one that can enable a bit of empathy to flourish amidst the stones.
0 commentsWhen political discourse turns to bullets, real and imaginary
Children worry, but they worry about themselves, wrapped in their own fears of abandonment or injury. Only when we’re able to worry about others, have we really grown up.
4 commentsA revival of old-time songs can be Israel’s revival too
Without the broader-market pressures of an American-Idol type of show, contestants will have the opportunity to sing honestly and openly. From the opening chords, a dialogue leading to empathy might just result.
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