Sun, January 15, 2012 Tevet 20, 5772
Hurt, wounded and newly armed with a five million dollar check reportedly given to him by Sheldon Adelson - Gingrich has already purchased millions of dollars of advertising time in South Carolina in which he intends to attack Romney.
19 commentsThe overwhelming majority of American Jews are liberal on social issues and consequently not great fans of the overtly-theological Republican approach to 'family values.'
13 commentsSantorum underwent a sensationally rapid metamorphosis by changing within a few weeks from a sad joke to an intriguing curiosity to a surprising phenomenon and finally to a blazing meteor who is now poised to take on Romney, the leader of the pack.
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Without the broader-market pressures of an American-Idol type of show, contestants will have the opportunity to sing honestly and openly. From the opening chords, a dialogue leading to empathy might just result.
0 commentsIf Jewish ethics through Pirkei Avot instructs us to 'make for yourself a teacher, and acquire for yourself a friend,' I am all the richer because of the people I have met.
1 commentsDisheartening as it must be for those still committed to the organization, maybe Morrison’s letter will serve as a flaming baton of change -- if others are ready to grasp it and run with it.
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It is obvious that recent Obama administration rhetoric is not intended only to win re-election. It is also intended to signal to Iran that the United States stands by its word.
1 commentsThe Mossad's attitude toward journalists: Respect them, suspect them and use them.
1 commentsOur defense minister is way off the mark when speculating about an easy war with Iran.
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With glimmers of resurgence in Israel's political center, Netanyahu, who might rather run as Gingrich, may have to run as Mitt Romney: a little bit of this, a little bit of that, a fiddler with policy, no one's enthusiastic choice, a non-stick if still-vulnerable target for all.
6 commentsThe candidacy of the gynecologist from Galveston has much to teach Israel's premier Republican, Benjamin Netanyahu, about extremism. If Netanyahu takes the trouble to learn.
128 commentsWe need to begin to again see Israel as it truly is. Naked and vulnerable. Real. Ailing. Still worth saving.
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There are moments when I feel that Israel’s democracy is truly threatened; but there are also moments where I take a wider perspective.
16 commentsSteve Jobs’ life and achievement was made possible by an environment that created a space in which a variety of cultural traditions could coexist, compete and interact.
3 commentsNetanyahu can now take partial credit for having killed the two state solution. The other half goes to the Palestinians.
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A new work of fiction about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict sounds at times a lot like fact.
15 commentsWith Romney leading in the polls, the presidential candidates face off in two debates in the lead-up to the New Hampshire primaries.
2 commentsWeek's wrap-up: U.S. announces bounty of $10 million for information leading to the capture of al-Qaida financier Ezedin Abdel Aziz Khalil; Joshua Pollack tells Haaretz why he believes India is the 'fourth customer' of Abdul Qadeer Khan's nuclear know-how.
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A group of MKs spent a week in the U.S. with selected members of its Jewish community to learn what life looks like right of the Atlantic; their impressions were varied.
by Natasha Mozgovaya 11 comments
Democrats angry at Republican attempts to 'manipulate assistance to Israel for political ends'.
by Natasha Mozgovaya 3 comments
Ahmadinejad visits southern Lebanon while Nasrallah stays hidden in his bunker
by Avi Issacharoff and Amos Harel 0 comments
Isaac Herzog is wrong when he says that fascism lurks at the fringes of Israeli society. It is now in the mainstream.
by Carlo Strenger 0 commentsRomney’s victory prize: a South Carolina 'bloodbath'
19 commentsDennis Ross discovers Palestine
16 commentsDo Israeli liberals need a State of Tel Aviv?
16 commentsCloser ties between conservative Evangelicals and Catholics may distance U.S. Jews
13 commentsIndia FM visits Israel: A lot of tennis, not a word on Palestinians
9 commentsPartly cloudy
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