Recently added articles from The Jerusalem Report:
Goldstone and the Jewish Left
Dec 07, 2009 ... When the U.S. House of Representatives considered Resolution 867"calling on the president and the secretary of state to opposeunequivocally any endorsement or further consideration" of the U.N.Human Rights Council's Goldstone Report, the left, includingelements of the Jewish left, ...
Is J Street Helping Israel's Cause?
Dec 07, 2009 ... Although J Street, the left-wing American Jewish lobbying group,repeatedly stresses its "pro-Israel, pro- peace" identity, itcontinues to face allegations from the right that it doesn'tgenuinely support the Jewish state. The Washington-based Weekly Standard, for example, ...
Putting the Pieces Together
Dec 07, 2009 ... The Puzzle King By Betsy Carter Algonquin Books 352 pages;$23.95 "The Puzzle King's" prologue and epilogue provide an extraordinary frame for Betsy Carter's third novel. In the prologue, dated 1936, we meet Flora Phelps, a splash of color andprosperity, in the American ...
What We Talk About When We Talk About Sex
Dec 07, 2009 ... The Passionate Torah: Sex and Judaism Edited by Danya Ruttenberg. New York University Press. 265 pages; $19.95 In her new book, Danya Ruttenberg gathers 18 essays that reflectthe vitality of Judaism's 21st century perspective on sex. Theresult is an anthology that, on the whole, ...
A Jaffa Tale
Dec 07, 2009 ... In a scene midway through the film "Ajami," Omar, an Arab Muslimin his early 20s, comes to the Jaffa home of Hadir, a ChristianArab girl with whom he is secretly carrying on a romanticrelationship. Hadir's father, Abu Elias, is Omar's boss. Both Hadirand Omar know that Abu Elias ...