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A Quiet Voice in the Negev

Obama and Netanyahu at the U.N. posted by Jerry Waxman [U.S. President Barack Obama spoke eloquently at the United Nations today. Several hours after Obama's speech, Israel's Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu also spoke eloquently and passionately at the United Nations. Below is the part of the text of Obama's speech that is relevant to Israel. [...]

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Devices For Keeping Water and Food Warm on Sabbath, 1748

Of Fears, Scams and a Song by Jerry Waxman Sderot is known mostly for the kassams, the rocket attacks on a civilian population by Arab extremists in Gaza over the past 9 years. I have a thing about over-exploitation of victimhood. It doesn’t sit well with me that every visitor to Sderot is treated to [...]

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New York Tenement Housing, 1890S

Irritations, Roommates, and Bombs by Jerry Waxman I never wanted a roommate, not of the same gender at any rate. It’s a small apartment with one bedroom and one living room. I scored a desk a week or so ago, and I was just getting my homelife a little better organized when suddenly I got [...]

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Senator Robert Menendez outlines the true history of Israel and the Jewish connection to this land.

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MATZO

Passover, A Lesson In Unity by Jerry Waxman It is Erev Shabbat and the second day of the Passover holiday.  Much has occurred lately to remind us of how we, Jews, are consistently singled out for “special” treatment.  Barack Obama and his family hosted a Passover Seder in the White House.  This is encouraging to [...]

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MATZO

by Jerry Waxman In response to the article in: The New Republic, April 15, 2009 edition Washington Diarist: At The Window by Leon Wieseltier Here are a few excerpts from Wieseltier’s article: “Of three or four in a room there is always one who stands at the window. He must see the injustice among the [...]

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