Bibi’s Barack Rip-Off Children & Family Mideast Peace Politics & Society The Arts Bibi’s Barack Rip-Off Richard Silverstein November 14, 2008 Barack Obama established that he has political coattails that helped Democrats get elected to Congress this year. ... Read More Read more about Bibi’s Barack Rip-Off
J Street’s November Surprise Mideast Peace Politics & Society J Street’s November Surprise Richard Silverstein November 14, 2008 If you remember back a year or two when people first started talking about a new Jewish... Read More Read more about J Street’s November Surprise
Tom Friedman Spoof: ‘Why Does the N.Y. Times Let People Like Me Make Fools of Themselves’ Film-TV-Media Humor Military-Tech-Security Politics & Society Tom Friedman Spoof: ‘Why Does the N.Y. Times Let People Like Me Make Fools of Themselves’ Richard Silverstein November 13, 2008 I was just reading through the Alternet site and came to a story about a mock version... Read More Read more about Tom Friedman Spoof: ‘Why Does the N.Y. Times Let People Like Me Make Fools of Themselves’
Emanuel Apologizes for Father’s Anti-Arab Remark Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Politics & Society Emanuel Apologizes for Father’s Anti-Arab Remark Richard Silverstein November 13, 2008 Rahm Emanuel has done the decent thing in apologizing for his father’s insulting comment in which he... Read More Read more about Emanuel Apologizes for Father’s Anti-Arab Remark
Leviev’s Corporate Empire Crumbles Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Politics & Society Leviev’s Corporate Empire Crumbles Richard Silverstein November 13, 2008 Lev Leviev, diamond mogul to the stars and settlement builder to the Jews, is in similar hot... Read More Read more about Leviev’s Corporate Empire Crumbles
Progressive Israel-Palestine Congressional Tour Mideast Peace Politics & Society Progressive Israel-Palestine Congressional Tour Richard Silverstein November 13, 2008 Both Aipac and the National Jewish Democratic Council are known for their highly partisan pro-Israel tours of... Read More Read more about Progressive Israel-Palestine Congressional Tour
‘Lashon Hara’ and Jewish Blogging Jews & Judaism Military-Tech-Security Politics & Society ‘Lashon Hara’ and Jewish Blogging Richard Silverstein November 13, 2008 Periodically, after I write something disparaging about a right-wing Jewish blogger or political figure, one of their... Read More Read more about ‘Lashon Hara’ and Jewish Blogging
Rabbi Calls Museum of Tolerance Siting ‘Hilul Hashem’ Mideast Peace Rabbi Calls Museum of Tolerance Siting ‘Hilul Hashem’ Richard Silverstein November 12, 2008 I’ve been covering the Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem controversy from a number of angles both political and... Read More Read more about Rabbi Calls Museum of Tolerance Siting ‘Hilul Hashem’
Jeffrey Goldberg on Emanuel: ‘Israeli Running the White House’ Mideast Peace Jeffrey Goldberg on Emanuel: ‘Israeli Running the White House’ Richard Silverstein November 12, 2008 This blog thrives on ferreting out the unexamined assumptions of Israel’s uncritical supporters. One of them is... Read More Read more about Jeffrey Goldberg on Emanuel: ‘Israeli Running the White House’
Cohler-Esses to Become Editor at The Forward Film-TV-Media Jews & Judaism Cohler-Esses to Become Editor at The Forward Richard Silverstein November 12, 2008 My friend and once-in-a-while journalistic collaborator, Larry Cohler-Esses, has just accepted the number 2 job of assistant... Read More Read more about Cohler-Esses to Become Editor at The Forward
Halacha and Dishonoring the Dead: Jerusalem Museum of Tolerance Site Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Halacha and Dishonoring the Dead: Jerusalem Museum of Tolerance Site Richard Silverstein November 12, 2008 One of my readers, Jeff Wollock, noted in a brief comment that the Jerusalem Museum of Tolerance... Read More Read more about Halacha and Dishonoring the Dead: Jerusalem Museum of Tolerance Site
Jonah’s ‘Image of Small City’ Children & Family The Arts Jonah’s ‘Image of Small City’ Richard Silverstein November 11, 2008 Read More Read more about Jonah’s ‘Image of Small City’