By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="128" caption="Menachem Z. Rosensaft"][/caption] In case you haven't seen Menachem Rosensaft's Op-Ed in last week's Jerusalem Post, it was republished today (with some slight changes) at Huffington Post. It is interesting to see the long time peace supporter Rosensaft refusing to join...
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler In their most recent gimmick, Heeb has outdone even their own high standard of Jewish tomfoolery. Really outdone it. The idiosyncratic Jewish quarterly has announced a fake Holocaust memoir writing contest. Entirely out of jest, the publicity stunt comes from the exposure of fake...
It's on newsstands now! Check out our cover story on Bernie Madoff, the man who ran what was perhaps one of history’s largest Ponzi schemes, remains a mystery. Rabbis representing the spectrum of Jewish belief reflect on what ethical lessons we can learn from the scandal,...
By Jeremy Gillick In August of 2005 the United States made an unlikely indictment: following an FBI raid on AIPAC's offices, it accused Steve Rosen, one of the pro-Israel group's most senior and influential lobbyists, of passing classified information leaked to him by a Pentagon analyst...
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler Bernard Madoff is expected to plead guilty to illegally amassing over $64 billion dollars in court tomorrow. Here's the AP's account of Tuesday's courtroom scene: Madoff, who wears a bulletproof vest, arrived at court more than three hours before the hearing as authorities tried to...
Gershom Gorenberg and David Frum recently spoke on bloggingheads about Israel's future and the importance, or lack thereof, of its settlements in the West Bank. ...
By Jeremy Gillick In February of 2008, the Republic of Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia. Now, as the country of two million--almost all of whom are Muslim--celebrates its first birthday, Israel wonders whether or not to recognize it. Over 50 nations have already done so, including...
By Jeremy Gillick Evidence of the approaching end-times, a society gone-psycho, or just more proof that humans are weird? In the first tale, Haaretz reports that a man dressed up as spiderman (from a settlement, logically), was arrested for harassing commuters: "Israel Police have grown accustomed to...
By Jeremy Gillick As the Israeli election enters its final stretch (polls close at 10 P.M. Israel time), with Kadima leader Tzipi Livni surprisingly ahead in preliminary exit polls, Hamas continues its brutal crackdown on Fatah in the Gaza Strip. According to a report issued...
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler [caption id="attachment_1859" align="alignleft" width="67" caption="Bibi Netanyahu"][/caption] Israel votes for a new leader today. A super duper quick review: Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and his Likud party still lead in the most recent polls, but Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni of Kadima can catch him. Defense Minister Ehud Barak...