More diversity in the Jewish community. Here is a gathering of the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, in California. There are a bunch of human-rights Jews there, attacking the Israel lobby. Mom, please check this out: One of IJAN’s primary activities…
The Republican Jewish Coalition has an ad saying that Obama has waffled on a divided Jerusalem. First he’s for an undivided Jerusalem, then he’s for a divided one. Jerusalem must remain undivided! says the RJC. I hope the RJC manages…
A smart friend of mine who’s been around offers the following theory of how Obama’s victory (he’s already president, folks) might transform American Jewish politics: It occurs to me that the best case scenario is that Obama wins and the…
One big question about the Jesse Jackson/Zionists/Obama story in the NY Post is, How did Amir Taheri get the quotes? Jeff Blankfort has a scenario: The Republican Jewish Coalition issued a press release about Jackson’s quotes as soon as the…
A former instructor at the Army Intelligence School, Howard Lurie writes in my old paper, the Philadelphia Daily News, about the likelihood of an Israeli attack on Iran before November 4, and offers some interesting game theory: Given his views…
On TBS last night a camera caught novelist Stephen King, in his first-row Fenway box, reading a book during the Rays’ slaughter of the Red Sox in Game 4 of the American League Championship Series. I found his behavior emulable….
Everyone’s excited about Jesse Jackson’s reported statement at a policy forum in France last week that Barack Obama will bring “fundamental changes” to foreign policy, beginning with the Israel-Palestine issue, where he will end the Zionist “control” of the issue…
Last night I mentioned an election report from Florida where a guy named Bob Kunst railed about Obama’s position on dividing Jerusalem and asked, Where are Jews on this? Jack Ross reports: Kunst is a real piece of work, take…
A couple data points: Today NPR’s Jamie Tarabay did an excellent report (she has a fabulous voice) on young American Muslims who go to mosque-sponsored mixers so as to meet other young Muslims– and avoid the meddling of their parents….