The Jerusalem Post, despite Michael’s misgivings, has had some excellent articles, commentaries and reports in recent weeks. I thought this analysis of Ahmadinejad’s letter to Bush (also...
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A Big Bad Jewish Lobby Shabbat
To all of The Lobby members, and even the rest of you sad folks who are excluded from The Lobby, I wish you a shabbat shalom.
Law firms and Jewish lawyers
I wrote a comment earlier about the challenge many Jewish lawyers faced getting hired by law firms, particularly those considered among the finest in the country, in large markets such as New York...
Incredible speech to the AJC by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Ayaan Hirsi Ali was awarded an Award for Moral Courage by the AJC last week. To those who don’t know Ayaan, she has an incredible life story beginning in Somalia and ending up a parliament...
Need food? Ask for weapons.
From the Jerusalem Post: Hamas’s political chief in exile, Khaled Mashaal, while on a visit to Qatar on Wednesday, asked “Hamas supporters throughout the world, as well as Arab states, to...
Benny Morris wipes the floor with Mearsheimer and Walt
You folks will of course remember my recent posts about Mearsheimer and Walt and their new paper on The Lobby, the one that has a faint odor of antisemitism to it (oh crap, there I did it again...
Soldier refuses to shake hands of IDF Chief of Staff, is expelled from unit
Sergeant Hananel Dayan was awarded a decoration as one of the finest soldiers in the IDF. The Independence Day ceremony was at the Presidential Residence and attended by not only Israel’s...
Sleepy Shabbat at the Beach
Nahariya Beach. Have a restful and thoughtful shabbat. (source)