Sergiu Simmel
The J Street conference was one of the most intellectually and physically taxing experiences I’ve ever had. I learned an incredible amount, met amazing people, and feel compelled to keep educating myself on the issues. I had an idea for a post...
I’ve been hearing about Limmud events for years. When I first became a professional Jewish educator, I lamented my inability to travel to the UK (thanks to my Jewish educator salary) for what seemed (from afar) a unique and incredible experience....
I don’t what you’re doing over MLK weekend, but I’m gonna be at Limmud NY at a hotel in the Catskills with 700 Jews from every age bracket and every Jewish background imaginable–in short, I’ll be hanging out in the most...
British police and intelligence officers sent to tackle problem By David Rosew, The Daily Mail The Government is sending British police and intelligence officers to the West Bank to try to stop a wave of brutal torture by Palestinian security forces...
By Ted Belman JPOST reports Cotler and Goldstone: Jurists butt heads on int’l law, but agree on rules of war According to Cotler, the problem is, The basic thing is [that] what you need is equality before the law. Israel, like any other state,...
Ted Belman Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin: Ratification of the Israel-Palestinian Interim Agreement This is Rabin’s speech to the Knesset when he laid out his red lines on signing the Interim Agreement in 1995. * No Palestinian State : “We...
In 2002, while the media and NGO’s such as Human Rights Watch accepted as fact the Palestinian claim that there was a massacre in Jenin–Dr. David Zangen couldn’t stand the lies and came forward with the facts . In the end, Palestinian...
Its hard to credit this report because it ignores Obama’s embrace of the Saudi Plan in favour of Israel’s embrace of Res 242. It suggests that if Abbas accepts it it will because he believes that Res 242 requires full withdrawal. Israel is...
Middle East: Things Look Catastrophic but It Will Work Out, Why I’m Optimistic By Barry Rubin*, GLORIA CENTRE Every day dreadful things happen in the Middle East and in the echoes of that region—diplomacy, news coverage—in the West. Yet things...
