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Jonah CohenApril 15, 2022
Who was the Exodus Pharaoh?
Some believe that the absence of the Pharaoh’s name demonstrates that the story we read over Passover is not historical in any way—that it’s just an old campfire tale from Canaan.
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Jonah CohenJuly 8, 2021
Washington State removes anti-Israel lesson from K-12 Native American curriculum
It is disheartening to think that for a decade, children were exposed to such political manipulation. The good news, though, is that the game’s up.
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Jonah CohenJuly 2, 2021
Washington State’s ‘Native Education’ curriculum attacks Israel in grade school
The bizarre inclusion of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict seems to be at odds with the curriculum’s self-described “place-based approach,” in which teachers and students are supposedly encouraged to focus on “the context of tribes in their own communities.”
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At J Street conference, Amos Oz calls AIPAC ‘hawkish, militaristic’
Jonah CohenMarch 26, 2012
Amos Oz addressing the J Street conference in Washington, D.C. Credit: J Street.
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Four killed in Jewish school shooting in France
Jonah CohenMarch 20, 2012
Distressed teenagers walk away from the Ozar Hatorah Jewish school in Toulouse, France, on March 19, 2012, where a man opened fire and killed a 30-year-old teacher and three young children, age 3, 6 and 10. Credit: EPA/MAXPPP/XAVIER DE FENOYL.
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AIPAC policy conference roundup
Jonah CohenMarch 6, 2012
Click photo to download. Caption: President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel deliver statements to the press prior to their bilateral meeting in the Oval Office, March 5, 2012. Credit: Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson.
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Netanyahu dismisses alternatives to military option
Jonah CohenMarch 6, 2012
During his Monday night speech at the AIPAC policy conference, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds up a copy of letters from 1944, in which the World Jewish Congress had implored the American government to bomb Auschwitz. Credit: EPA/PETE MAROVICH.
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Republicans address AIPAC with varying degrees of airtime
Jonah CohenMarch 6, 2012
Former U.S. senator and Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum speaks at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference in Washington, D.C., on March 6. While Santorum addressed the conference in person, fellow presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich spoke via satellite. Credit: EPA/PETE MAROVICH.
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At AIPAC, Obama defends his record
Jonah CohenMarch 5, 2012
Click photo to download. U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference in Washington, DC, on Sunday, March 4. Credit: EPA/RON SACHS/POOL.
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Which Republican candidate has the Jewish vote?
Jonah CohenFebruary 28, 2012
As Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum gear up for Super Tuesday, analysts weigh in on which candidate has the best shot with Jewish voters. Credit: EPA/Roy Dabner.
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