January 2011
Tunisians Overthrow Dictator; World Watches and Waits
January 23, 2011
Last week’s street demonstrations and overthrow of Tunisian dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali were fascinating and inspiring to behold.
As a believer in democracy who cheers people everywhere who show the courage to demonstrate –...
Holding up a mirror to Palin’s critics
January 20, 2011
Sarah Palin appeared on FOX News’s “Hannity’s America” to defend herself and her use of the term “blood libel” in reference to suggestions that she bore some partial responsibility for inciting the massacre that left...
Palin’s Use of Term Blood Libel Spurs Controversy Among Jewish Leaders, Others
January 18, 2011
Last night Sarah Palin appeared on FOX News’s “Hannity’s America” to defend herself and her use of the term “blood libel” in reference to suggestions that she bore some partial responsibility for...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Jews
January 16, 2011
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday is commemorated today, Monday January 17. Of course, Dr. King is first and foremost a hero because of his great work on behalf of African-Americans, for, and with, whom he won the human rights...
Mental Illness, Not Politics, Was Likely Cause of Loughner’s Rampage
January 16, 2011
It is becoming increasingly clear that the killing spree of Jared Loughner, who claimed the lives of six and injured 14, including beloved Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, was not fueled by political ideology; rather, it was the...
“Democracy … as Good as Christina Imagined It”
January 13, 2011
In his speech to the nation last night memorializing the victims of last Sunday’s massacre in Arizona, President Obama did something that may turn out to be epic.
He is a silver-tongued orator. But it was only yesterday evening that...
Racial Component of Conflict in Sudan: “To Them, a Black Person … is an ‘Abid,’ which is a Slave;” Human Rights Groups in Sudan Free Slaves
January 11, 2011
Fighting in Southern Sudan’s disputed Abyei region claimed the lives of more than 30 people over the weekend, but voting that will allow the country’s Southerners – mostly Christians and animists, or practitioners of native...
Racial Component of Conflict in Sudan: “To Them, a Black Person … is an ‘Abid,’ which is a Slave”; Boston Jewish Columnist on the Ground to Free Slaves
January 10, 2011
Fighting in Southern Sudan’s disputed Abyei region claimed the lives of more than 30 people over the weekend, but voting that will allow the country’s Southerners – mostly Christians and animists, or practitioners of native...
Americans Should Support Today’s Referendum – and Democracy in South Sudan
January 9, 2011
Today, Sunday January 9th, the people of Southern Sudan will have the chance to vote for independence. Americans of all persuasions should support the democratic process of this long-anticipated vote.
The product of a 2005 Comprehensive...
Simon Deng: The Walk for Freedom for South Sudan
January 8, 2011
On Sunday, January 9th, 2011, the people of Southern Sudan – Christians and animists, or practitioners of native faiths – will have the chance to vote to form an independent nation. The election was stipulated in a 2005 Comprehensive Peace...