I wrote about the Simpson family going to Israel a few months back. It seems that the day is almost upon us: After 20 years of poking fun at American culture, the Simpsons are scheduled to land at Ben-Gurion Airport to target Israel.
Categories: Culture, Entertainment, United States of America |
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If you have been living under a rock, let me update you on a recent situation that has grown increasingly popular for debate in the news and political forums. While the highest ranking visit from a United States official since Obama became president, the Jerusalem municipality approved a plan to construct 1,600 new homes in [...]
Categories: Barack Obama, Construction, Jerusalem, United States of America |
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The official aliyah provider for North America, Nefesh B’Nefesh, is planning to stage eight large mega events in North America this year. The events will take place in New York, Los Angeles, Montreal, Baltimore, Toronto, San Francisco, Chicago and Southern Florida.
Categories: Canada, Judaism, Non-Profits and NGOs, United States of America, Zionism |
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A group of Lebanese protesters rioters entered a Starbucks in Beirut and shouted anti-Israel comments and accused the company of being pro-Israel.
Categories: Anti-Semitism, Lebanon, United States of America, Zionism |
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A report prepared by the Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies at Brandeis University has shown a 69% increase in the number of courses related to Israel at 246 top universities surveyed.
Categories: Education, United States of America |
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Just a short while after announcing a settlement freeze in Judea and Samaria, Israel has approved new housing construction in three major Jewish neighborhoods in Jerusalem. Of course, the world is freaking out.
Categories: Arab Israelis, Jerusalem, United States of America |
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I was reading the abstract of a paper, and I thought the subject of Diaspora communities donating to Palestinian causes worth musing about. Having only read the abstract, I cannot do a deep evaluation of the strength and merit of the arguments presented. However, I do think it’s worth our time to examine the ideas [...]
Categories: Culture, Non-Profits and NGOs, United States of America |
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Reader Elizabeth passed on an interesting article from World Net Daily about Palestinian attempts to gain US support in declaring a new state unilaterally.
Categories: Palestinian Authority, United Nations, United States of America |
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Bibi Netanyahu is regarded as “almost American” by many Israelis. It is true that Netanyahu, who spent many years in the USA sounds like an American when he speaks English. There is also a suggestion that he understands the American psyche. So why is it that Israel’s relationship with the USA seems to deteriorate when [...]
Categories: Barack Obama, Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu, United States of America |
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Israel is a dramatic country, but it’s not a Shakespearean country. In Israel, if you liquidate the leader, you don’t go on to eliminate all his henchmen and rule the country yourself like Macbeth or Richard the Third. So I’ve never understood why people — most recently Bill Clinton — speak as though the Rabin assassination had forced Israel to turn away from an impending peace.
Categories: Peace Process, United States of America |
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