February 2011
Iraqis Take to Street in Protest: “It Will Start Again Next Friday,” Obama Took “Great Action” in Snubbing Maliki, Says Alusi
February 28, 2011
Former Iraqi Parliamentarian Mithal al-Alusi contacted...
Pols Support Renewal of Lautenberg Amendment
February 26, 2011
Numerous Jewish organizations including the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society joined Sens. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) and Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) in calling for the U.S. House of Representatives to renew a provision that fast-tracks asylum for religious...
Scholarships v. Camp or Israel Trip?: Schools Alert Parents That Aid May Be Endangered
February 26, 2011
Scholarship committees of two modern Orthodox day schools in Teaneck wrote to parents earlier this month that if their children attend on scholarship and the family can afford to send them to a summer program — including an Israel program...
Let This Be Obama’s JFK Moment
February 26, 2011
As pro-democracy demonstrators, autocratic rulers, and hard-line Islamist forces jockey for position across the Middle East, the region is up for grabs. No one knows how things will look when the dust settles. President Obama has a...
A New Middle East?
February 12, 2011
A wise man once told me, “People get the government they deserve.” At the time, I thought this assessment was overly harsh. After all, what can unarmed civilians do when they are under the control of a dictator? I still believe...
U.S. Aid to Israel is Pragmatic
February 11, 2011
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) certainly picked a chaotic moment to say that the U.S. should end all foreign aid, including to Israel. More pragmatic heads in the Senate — including New Jersey’s own Sen. Robert Menendez — should prevail. (See...
Would Opportunity Scholarship Act Hurt Public Schools? Local Pols Square Off On Controversial Issue
February 11, 2011
The Opportunity Scholarship Act, a bill that would provide tax credits to companies that help struggling families to send their children to private or parochial schools in New Jersey, passed an Assembly committee vote last Thursday after six...
Inside the Beltway
February 11, 2011
New Jersey’s senators last week teamed up with fellow lawmakers in sending out letters supportive of Israel to parties ranging from the German government to Republican members of Congress.
Eleven senators, led by Frank Lautenberg...
Rutgers Students Rise Up To Protest Anti-Zionist Program
February 5, 2011
Hundreds of students and community members assembled on Saturday at Rutgers University to protest an event sponsored by two non-campus groups that invoked the memory of the Holocaust to criticize Israeli policy towards...
World Wide Wrap Welcomes Worshippers
February 5, 2011
Fans of the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers won’t be the only ones praying on Superbowl Sunday.
Across New Jersey, the United States, and the world, men, women, and children will gather to participate in a morning minyan, or...