June 2011
A conversation with Alex Grobman: Evangelical publishing house aims to foster Israel support
June 30, 2011
Balfour Books, a division of ICON Publishing, was established in 2003 “to educate Christians about what is going on in the Middle East,” and specifically about Israel, according to its publisher, Jim Fletcher. The Evangelical Christian...
A conversation with Alex Grobman: Englewood historian arms Christians with facts about Israel
June 30, 2011
Alex Grobman, historian and Englewood resident, spoke last week and over the Fourth of July weekend with The Jewish Standard about his book “The Palestinian Right to Israel.” (The book is published by Balfour Books, a...
Local leaders get behind state resolution demanding stronger Iran sanctions: Pressure urged against energy companies seeking ‘loopholes’
June 30, 2011
New Jersey’s State Senate last Wednesday unanimously approved a measure urging the federal government to take stronger action in imposing and enforcing sanctions against Iran.
The resolution urges better enforcement of “current...
From nut allergies to gluten, Jewish camps and schools struggle with dietary limitations
June 27, 2011
No one goes to summer camp for the food. And school lunches? Used to be fried mystery meat and a side of bogus mashed potatoes, if you were lucky.
But that was before the healthy eating movement — and allergies — changed how camps and...
Write On For Israel program prepares teens to stand up for Israel on campus: Local student recognized for pro-Israel advocacy
June 27, 2011
Over the past year, as anti-Israel events on campus surged in what one professor characterized as an anti-Israel “drumbeat,” pro-Israel students at Rutgers University refused to sit quietly and be drowned out.
Among those...
Herman Cain Provides Teachable Moment
June 27, 2011
A couple thoughts on last week’s controversy in which Jon Stewart mocked Herman Cain, a black conservative candidate for the GOP nomination. The Los Angeles Times incorrectly claims in this blog post that Cain, in reaction...
Flag Day honors what is basic and beautiful
June 27, 2011
Tuesday was Flag Day. Is it our imagination, or does it seem as if fewer American flags were flying?
With controversy raging in recent decades over whether burning the flag should be legal and whether it is patriotic to wear a flag pin,...
Herman Cain, Jon Stewart controversy revisited
June 25, 2011
A couple thoughts on last week’s controversy in which Jon Stewart mocked Herman Cain, a black conservative candidate for the GOP nomination. The Los Angeles Times incorrectly claims in this blog post that Cain, in reaction to...
Liberal hypocrisy
June 23, 2011
Presidential candidate Herman Cain this week responded to Jon Stewart’s allegedly racially-tinged mockery of him by noting, “I’ve been called every name in the book because I’m a conservative and because I’m...
Ramapo College to offer new minor in human rights and genocide studies: Program to promote student internships with New York City-based organizations
June 11, 2011
Starting this fall, Ramapo College of New Jersey will offer its students a minor in human rights and genocide studies. It will be the first program of its kind in New Jersey’s state college system, according to Michael A. Riff, director of the...