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4 January 2009
War in Gaza: Which Way Will the Dreidel Fall?
Our friend Joan called last night just as the news broke that the IDF had begun its ground operation in Gaza. Joan was panicked. She knew a number of families in our neighborhood who had boys in combat units. “Why are we doing this?” she said. “Can’t we pull them all out now?”
My first reaction [...]
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28 November 2008
A Sneak Peek at the Future of Jerusalem Mass Transit
Stepping into one of the sleek and shiny new light rail vehicles set to zip through Jerusalem in the next year and a half, it’s hard to imagine the controversy the system’s roll out has engendered.
CityPass, the international corporation that is building and operating the Jerusalem light rail system, recently opened the doors to its [...]
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14 November 2008
From Barack to Barkat: A Look Back at the November Elections
The just concluded Jerusalem election, while certainly not as important on a world stage as last week’s U.S. presidential contest, was in many ways spookily similar to its overseas counterpart. For those who supported Nir Barkat, who beat his main competitor Meir Porush by a commanding 9 points (52 to 43 percent), the sheer jubilance [...]
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7 November 2008
Jerusalem Election Diary: Haaretz gets it so wrong
I don’t usually write about the same topic two weeks in a row, but, with less than a week to go, the upcoming Jerusalem mayoral elections is so important that I feel compelled to post again.
Last Friday, Haaretz published an editorial slamming mayoral candidate Nir Barkat and endorsing “a responsible haredi” (a code word for [...]
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31 October 2008
Jerusalem Elections 2008: The Most Crucial in Years
Several weeks ago I gave an Israeli take on the upcoming U.S. elections. But there’s another vote in November that may prove to be just as momentous for this country. I’m talking about the Jerusalem mayoral elections.
Five years ago, the status quo was broken when the ultra-Orthodox (haredi) community fielded a candidate for mayor for [...]
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27 October 2008
Campaign to Get LA Times to Release Obama-Khalidi Tape
It’s no secret that certain media outlets and pundits have displayed particular political biases this election season. But as Election Day draws near, some conservative bloggers are amassing support for journalistic transparency with what could be a game-changing story.
The LA Times’s Peter Wallsten reported (based in part on information gleaned from Debbie Schlussel) in April, [...]
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23 October 2008
Time for Some Tough Love
Ok, as of recently I have been receiving complaints from people who have criticized Jewneric as being a shill for the Obama campaign. And so it is with that criticism in mind that I write this.
I dislike Barak Obama. I do. I feel that he lacks the experience necessary to bring this country out of [...]
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17 October 2008
Another Israeli Take on the Upcoming U.S. Elections
I just received my absentee ballot for the upcoming U.S. elections in the mail and I’m psyched. Yes, I know that some critics will question whether an American living outside the country has the moral right to vote for a president of a country in which he is no longer living. But I plan on [...]
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13 October 2008
The issues
In the upcoming election, we have two very qualified choices for President. John McCain has been a government servant for 26 years, and nobody can deny his heroism in Vietnam. Barack Obama is an inspiring speaker and has many people believing that government can do good for the people of this country and [...]
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13 October 2008
The Jewish Case Against Barack Obama
Lest this website be perceived as a shill for the Obama campaign…
“The Jewish Case Against Barack Obama”
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Some info from the video’s creator:
My name is Ben Shapiro, and I’m a nationally syndicated columnist with Creators Syndicate, as well as a Harvard Law-educated lawyer in Los Angeles. I’m an Orthodox Jew — my wife hails from [...]
