17
Mar
David Bernstein
In 1989, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman published his best seller, From Beirut to
Jerusalem. A foreign correspondent initially based in the war-torn capital of Lebanon, Friedman chronicled how this once peaceful “Paris of the
Middle East” had come apart at the seams and descended into factional violence and chaos.
After spending nearly five years [...]
6
Mar
David Bernstein
The internet has given rise to a powerful but precarious rumor mill. From claims that plastic wrap in microwave ovens causes cancer (untrue) to stories of finding a human finger in a bowl of chili (also untrue), misinformation spreads through the internet at viral speed and infects the public consciousness.
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16
Jan
Joseph Rosenberg, Guest Writer
If the purpose of my first two trips to Israel, in the winter of 2004 and summer of 2005, was to paint me a marvelous picture of the country, and to enable me to affirm my support for the Jewish state, then the purpose of the Israel on Campus Coalition (ICC) “Israel [...]
28
Nov
David Bernstein, Guest Writer
Israel’s upcoming 60th birthday provides a great opportunity to take a step back from the day to day and assess the bigger picture.
It’s easy to be drawn into a pessimistic outlook about Israel’s future. There’s plenty of evidence to support such gloominess: much of the Arab world’s continuing rejection of the Jewish [...]
15
Oct
Isra Yaghoubi, Guest Writer
When Leo Frank, a New York Jew, was unlawfully lynched in 1915 by a mob in Georgia, Josephus Daniels, then Secretary of Navy, called it “the worst blot” on the history of the state of Georgia. The Brooklyn Eagle called it the act of “a mob of barbarians who have brought their [...]