The world sparkles a bit less brightly this week with the passing of a true individual. Last Thursday August 4, Walter Monheit, bon vivant and man for all seasons, died. He was 85. Michael Musto of the Village Voice eulogized him this week with this tongue-in-cheek tribute here.
That homage …
I’m off to Israel for a week as part of JNFuture’s first Jewish Leadership Institute mission. While I can’t wait to meet with members of the Knesset, enjoy the beach in Tel Aviv, and pray at the wall Friday night in Jerusalem, I am terribly sorry I won’t be here in NYC …
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 Stewart’s bit, called Stewart a racist. Unless I am mistaken, I do not think Cain called Stewart …
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 black.”
Since I have not yet seen Stewart’s bit, I can’t comment on it in too …
This terrific editorial, which ran last week in The New York Times, should be required reading for anyone who thinks he or she can make peace in the mideast by putting the squeeze on Israel and/or employing high-level diplomacy. I would analogize the latter to attempting to make peace between a wife and her …
I saw a great exchange last week on FOX News’ “Hannity’s America ” between journalists Sean Hannity and Juan Williams. They were discussing the flap following President Obama’s remarks that as part of any peace agreement between Israelis and Palestinians, Israel would need to return to the pre-1967 borders “with mutually agreed …
Monday morning President Obama spoke at AIPAC. I attended and will blog a few points as well as share my impressions.
First: Obama received a standing ovation walking into the enormous hall at the Washington Convention Center, which was festooned in red, white and blue. He received healthy applause throughout most of his speech. Contrary to …
On Thursday, President Obama spoke about his vision for the middle east. Friday, Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu came to Washington and gave the President a dose of reality.
A few thoughts on these developments (I am on my way to the AIPAC conference in Washington DC this weekend and will be reporting …
Recently I interviewed a Syrian-American acquaintance, a restaurateur in his mid-thirties, Ahmad (name has been changed for security reasons) about what it was like to grow up in Syria (he immigrated to the U.S. as a young adult) under the regime of Bashar al-Assad’s father, Hafez Assad. I also spoke with him about the unfolding …
Tonight President Barack Obama announced that Osama bin Laden, the terror mastermind who directed the September 11th massacre of 3,000 U.S. civilians as well as numerous other acts of mass terrorism characterized by their extreme, dramatic, and calculated brutality, has been killed by U.S. forces.
President Obama quoted President George W. …