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June 2011

June 17, 2011

Circumcision: Not A San Francisco Treat

You may have heard that San Francisco is considering a ban on male circumcision. My...

March 2011

March 28, 2011

Official Israel Hearts Palin…J-Street Not So Much

Jeffrey Goldberg is often the voice of reason when it comes to evaluating the American...

March 25, 2011

Eruv Wars On Long Island

The eruv is either one of the most clever or ridiculous halakhic maneuvers ever devised. ...

February 2011

February 03, 2011

How To Kill Liberal American Zionism

Last May Peter Beinart set off a small firestorm with an article in The New...

January 2011

January 25, 2011

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen And J-Street

I want to address a recent issue regarding J-Street, but before I do, I should...

January 10, 2011

Debbie Friedman, Z”L

Debbie Friedman provided the Jewish soundtrack of most of my life. She wrote hundreds of...

January 06, 2011

Relax, There Are Plenty Of American Jews

In 1990, Jewish Federations released the results of the National Jewish Population Survey with its...