…Let My Right Hand Wither
Bailey Spagat is participating in Career Israel, one of Masa Israel’s 180 programs.
Journalism by Jewish college students, for Jewish college students.
Bailey Spagat is participating in Career Israel, one of Masa Israel’s 180 programs.
Bailey Spagat is participating in Career Israel, one of Masa Israel’s 180 programs.
Bailey Spagat is participating in Career Israel, one of Masa Israel’s 180 programs.
Bailey Spagat is participating in Career Israel, one of Masa Israel’s 180 programs.
חבר אתה חסר Bailey Spagat is participating in Career Israel, one of Masa Israel’s 180 programs.
Bailey Spagat is participating in Career Israel, one of Masa Israel’s 180 programs.
Bailey Spagat is participating in Career Israel, one of Masa Israel‘s 180 programs.
This week, the 2010 World Cup kicked off in South Africa. The biggest sporting event in the world, the monthlong slate of games is being hailed as the greatest thing to hit Johannesburg since democracy. Organizers have promised boosts in jobs and tourism, and promoters are convinced that this event will raise the profile and…
I know we’ve all heard enough about a certain clash on a certain boat in the waters off a certain strip. Â So forgive me for once again using this space to talk about the Mavi Marmara melee. Â If it’s any consolation, the bulk of this post won’t focus on the early morning events of last…
Didn’t see this one coming. Though it was never in any real doubt, we now have official evidence that Israel at one point possessed nuclear weapons, thanks to researcher and author Sasha Polakow-Suransky. Â And given the country’s continued ambiguity regarding its nuclear arsenal, its refusal to enter into the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, its hawkish leadership,…
Drawing swastikas. Committing arson. Rioting en masse. Just another day in the Palestinian Territories, na’chon? Sadly, no. Â In fact, we can’t blame these latest developments on terrorists, at least not in the traditional Arab sense of the word. Â Nor can we pinpoint these heinous acts to Gaza or the West Bank or even East Jerusalem….
And we’re off! Â The proximity talks have officially begun. That’s right: the discussions-before-the-discussions are underway. Â The Palestinian Authority, after receiving assurances from the U.S. and Israel, has finally agreed to sit down to the American-brokered indirect negotiations. Â Special envoy George Mitchell’s shuttling back and forth between the two parties now, and all onlookers agree that….ummm……errrrr……..well,…
Growing up, my family used to take a lot of road trips. Â During these journeys through America, my siblings and I would whittle away the hours by cataloging the various license plates we encountered along the highways and biways of our nation. There was a points system that I won’t get into here, but suffice…
Last week, Udi Sommer wrote an op-ed for the Christian Science Monitor (normally one of my favorite news sites)Â with a somewhat radical proposal. Â In his piece, he suggested that the International Olympic Committee award Jerusalem the 2020 Summer Olympics, albeit with one very important stipulation. Sommer argues that this privilege – if one dare call…