Steven Cook, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Shadi Hamid and Dan Byman -- smart
analysts whose work I always read and admire -- have all now argued we need
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- Victor
- I'm an American Jew, born in the former Soviet Union. These are my stories, with some current events commentary mixed in for texture.
The Jewish people prides itself on intellectual pluralism, and as for everything I write in my name, I write in that tradition, in advocacy of what I see as the common good and interest of humanity as a whole, and of the Jewish people in particular.
I am an unabashed supporter of Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria (i.e. the West Bank), and advocate for their survival and growth in the Settlement Strategy series.
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NB: I have received several comments and a letter from a Norwegian journalist questioning the validity of this report. We are checking into it, but as of n...
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In our discussion of *dalak* דלק - "burn", I didn't mention one derivative - *madlek* מדלק. That's because you've probably never heard of it. It was Ben ...
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On December 8th, a state-run television channel in Iran triumphantly showed off the US drone that Iran claims to have captured. Chinese and Russian expert...
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Well the PennBDS conference has come and gone and before looking atwhat it all adds up to, I’d like to start by congratulating the organizers for theimpre...
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To my shame as a UK citizen, I have had to witness the UK become the laughing-stock of the West for its failure to responsibly confront Islamist-inspired t...
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[*By Gil Troy. H/T Twitter.*] As some universities brace for the annual spring round of anti-Israel weeks, which falsely accuse Israel of the great crimes ...
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Painting of Joseph and his brothers, Charles Thévenin, 1789 At the beginning of next week’s Torah portion, *Vayigash*, (Genesis 42) we are witness to Juda...
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January 31, 2012 Now Lebanon http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=358990 The United States faces a terrible conundrum regarding ...
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Robots and remote-controlled vehicles are invaluable assets on modern battlefields, allowing soldiers to handle threats from a distance. These are some of ...
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Could the first target of Iran's nuclear weapons be its Arab neighbors and not Israel? The only problem with this approach is that far from being the only co...
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An excerpt from a Marcus Brauchli memo to employees of the ever-shrinking Washington Post, which just announced a new round of buyouts [image: Email this ...
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Before there was Earth Day, the Jewish people introduced an “Earth Day” on the full moon of the Jewish month of Shevat. Called Tu B’shvat, the 15th of Shev...
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I am very happy to announce that my book Justice in the City: An Argument from the Sources of Rabbinic Judaism is out and available at Academic Studies Pre...
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Living in New York includes such weird moments as walking between meetings and passing a 300-year-old graveyard with America’s founding fathers buried ther...
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A weekly comic exploring the political and absurd by Husam Zakharia.
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I can’t think of a single head of state anywhere in the world I’d be less interested in interviewing than Syria’s Bashar al-Assad. The man lies like he bre...
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Ma'abara housing Jewish refugees at Bet Lid, Israel, 1951 Even the Israeli government seems to agree that it's time to fight for the rights of Jewish refug...
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“Once and for all the idea of glorious victories won by the glorious army must be wiped out Neither side is glorious On either side they’re just frightened...
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This essay is definitely thinking along the correct directions.
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If there ever was a special Emmy award for hummus related TV, this episode of Good Eats would have definitely won. Until that happens, the award is all you...
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BH I can say, and trust me, I've already "jinxed" myself so many times with my baby's sleep that now I don't feel it's an issue to come forward and share ...
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No, this blog is still dormant, as explained here. However, I still post every now and then, so the Google overlords won't delete the entire blog for havin...
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The amusement park turns serious…. Just how important is Israel to all of us, to the world? Many a headline has focused on the Iranian threat to Israel,...
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There is an application for the iPhone called Jerusalem Compass which points the user towards the Kotel. It costs 99 cents. By default, the True East mode ...
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