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...David Duke, Avigdor Lieberman, took center stage last month as foreign minister. Americans—on the whole—rejected Duke’s rank racism. But Lieberman was frighteningly successful in February’s national election, indicating a bigoted viewpoint in Israeli society that chooses Jewish supremacy rather than equal rights for all citizens...
...about whether to circumcise his son: Jews, for almost all their history, have suffered persecution and died for the sole purpose of making sure that their descendants could uphold their traditions, including circumcision. By even entertaining thoughts of leaving his son intact, he pays the ultimate disrespect to his Jewish identity, something that has been desperately fought for and preserved for millenniums. Jonathan Nathan, NEW YORK CITY...
...Jewish student groups Alpha Epsilon Pi, Harvard Hillel, Harvard College Progressive Jewish Alliance, and Harvard Students for Israel hosted a number of events yesterday to recognize the 61st anniversary of Israel’s independence. There was a barbeque at the MAC Quad, a “Cheap Eats for Grads” event at Hillel, and a film screening of the Israeli film “The Troupe”—all intended, organizers said, to bring people together and celebrate Israel Independence Day. For AEPi, a national fraternity committed to charity work, the barbeque event...
...Born on February 12, 1930 in Wichita, Kansas to Russian-Jewish immigrants. Would later say his interest in politics began after witnessing his father's outrage over the failure of the U.S. government to grant bonuses to WWI veterans...
Iran's President is notorious for his tirades against Israel. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, running for re-election in June, first made international headlines four years ago by calling for the Jewish state to be "wiped off the map." Last week at a U.N. gathering, he denounced Zionism as a manifestation of racism. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon publicly reprimanded Ahmadinejad for that outburst. So it came as a surprise Sunday when Ahmadinejad told ABC's George Stephanopoulos, in effect, that the Islamic republic would recognize the state of Israel - if the Palestinians signed a two-state peace deal with Israel...