Liberal Zionism’s Champion
Eric Herschthal Staff Writer From inside the Orthodox fold, Peter Beinart is honing his critique about why young Jews are ditching Israel.In America, the lines of debate on Israel are starkly drawn;...
View ArticleDebate Rages on Over Palin’s ‘Blood Libel’ Claim
Ron Kampeas JTA WASHINGTON (JTA) -- The post-shooting debate over political civility is cooling down, but passions are still raging over Sarah Palin’s claim that critics were guilty of perpetuating a...
View ArticleSheldon Adelson Sues Jewish Democrat Group For Alleged Defamation
JTA Sheldon Adelson's $60 million defamation lawsuit against the National Jewish Democratic Council describes extensive efforts by his representatives, including Alan Dershowitz, to talk the group...
View ArticleAbuse Whistleblower Battling Both Haredi Community, DA
Hella Winston Special To The Jewish Week Sam Kellner, who says his son was abused, helped the Brooklyn DA in his fight against child sexual abuse. Now, Kellner himself is himself facing accusations of...
View ArticleObama To Jewish Leaders: Peace Prospects Are Bleak
JTA President Obama believes prospects for Israeli-Palestinian peace are “bleak,” but he still will urge both sides to avoid unilateral actions that might further damage a process he hopes will be...
View ArticleTim Boxer Meets Alan Dershowitz
Tim Boxer Jewish Week Online Columnist Alan Dershowitz, the Harvard law professor and Jewish activist, came direct from the White House to the 15th anniversary banquet of the Brownstone organization...
View ArticleGetting His Turn At Cardozo, Dershowitz Blasts Carter
Gary Rosenblatt Editor And Publisher Israel advocate says it was mistake to honor former president. Monday afternoon was payback time for Alan Dershowitz at Cardozo Law School, the scene of a recent...
View ArticleTalking Baseball
Jonathan Mark Associate Editor Like Yiddishkeit, baseball is never what it used to be, and what used to be is often different than remembered. Legend tells us that fans were most loyal and passionate...
View ArticleJewish Partisan Group Honors Bielski Brigade Survivors
Adam Dickter Young Jews must learn from their courage, says Dershowitz. Sixteen surviving members of the Bielski Brigade, Jewish partisans who saved thousands from the Nazis and their collaborators in...
View ArticleRetirement Ahead For Alan Dershowitz
JTA BOSTON — Alan Dershowitz, one of the country’s most prominent lawyers and a passionate, sometimes controversial, advocate for Israel, is retiring from Harvard Law School.read more
View ArticleRick Perry, Sean Penn, Sheldon Adelson And Chris Christie Fete Shmuley
JTA New York — The last time New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie spoke at a venue attended by Sheldon Adelson, he alienated the Republican Party mega-donor and other hawkish pro-Israel Jews by referring...
View ArticleFor Alan Dershowitz, There’s Life After Harvard
JTA Alan Dershowitz’s house is a bit of a mess. The rooms of his Martha’s Vineyard home are cluttered with half-unpacked boxes from his Cambridge house, which he and his wife sold after he retired...
View ArticleDershowitz: Carter, Tutu Have Gaza ‘Blood On Their Hands’
Heather Robinson Contributing Editor In Jewish Week interview, ex-Harvard Law professor charges that former president, South African archbishop ‘encourage’ Hamas’ ‘dead-baby’ strategy. In his new...
View ArticleDefending Dershowitz, To A Fault?
Jonathan Mark Associate Editor Former Harvard Law School professor and staunch Israel supporter Alan Dershowitz has been accused of having sex with an underage girl, the “sex slave” of a Dershowitz’...
View ArticleAs David Cohen Becomes CIA’s No. 2, Jews Appear To Have Smoother Sailing At...
JTA Washington — David Cohen’s path to second in command at the Central Intelligence Agency is, in many respects, a typical one in Washington.read more
View ArticleChasidic Abuse Whistleblower Suing Dershowitz Brothers
Hella Winston Special Correspondent Sam Kellner accuses them of telling press he tried to extort bribes — the same day the DA exonerated him. Four years after his life was turned upside down by...
View ArticleJudge Tosses Woman’s Lawsuit Alleging Forced Sex With Dershowitz, Prince Andrew
JTA A federal judge tossed out a woman’s lawsuit claiming that she had forced sex with high-profile men, including Alan Dershowitz and Prince Andrew.read more
View ArticleFor Dershowitz, Unlikely Calm At Brooklyn College
Hannah Dreyfus Staff Writer He’s thrown haymakers at liberal Zionist Peter Beinart on CNN. He’s said President Jimmy Carter and Archbishop Desmond Tutu “have blood on their hands” over civilian deaths...
View ArticleAmerican Jewish Reaction To Agreement Splits On Political Lines
Steve Lipman Staff Writer Right wing condemns Iran nuclear deal, left wing praises it. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and several rightwing American Jewish organizations today condemned the...
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