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Election night: a look at a congressional legend
From 7 a.m. today until 8 p.m. tonight, millions of Americans will engage in their ultimate civic duty and vote for the president of the United States and various other local politicians and initiatives. While it would be foolhardy to project the results of the presidential race prior to polling results, the local congressional race […]
New man on campus: Rabbi Avner Engel, JAM’s latest addition
November 4, 2012
by Tessa Nath
The pitter-patter of tiny feet thundering upon a polished wood floor — socks and little legs moving as fast as the laws of physics can carry them — sound in the sparsely-furnished room. Little trains chug soundlessly on the left cuff of the one-year-old’s jeans as he giggles across the room, running from his father […]
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First Farsi Holocaust text connects Iranians to Jewish history
On October 14, I was privileged to be a student delegate at 30 Years After’s 3rd Biennial Conference. 30 Years After is the civic and political voice of America’s Iranian Jews, the first and only organization of its kind. The group seeks to educate, inspire, and mobilize the Iranian Jewish community through civic action conferences, […]
Deflection of political criticism leads to unfriendly international neighborhoods
October 30, 2012
by Jacob Elijah Goldberg
Many of Israel’s ardent defenders would sooner point to injustices taking place in other Middle Eastern countries than entertain the idea of having a discussion about what the Jewish State is doing right and what it is doing wrong. Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East, the argument goes. In a region of […]
Israel and apartheid: a lesson in the risks of media bias
October 28, 2012
by Alan Naroditsky
For Israel, a country trapped under the brutally judgmental microscope of global scrutiny, public image is everything. A recent poll published on October 23, 2012 by Haaretz (a leading Israeli news source), and its accompanying piece by Israeli journalist Gideon Levy, is undoubtedly a leap in the wrong direction. The survey, reportedly conducted by the […]
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Devorah Friedman
Ha'Am Contributor
Yoni Herskovitz
Josh Friedlander
Joshua Yasmeh
Moshe Kahn
Miriam Pinski
Moses Lapin
Jacob Elijah Goldberg
Sarah Elbaum
Tessa Nath
Ben Steiner
Yona Remer
November 6, 2012
by Yona Remer
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