Archive for June, 2007
British Jewry in crisis
The call for a boycott against Israeli academicians by the British University and College Union (UCU) reflects the depths to which vicious hostility against Israel has become ingrained in British society.
It is an abomination for “educators,” purporting to be liberal or progressive, to sanction a dastardly resolution boycotting academics from the only democratic state in [...]
יהדות אנגליה במשבר
הקריאה להחרמת אקדמאים ישראלים על-ידי איגוד המרצים באוניברסיטות ובמכללות הבריטיות (UCU), משקפת את העומק שבו טבועה העוינות הזדונית כלפי ישראל בחברה הבריטית.
תמיכה בהחלטה שפלה המטילה חרם על אקדמאים במדינה הדמוקרטית היחידה במזרח התיכון, היא תועבה מצד “מחנכים” המתיימרים להיות ליברלים ומתקדמים. זה משונה במיוחד, מפני שהאוניברסיטאות הישראליות הן פלורליסטיות, ואין שום מגבלה על קליטת סטודנטים [...]
WJC - closure and hope
The World Jewish Congress imbroglio is hopefully now at an end. After three harrowing years of ongoing scandal as layer after layer of corruption was exposed, there is hope that we are now about to enter a new era.
I am writing from New York, where delegates to the WJC elected Ronald Lauder to the presidency [...]
The chief rabbinate is wrong about Evangelicals
I was astonished to learn that by a majority vote, the Chief Rabbinate recently promulgated a ban against Jews participating in a Christian women’s conference “to promote the status of women based on biblical values” under the auspices of the Knesset Christian Allies caucus in Jerusalem.
The alleged grounds for the ban were that the two [...]
World Jewish Congress: closure and hope for the future
The World Jewish Congress imbroglio is hopefully now at an end. After three harrowing years of ongoing scandal as layer after layer of corruption was exposed, there is hope that we are now about to enter a new era.
I am currently in New York where delegates to the WJC yesterday elected Ronald Lauder to the [...]
John Howard: Champion for Israel
Australian Prime Minister John Howard recently received a standing ovation at a Jewish community event, reflecting the admiration felt throughout the Jewish world for his courageous support for Israel. Unfortunately, the polls are predicting that after having been one of Australia’s longest-serving prime ministers, the its-time-for-a-change syndrome could defeat him. Yet it would not be [...]
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