There’s a new director at Yivo Institute for Jewish Research. A guy from the Yale Press, Jonathan Brent. On a few occasions on this site I have challenged Yivo, which conducted a smearfest of Walt and Mearsheimer in 2007, during…
Last week I did a great piece if I say so myself, tipped off by my friend Mark, about Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s bizarre comment about abortion as a means of eugenics, limiting “populations we don’t want too many of.” Well…
We have been following the ongoing intimidation of the Israeli anti-militarism organization New Profile by the Israeli government. Here is their latest update: July 15, 2009 Dear Supporters, As with our earlier (two) updates, we would like to take this…
If you need any indication that the discourse on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is changing in the US just check out this report from ABC News – Israel at War … Over Road Signs?: Israeli Transport Ministry Accused of Plan to…
Update: Max Blumenthal crossed posted this video and story on The Huffington Post. Even though HuffPo promoted it this morning over their Twitter feed, it has been taken down without explanation. We’ll post more as we get the details. Max…
Rob Browne writes: The Bibi and Blair show, which was featured [credulously] by PBS’s NOW show last week, resumed today in Haaretz, discussing ways to improve one side of the Palestinian economy. Netanyahu has the nerve to tell Blair that…
Excellent reporting in the New York Jewish Week on a “divorce” in the birthright program that provides free trips to Israel for American Jews, 26 and under. Gone is Shlomo “Momo” Lifshitz, the largest Israeli provider of the trips, through…
All this week you will hear Jewish voices lifted on behalf of Sonia Sotamayor as the first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice. No doubt all the dozen or so Jewish senators will vote for her confirmation. Like other minority strivers before…
The Times has a report on Obama’s meeting with big Jews. Jeremy Ben-Ami of J Street, justifiably proud of being in the room, says Obama said there’s a narrow window for the two-state solution, and I’m going for it. Mr….