New York Islamic center

The Mosque Near Ground Zero: No Choice But to Build

Rabbi Gerald Skolnik
09/16/2010
Rabbi Gerald Skolnik
Special to the Jewish Week

This sermon was delivered in my synagogue in Forest Hills on Shabbat Shuvah, September 11, just last week.  It was the first time I addressed the proposed construction of the mosque/community center near Ground Zero from the pulpit, and obviously, because it was September 11 and the day after Rosh Hashanah, it carried great emotional weight.  I wanted to share it with all of you…

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Islam hatred and anti-Semitism...connect the dots

Submitted by James Besser on Mon, 09/06/2010 - 06:57

Reading the comments of many Jewish Week readers on the New York Islamic Center controversy, I can't help but wonder why so many fail to see the parallels between their views of Islam and traditional anti-Semitism.

A typical comment goes like this: “Don't you understand that Islam is not a religion, but a violent ideology bent on conquering the world and bringing its population under submission through Sharia law? Haven't you read the Koran?”

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The Passions (And Perils) Of Pamela Geller

Pamela Geller speaks in opposition to the proposed Islamic cultural center.

The vehement Park51 opponent and day school mom sits down with Jewish Week, up to a point.

09/01/2010
Doug Chandler
Special To The Jewish Week

 Pamela Geller had had enough.

The right-wing blogger, whose vehement opposition to the planned Islamic community center near Ground Zero (a “mega-mosque” in her parlance) has earned Geller national headlines, rose from her seat at a Midtown diner last week and, fed up with the line of questioning, stormed out of a Jewish Week interview.

“Shame on you,” she shouted, “shame on you. Stop slamming the good guys.”

A journalist’s offense? Asking questions about her accuracy and her red-meat rhetoric.

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Reform movement to Justice Department: protect Muslims

Submitted by James Besser on Tue, 08/31/2010 - 10:29

As invective about the proposed Islamic center in Manhattan gets uglier, the Reform movement has joined with several other faith and advocacy groups in calling on the Obama administration to take stronger measures to “protect millions of American Muslims” and to take stronger steps to protect r

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