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Editorial: Choosing Party Over Principle
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (453+ words) Every election, we are told, is too important for principle. It was an extraordinary formulation, but a familiar political temptation. El-Sayed has now apologized more fully for his response to the March terrorist attack on Temple Israel outside Detroit. After…...
Editorial: What’s Happening to Shas?
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (485+ words) Something consequential is happening to Shas, the Sephardi ultra-Orthodox party that has been a pillar of Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition and, for decades, one of Israel’s most durable political forces. Shas won 11 Knesset seats in 2022. Recent polls put it around…...
Editorial: Abbas’ New Ra’am Party
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (471+ words) The Ra’am Party is not an obvious place to look for an experiment in Jewish-Arab political partnership. The United Arab List grew out of the southern branch of Israel’s Islamic Movement and historically represented conservative Muslim Arab voters. Its leader,…...
Editorial: The Rebbes Go to Washington
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (378+ words) An extraordinary procession of Hasidic rebbes and Orthodox leaders descended upon the White House last week, some arriving by private jet, for what was billed as an opportunity to exchange Rosh Hashanah greetings with President Donald Trump. And then, naturally,…...
Opinion: For Jewish Charities, a Chance to Serve Without Leaving Faith at the Door
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (282+ words) By David J. Benger Same meal. Same neighbors. Different rules. On Aug. 25, the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel concluded that this arrangement is not merely strange. It is unconstitutional. The Office of Legal Counsel is the component of the Justice…...
Opinion: The Choice Before Jewish Baltimore
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (704+ words) As we approach Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, we are invited to pause and reflect. As we gather with family and friends, listen to the sound of the shofar and taste apples dipped in honey, we think about the…...
Remember When: 'Sixty Minutes' Turns Camera on AIPAC?
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (297+ words) In the Sept. 9, 1988, issue of the Baltimore Jewish Times, Washington correspondent James D. Besser covered an issue surrounding “60 Minutes,” AIPAC and Israel. Besser wrote about an upcoming segment on the long-running CBS news magazine. Mike Wallace, who Besser said was known…...
Baltimore Events Explore Antisemitism’s Long American History
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (574+ words) According to one well-known Jewish author set to appear in Baltimore, antisemitism is as American as apple pie. Pamela Nadell is an accomplished Jewish historian and author who, on Oct. 13, is giving three speeches in the Baltimore area: one with…...
Opinion: The Israeli Opposition’s Only Way to Win
1+ week, 1+ day ago (947+ words) Put it this way, and it sounds very close indeed: the election is next month. Its outcome will largely be decided this coming Tuesday, just as it was decided the last time when Balad chose to break up the Joint…...
Katz: Israel Won’t Leave South Lebanon Security Zone Until Hezbollah is Disarmed
1+ week, 1+ day ago (461+ words) Israel will not withdraw from Southern Lebanon until Hezbollah is disarmed throughout the country and the danger posed by attacks from the Land of the Cedars is neutralized, Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Friday. “Prime Minister Netanyahu and I…...