The Orthodox Union Advocacy has written a letter to President-Elect Donald Trump, asking him to keep his campaign commitment to move the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, in recognition of the Holy City as Israel’s chosen capital. The group has posted a petition for all supporters of that relocation to sign.
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For years, experts and would-be-experts on the problems in the Middle East have argued over the concept of “linkage,” the theory that if only the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian-Arabs were solved, all other struggles in the Middle East would fade away. The truth is, “linkage” is a false myth.
read moreWe are now in the third stage of this post-election trauma: the weeping and the violence have given way to hysteria.
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J Street’s controversial response to the sexual harassment of one of its staff members raises questions as to whether its attitude toward women’s rights is compromised by its political goals.
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Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, made the following statement in regard to presidential candidate Donald J. Trump’s recently released campaign ad…
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A number of years ago I pushed my colleague in Englewood, NJ, Rabbi Menachem Genack, who is national head of the Orthodox Union’s Kosher Division…
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Fiddler on the Roof, the cherished musical is all about tradition and Jewish continuation
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On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts, convened a hearing in which he exposed the Obama administration’s pattern of turning a blind eye to radical Islamic terrorism…
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Vivian Lazar knows that HaZamir, the International Jewish High School Choir, which she directs, is more than just a musical organization through which some 400 young Jewish students came together last month to present a gala concert celebrating four-part traditional and contemporary Jewish music.
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“My style of deal-making is quite simple and straightforward,” wrote Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in his 1987 book, Trump: The Art of the Deal. “I aim very high, and then I just keep pushing and pushing and pushing to get what I’m after.”
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Assessing the influence that Jewish associates, advisors, and relatives have on Presidential candidates is complicated. Just being Jewish does not mean automatically understanding the issues confronting Israel and world Jewry.
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TheJewishVoiceAndOpinion.com Those attending the Republican Jewish Coalition’s Presidential Candidates’ Forum on December 3 in Washington could be forgiven if they came away wishing they could choose their favorite candidate…
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It took me three days to build up enough courage to visit what remained of Cong. Poalei Zedek in
New Brunswick, New Jersey. What was once a stately and ornate structure had almost instantaneously
become a burnt out shell…
How to respond now that the fight to defeat the Iran nuclear agreement is over
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