Modern Orthodoxy and Its Future
Modern Orthodoxy is a form of Jewish Orthodoxy that is open to the outside world. It is characterized by five principles: its outlook on education, its stance toward Israel, its attitude toward the role of women, a mindset of inclusiveness, and a moderate mode of speaking and reacting.
Next Steps in Arab-Israeli Peacemaking
The U.S. military victory in Iraq did at first create a more congenial atmosphere among Palestinians for peace with Israel. However, the present situation in Iraq, as well as Iran and Muslim fundamentalism in general, have caused matters to move in the opposite direction. The Palestinians are further away from a spirit of reconciliation and compromise than ever before.
The Banality of History and Memory: Romanian Society and the Holocaust
Until recently Romanian society has avoided any genuine confrontation with its own culpability for the murder of Jews in Romania and in Soviet territory under Romanian occupation. For decades Romanians have sought to negate their own role in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Jews. To the extent that a Holocaust in Romania was acknowledged, Romanians sought to blame it on others – including even the victims themselves.
The Islamist Threat to Jordan
The elusiveness of a unifying Jordanian identity now provides a window of opportunity for the jihadists, for whom Jordan is to be the "Land of Mobilization and Fortitude" – the staging ground for the liberation of Palestine and the destruction of Israel.
The Popular Resistance Committees: Hamas’ New Partners?
Said Sayyam, the Palestinian interior minister in the Hamas government, has appointed the head of the Popular Resistance Committees, Jamal Abu Samhadana, to be in charge of building the core of a new Palestinian army. Formally, he will be under the overall supervision of the Interior Ministry.
Jewish Education in the Age of Google
The success of Jewish education in the twenty-first century requires serious consideration of the wide range of changes affecting it. Education itself must change to meet the new challenges and seize the opportunities it faces.
Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ: Legitimizing Anti-Semitism
In January 2003, Mel Gibson announced that he intended to make a film that would tell the whole gospel truth about Jesus’ crucifixion. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) decided to reach out privately to Gibson for assurance that this film would not lead to charging Jews with deicide and to anti-Semitism. There were increasing indications that the movie was going to depict the Jews in a highly negative way. Despite a number of direct and indirect approaches, Gibson avoided contact with the ADL.
Understanding the Direction of the New Hamas Government: Between Tactical Pragmatism and Al-Qaeda Jihadism
Hamas has reaped the fruits of the "Green Revolution" that it led in recent years to win many local authority elections, obtain a stable majority in the Palestinian parliament, and take decisive control of executive authority. Hamas’ tactical agreement to play by the democratic rules was a Trojan horse.
Group-Targeted Misanthropy and Anti-Semitism in Germany – Deutsche Zustände Folge 1, Folge 2, by Wilhelm Heitmeyer
This series of books analyzes issues in Germany related to “group-targeted misanthropy” (GMF).1 This term includes categories such as racism, anti-Semitism, hatred of foreigners, homeless, homosexuals, and Muslims, as well as sexism. Though anti-Semitism is mentioned in the first two books as well, it is a major topic only in the third.
Europe’s Response to the Threat of Global Terror
If we trace the line between the West and the rest, Israel is on the same side as Europe, the U.S., Japan, and Australia. We defend the same values against the same enemies.Now it is imperative to defend our values and way of life against a new threat: Islamic extremism and terrorism.
Intermarriage and Jewish Leadership in the United States
The question of mixed marriage poses a dilemma to the American Jewish leadership. It would prefer not to choose publicly between integration into the broader society and distinctive Jewish survival. The realities of Jewish life in the United States, however, increasingly compel choices.
The Mohammed-Cartoon Controversy, Israel, and the Jews: A Case Study
Israel and the Jews were drawn – almost inevitably – into the controversy between Muslims and the West once the violent protests against the cartoons rapidly accelerated in the first week of February 2006. This was yet another manifestation of the hard core of anti-Semitism that portrays the Jews as responsible for all evil in the world.
U.S. Policy at a Crossroads: The Relevance of the Roadmap in the Aftermath of the Hamas Victory
Mideast policy has been dictated by the Quartet-sponsored Performance-Based Roadmap, which was based on guidelines outlined by President Bush on June 24, 2002. A careful analysis of President Bush’s speech, along with meticulous adherence to the Roadmap, might actually lead the way to a clearer policy toward Hamas.
Joel Fishman on La France, Israël et les Arabes: le double jeu?, by Freddy Eytan
A Stormy Romance of France and Israel
Joel Fishman on La France, Israël et les Arabes: le double jeu? by Freddy Eytan
Manfred Gerstenfeld on Élèves sous influence by Barbara Lefebvre and Ève Bonnivard
Manfred Gerstenfeld on
Élèves sous influence
by Barbara Lefebvre and Ève Bonnivard
