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A distinct lack of Jewish outrage
Jonathan S. TobinJNS13.12.2018
In recent weeks, Israel has faced rocket attacks, terror tunnels and deadly shootings. Why aren’t American Jews more upset about it?
Israeli soldiers and police inspect the scene of a shooting attack at the entrance to the Israeli settlement of Givat Asaf, in the West Bank, on Dec. 13, 2018. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.
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Jonathan S. Tobin13.12.2018
A distinct lack of Jewish outrage
In recent weeks, Israel has faced rocket attacks, terror tunnels and deadly shootings. Why aren’t American Jews more upset about it?
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Schumer: Support for U.S.-Israel relationship losing support among young people
04.12.2018
The senator also mentioned an increase in anti-Semitism in Europe being of significant concern.
Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaking at the 2018 AIPAC Policy Conference. Credit: AIPAC.
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Study of American, Israeli Jews shows differences in Hanukkah observance
03.12.2018
In America, just 60 percent of Jews light the menorah for the whole eight days of the holiday; in Israel, 73 percent do.
Young Israelis light candles for the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah at a bar in Tel Aviv on Dec. 8, 2015. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.
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Is there really such a divide between Jews in America and Israel?
Israel Kasnett23.11.2018
Former Israeli consul general in New York Ido Aharoni discusses what’s on the minds of Israelis and Americans, and how those subjects meet in the middle—religiously, socially and politically.
U.S. President Donald Trump visits Jerusalem's Western Wall on May 22, 2017. Credit: Matty Stern/U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv.
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IDF enlistment officer describes ‘moving encounters’ with North American Jewish youths
Yaakov Lappin18.11.2018
The Meitav Unit is primarily focused on the massive task of recruitment, reception and sorting of Israeli IDF cadets, said Lt.-Col. Tzachi Revivo.
Lt.-Col. Tzachi Revivo, deputy commander of the Meiav Unit, speaking to a Tzofim member at a New York school in October. Credit: IDF Spokesperson Unit.
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Israel Hayom
Isi Liebler18.11.2018
Trump, Nazis, anti-Semitism and US Jewry
The most obscene aspect of anti-Trump mudslinging is the concerted attempt to portray him as an anti-Semite. This lie, frequently reiterated by progressive rabbis and Jewish lay leaders, has become embedded in the minds of many Democratic supporters.
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Martin Sherman02.11.2018
Trump, Pittsburgh and US Jewry: The view from Israel
The American president’s actions have been hugely supportive of the Jewish state in the face of withering criticism. Unlike his predecessor, he has acted with unprecedented resolve against Israel’s enemies.
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Daniel KrygerMida01.11.2018
Is Trump good for the Jews?
Liberal American Jews are free to disagree with U.S. President Donald Trump. Yet they owe him a measure of respect for his support for Israel and cracking down on its enemies.
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Israel Hayom
Isi Liebler23.10.2018
A call to American Jewish leaders
In the past, mainstream Jewish organizations strove to be nonpartisan. But no longer, with the majority of the non-Orthodox strongly opposed to their president.
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Israel Hayom
Isi Liebler11.10.2018
The devastating impact of non-Jewish Jews
American Jews and their leaders, except for the Orthodox, have distanced themselves from their Jewish identity.
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Jonathan S. Tobin10.08.2018
Myths and facts about an ‘illiberal’ Israel
If support for the Jewish state is declining, it may have more to do with American Jews than the Israelis they claim to deplore.
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Jonathan S. Tobin14.06.2018
Liberal Zionism isn’t dead, but it needs to wake up to new realities
The only argument worth having now is between Zionists of all stripes—liberals as well as conservatives—and those who oppose the Jewish state’s existence.
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Jonathan S. Tobin12.06.2018
Who shrunk our extended Jewish family?
If a growing number of American Jews don’t see Israelis as part of their family, don’t blame Trump or Netanyahu.
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Trump declares May ‘Jewish American Heritage Month’
01.05.2018
He praised Jewish Americans for their contributions in building public service and educational institutions, and taking part in critical civil-rights activism—actions that “have made the world a better place.”
U.S. President Donald Trump at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in the Old City of Jerusalem on May 22, 2017. To his left is the rabbi of the wall, Shmuel Rabinovitch. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90
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Terror-funding Qatar, ‘America’s top frenemy,’ wages charm offensive among US Jews
Ariel Ben Solomon26.01.2018
Qatar, which has long been a Mideast enigma due to its modernized appearance but sim-ultaneous funding of Islamist terror groups, is engaging in a public relations campaign to recruit increased support in the U.S.—including among American Jews.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani on May 21, 2017 in Saudi Arabia. Credit: White House/Shealah Craighead.
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