Torture, the CIA and a mostly silent Jewish community

Posted: Tue, 08/25/2009 - 00:00 | Political Insider

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

Most major Jewish groups have steadfastly avoided taking a position on issues involving the treatment of U.S. foreign detainees.

Not so the Reform movement; this week the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism hailed Attorney General Eric Holder’s decision to appoint a federal prosecutor to look into cases of possible violations of the law by CIA interrogators who used coercive techniques.

Israel’s Losing Battle With Sweden Over Outrageous Charge

Posted: Tue, 08/25/2009 - 00:00 | The RosenBlog

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

Big Brother Has Idea For High Holiday Sermon

Posted: Mon, 08/24/2009 - 00:00 | Route 17

Monday, August 24th, 2009

Huckabee: the settlers’ best friend (and maybe the Armageddonists, too)

Posted: Mon, 08/24/2009 - 00:00 | Political Insider

Monday, August 24th, 2009

Isn’t it nice that former Ark. Gov. Mike Huckabee and his fellow evangelical Christians are “so much more supportive of Israel than the American Jewish community.”

That’s what Huckabee, a 2012 Republican presidential frontrunner, told the Christian Broadcasting Network after a trip to Israel that focused mostly on Jewish settlements and East Jerusalem, places most national politicians in this country try to avoid.

Well, no, Huck, I think you got it wrong again.

Israel Advocacy On Campus (program at JCC)

Posted: Fri, 08/21/2009 - 00:00 | Route 17

Friday, August 21st, 2009
ISRAEL ADVOCACY ON CAMPUS:: The Strength of Standing Together

Speaker: Micah Halpern

SUNDAY, AUGUST 23, 2009
6:30-8:30 PM
JCC OF MANHATTAN
AMSTERDAM AVE. & 76TH STREET

REFRESHMENTS BY KOSHER ITALIAN NOIDUE RESTAURANT

ADMISSION IS FREE

The Worst Pogrom In History - 80 Years After

Posted: Wed, 08/19/2009 - 00:00 | Route 17

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009
Here’s some more on Hebron from Lubavitch.com, related to this week’s Media column.

Other pogroms may have had higher death totals but no pogrom was more barbaric.

Although the massacre took place at the end of August, the yahrtzeit for the Hebron martyrs is Av 17.