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Opinions

Levy distorts, Haaretz supports

By TABITHA KOROL

The Haaretz newspaper. How absurd for Haaretz to be so named for the Land of Israel when it is quite unworthy of the title. Through the years, Haaretz has been known to produce “news” that has been...

Moving on

The 2012 election is over. The political rhetoric will continue for some time to come, but the debates, the recriminations and the accusations should be over for the present time. President Barack Obama has been re-elected and Governor Mitt Romney...

Historic day is at hand; we must exercise our rights

The charge of any journalistic institution is to its readership. The charge of any politician is to his constituency. As an advocate for what is best for the Jewish community of New Orleans, the Crescent City Jewish News attempts to...

OP-ED: Time to stop digging and start building

By MATTHEW BROOKS

WASHINGTON (JTA) — As Will Rogers said, “When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging!” In the last four years, the Obama administration has dug our country deeper and deeper into several painful and dangerous holes. It’s time to...

OP-ED: Obama speaks to the best of our traditions

By DAVID A. HARRIS

WASHINGTON (JTA) — “To be good Americans, we must be better Jews.” When Justice Louis Brandeis spoke these words, he sought to inspire our nation’s Jewish community to live by our ideals and our principles, to...

OP-ED: Stop prejudice – don’t boycott Scouting

By RABBI ROBERT TOBIN

As of January 1, 2013, The Golda Och Academy (a Solomon Schechter Conservative Jewish Day School in West Orange, NJ) will join the Reform movement’s boycott of the Boy Scouts of America. This is an unfortunate...

OP-ED: Christians’ letter was reasonable, sensitively worded

By RABBI BRANT ROSEN

CHICAGO (JTA) — There has long been an unwritten covenant between the Jewish establishment and Christian leaders when it comes to interfaith dialogue: “We can talk about any religious issues we like, but criticism of Israel’s...

OP-ED: Christians’ letter is an unworthy tactic

By RABBI NAOM E. MARANS

NEW YORK (JTA) — Iran is threatening Israel, the Middle East and the world with the specter of nuclear weapons. Christians across the Middle East are persecuted and martyred in the repercussions of the so-called...

OP-ED: Adelson’s Israel Hayom bringing needed pluralism to Israeli press

By DAVID M. WEINBERG

TEL AVIV (JTA) — Liberal pundits have coined a new saw: Sheldon Adelson and the newspaper he owns, Israel Hayom, are primarily responsible for the collapse of many Israeli media outlets, and this endangers Israeli democracy.

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OP-ED: Supporting Israel’s media strengthens its democracy

By ORI NIR

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Can you imagine Israel without a free, independent, vociferous and diverse media? Can you imagine Israel without Maariv and Haaretz? Without biting commentary, investigative reporting and an open, cacophonous marketplace of views and ideas?

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