Thursday, May 2nd 2024 |
By DANNY DANON
(JNS.org) – Like most Israelis, I am an eternal optimist. Living day to day in our neighborhood and faced with continued threats to our legitimacy and even our existence, what choice do we have? That being said, I am extremely pessimistic about the latest round of peace talks that have been initiated in Washington, DC. There is no shortage of reasons why I should be skeptical, but...
By ITAI REUVENI
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (JTA) — Sarajevo is a city with a rich multicultural past, but it also bears the scars of war. Take a short walk through the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina and you will see the many cemeteries and bullet-riddled walls, which are undergoing restoration.
These lay side by side with magnificent churches, mosques and synagogues. For this reason, 100 Jews and Muslims from 39 countries gathered there...
By SHERWIN POMERANTZ
Sunday’s vote by Israel’s Cabinet to approve the release of 104 Palestinian terrorists with blood on their hands may have been the right move in the context of the re-started peace talks, but definitely at the wrong time.
As a business person I enter into negotiations with prospective clients all the time in an effort to craft an agreement that addresses the needs of both of...
By MARK LANGFAN
Some Israeli ministers are in shock at the European Union (E.U.) diktat attempting to impose the 1949 ceasefire line, also known as the pre-1967 lines, as the proposed Israeli/Palestinian Authority border. The ministers, including Prime Minister Netanyau, protest that the E.U. is “undermining” the (Secretary of State John) Kerry mission.
I posit that these complaining ministers are deluded; I believe Obama co-planned the E.U. diktat. The E.U....
By TED TAUBE
SAN FRANCISCO (JTA) — For the past decade, the Taube Foundation for Jewish Life & Culture and I myself, as Poland’s honorary consul in the Bay Area, have been involved directly in furthering the renaissance of Jewish life in Poland. The renaissance is viewed as a “miracle” in Poland and around the world.
At my foundation, we receive communications every day from all corners of the globe...
By LAWRENCE GROSSMAN
NEW YORK (JTA) — The Sejm, the lower house of the Polish parliament, has a Jewish problem.
In a painful affront to the Jewish community, it recently defeated a government initiative to reinstate the legality of kosher slaughter of animals. This prompted Poland’s chief rabbi, Michael Schudrich, to threaten resignation and triggered sharp criticism of the Sejm from Jewish communities in Poland and around the world.
What...
By RASHAD HUSSEIN
WASHINGTON (JTA) — During Ramadan, Muslim communities around the world experience a month of fasting, devotion and increased consciousness of their faith. They also remember those who are suffering around the world and seek an end to the forces of hatred that lead to violence against people of all faiths.
The spirit of Ramadan, which lasts this year through Aug. 7, can serve as a positive force...
By EDUARDO KOHN
(JTA) — On July 18, the victims of the AMIA bombing will be killed again. Their families will feel the chilly winter and the cold reality of the chain of agreements made between Iran and Argentina that has erased the remote illusion of a true and honest effort to prosecute the perpetrators.
The July 18, 1994 terror attack on the the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association building —...
By ALAN ELSNER
A new report from the Moshe Dayan Center at Tel Aviv University paints an alarming picture of a Palestinian economy on the West Bank on the verge of collapse.
The report, by Ephraim Lavie and Yitzhak Gal, painstakingly examines the Palestinian economy, concluding that it suffers from several fundamental structural weaknesses that developed under Israel’s direct rule from 1967 to 1993 and have only deepened in the...
For decades we have heard of the horrors of abused children who have come forward to accuse their alleged pedophiles of unspeakable acts. The highest levels of the Catholic Church have been rocked by these kinds of accusations. Coverups designed to protect the institution’s reputation from being besmirched were conducted by ill-advised officials, while others with malevolent intent or hoping to maintain the secrecy associated with the abuse, offered payoffs...
