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Editorial: Justice Cannot Be Selective
3+ hour, 10+ min ago (299+ words) But this law crosses a line that should trouble anyone committed to the rule of law " because it risks making justice contingent on identity. The concern is not simply that Israel is embracing capital punishment in extreme cases. Democracies have…...
Editorial: Beyond the Bluster " In the Middle of the War
2+ hour, 10+ min ago (472+ words) This is not a postwar assessment. It is a snapshot " taken in the uneasy pause of a tenuous ceasefire that may not hold by the time this is read. The guns are quieter, but not silent. Both sides are resting,…...
Editorial: The Messenger and the Message
2+ hour, 40+ min ago (266+ words) Was JD Vance the right person to send to Islamabad? The better question may be: What, exactly, was the mission? The 21-hour negotiations between the United States and Iran ended predictably " no agreement, no movement on Tehran's core position and…...
Opinion: My Family and Friends Questioned Why I Wanted to Visit Israel. That's Why I Wanted to Go.
4+ hour, 10+ min ago (554+ words) As a non-Jewish college student, I felt both excitement and trepidation when I got the call that I had been accepted into a newsmaking tour of Israel. Was I really ready to go to Israel to witness, report and write…...
Opinion: Imminent or Impending " Which Threat Should We Confront?
5+ hour, 33+ min ago (369+ words) To opponents of the president, he erred in launching an attack on Iran at a time when Iran did not pose an imminent threat. Under this analysis, President Trump should not have acted unless the Iranian regime had actually initiated…...
Jewish Groups Critical, Unwilling to Comment on Iran Ceasefire
6+ hour, 11+ min ago (791+ words) A triumphant ceasefire this is not. On Tuesday evening, April 7, President Donald Trump announced that the U. S. and Israel had agreed to a two-week ceasefire in their conflict with Iran. Trump explained the ceasefire as a chance to end hostilities while…...
Letter to the Editor: "What Is J Street Thinking?
7+ hour, 10+ min ago (368+ words) Your April 9 editorial about J Street was spot-on. The war with Iran is far from the only recent example of J Street opposing Israeli security policy. On Feb. 26, the organization issued a statement backing congressional legislation that, in its own…...
Dublin's National Concert Hall Scraps Fundraiser for Israeli Emergency Service, Igniting Outcry
22+ hour, 35+ min ago (414+ words) The National Concert Hall in Dublin has drawn condemnation from the head of Israel's emergency medical service, Magen David Adom, after it canceled a planned fundraiser for the organization, JTA reported. The event, which was slated for May 11, was set…...
SHIN DC's 12th Mimouna Unites Jews, Muslims Amid War in Iran
23+ hour, 1+ min ago (735+ words) Sephardic Heritage International DC's 12th annual Mimouna " a Moroccan Jewish celebration marking the end of Passover " took on a renewed sense of importance amid the current war in Iran, according to SHIN DC's founding director. The April 12 festival included live performances…...
Netanyahu: "Operation Roaring Lion" Thwarted Iran"s Plans for Nuclear Holocaust
23+ hour, 47+ min ago (395+ words) Operation Roaring Lion" against Iranian nuclear sites fulfilled the Jewish state's promise to prevent a second Holocaust, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday night. In the Holocaust, the poet Uri Zvi Greenberg wrote: "We were an extinct people…...