Netanyahu’s Likud remains Israel’s largest party, the opposition lacks a clear path to power, and an enlarged Arab bloc complicates coalition arithmetic. With Trump backing Netanyahu and Iran still on the agenda, another election could carry high strategic costs.
Disappointed critics rationalize support for the prime minister by demonizing him and patronizing his voters. They’d do better to rethink their denial about the intentions of Islamists.
Talk of “shared responsibility” with the Jewish state distracts from the real threat to U.S. Jews from leftists who are motivated by Jew-hatred, not Netanyahu and his allies.
“You’ve got the Republican Party that is obviously trending in a dangerous direction and you’ve got the Democratic Party that is trending in a dangerous direction,” a Democratic consultant and strategist told JNS.
“I never thought that in America, in the 21st century, a kid would experience something that I experienced in the Soviet Union in the ’80s,” Michael Novakhov told JNS.
“Most teachers would not want to touch this with a 10-foot pole, certainly not at the middle school level,” Alisa Berger of the Harvard University Graduate School of Education told JNS.
“I had a slow awakening which made me realize that this is my heritage and that we had been disconnected from it because of Adolf Hitler,” said Barbara Hines after discovering her Jewish roots.
“Individual political protest contravenes not only company policy but also our responsibility to create a more connected, caring and civil society through artistic experiences,” the opera stated.
Netanyahu’s Likud remains Israel’s largest party, the opposition lacks a clear path to power, and an enlarged Arab bloc complicates coalition arithmetic. With Trump backing Netanyahu and Iran still on the agenda, another election could carry high strategic costs.
Disappointed critics rationalize support for the prime minister by demonizing him and patronizing his voters. They’d do better to rethink their denial about the intentions of Islamists.
Talk of “shared responsibility” with the Jewish state distracts from the real threat to U.S. Jews from leftists who are motivated by Jew-hatred, not Netanyahu and his allies.
“You’ve got the Republican Party that is obviously trending in a dangerous direction and you’ve got the Democratic Party that is trending in a dangerous direction,” a Democratic consultant and strategist told JNS.
“I never thought that in America, in the 21st century, a kid would experience something that I experienced in the Soviet Union in the ’80s,” Michael Novakhov told JNS.
“Most teachers would not want to touch this with a 10-foot pole, certainly not at the middle school level,” Alisa Berger of the Harvard University Graduate School of Education told JNS.
“I had a slow awakening which made me realize that this is my heritage and that we had been disconnected from it because of Adolf Hitler,” said Barbara Hines after discovering her Jewish roots.
“Individual political protest contravenes not only company policy but also our responsibility to create a more connected, caring and civil society through artistic experiences,” the opera stated.
“We’ve heard about antisemitism around the world but thought there was nothing to worry about here,” says Australian Ronny Krite, who was on the scene on Dec. 14 in the midst of mayhem.
Drawing from testimonies, artifacts and histories, it has opened “Touching Memory Theater,” a new project that brings Holocaust remembrance to the stage.
Down through the ages, Jews have gathered with family and friends on the seder night to relive their people’s most dramatic and defining moment in history. This year, it’s especially so.
“What’s amazing is how, despite these horrendous losses, they just got up and started all over again; there’s so much we can learn from that,” says Yael Richler-Friedman, who directs education for Yad Vashem in Jerusalem.
From Tunis, Ethiopia and Holon to Los Angeles and New York, the makings of an oil-rich, taste-tingling Chanukah that touches on many Jewish traditions.