It’s sad to be a Russian these days. The economy is swirling away softly down the toilet, we were unable to invade Georgia successfully, and Verka Serduchka, the Russian version of Dana...
Tag - Israel
Obama should speak to all of us
That is the headline of Ami Eden’s blog on JTA. And he is right. President Obama will be meeting in the White House with 16 leaders of Jewish organizations at 3 p.m. Monday. Those on the guest...
Maccabiah 2009 Invades Israel!
The Jerusalem Post reports that “3,500 international athletes and 1,500 accompanying relatives from 60 countries are staying in 1,700 hotel rooms for 14 nights… And that’s only a...
Obama is Deaf to Darfur’s Suffering
Pres. Obama claimed that ended the crisis in Darfur was a priority – but he has dropped the ball on this campaign promise, to the detriment of fragile lives in Darfur. As Mark Lotwis writes...
Israel Betrayed: President Obama is Treating our Friend like a Fiend
From The New York Post: Just six months into the new administration, however, it is becoming increasingly clear that those who harbored suspicions about Obama’s approach to the Middle East had...
NPR Doublespeak on Iran
As I Twittered (or it is twitted?) this AM: NPR news just called Iran pres “critic of Israel.” That’s like calling a serial killer “a critic of people.” NPR was...
Memo to Hollywood: Boycott Ken Loach
Ken Loach accuses Israel of state terrorism, massacres. He convinces the Edinburgh Film Festival to return 300 pounds that the Israeli’s had provided to the festival to support the festival...
Si Frumkin, 78, Dachau Survivor Shamed the Free World to Free Soviet Jews
This picture of Si Frumkin inspires me. Today when Jewish groups rally to Israel’s aid, we are lucky if there is an inspiring word said. Ok, perhaps that is an exaggeration. But between the...