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04.15.2016 | 7 Nisan, 5776

04.15.2016 | 7 Nisan, 5776

From China With ‘Ahava’

While BDS has barely registered any impact on the Israeli economy as a whole, it has negatively affected Ahava.

As I see it: Mussolini vs Lucrezia Borgia? There is an alternative

American Jews are horrified by the choice they think will face them at November’s presidential election. If they adjust their perspective, however, there is another option.

By MELANIE PHILLIPS
Obama’s presidency

If we disregard for the moment Obama’s success in terms of the United States, he should be saluted for his and his administration’s support for military aid to Israel.

By YORAM DORI
The never-ending walk to freedom

We live in an era in which science posits that a spiritual foundation is essential for the survival of the individual. So, too, it seems, spirituality is vital for the endurance of the collective.

By MICHAL COTLER-WUNSH
Into the fray: The self-cannibalization of Europe (revisited)

The West’s socio-cultural heritage is being devoured by the very values that made it successful.

By MARTIN SHERMAN
My Word: Bridge over troubled waters

The plan to connect the Sinai Peninsula to the Arabian Peninsula could have a historic impact.

By LIAT COLLINS
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Jerusalem Post Editorial: Holy shards

It was the Jewish people through the Bible who gave to humanity this gift of literary authority.

By JPOST EDITORIAL
Washington Watch: Bernie’s blunders

Sanders, like Nader and McCarthy, is a leftist icon who has energized many young and new voters. But Democrats are hoping that is where the similarity ends.

By DOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD
Media Comment: A lack of media memory

We expect reporters and columnists to mine the archives of their newspapers and networks to make interviews more incisive and reportage more accurate.

By YISRAEL MEDAD AND ELI POLLAK
Encountering Peace: The moral high ground and Zionism

The two-state solution is not dead, although many would like to bury it.

By GERSHON BASKIN
Is it wrong to critique decisions by the Israel Supreme Court?

Nowhere is criticism of the court more warranted than in the gas decision. Nothing in Israeli law bars such long-term commercial arrangements.

By EUGENE KONTOROVICH
Saudi Arabia: Lynchpin of the moderate axis in the Middle East

The Saudis consider Israel a possible partner in the struggle against Iran and the jihadist groups, as long as this partnership is kept behind closed doors.

By ELIE PODEH
Croatia’s troubled history

Unless the government starts actively and unequivocally fighting against Ustasha nostalgia, and rising neo-fascism and anti-Semitism, it looks like the situation in Croatia will only get worse.

By EFRAIM ZUROFF
April 14: Safer than NYC

The media may portray Israel as a country reeling from unremitting terrorist stabbings, shootings and car rammings, but it would seem that in reality, Israel is far safer than many other places.

By LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Who is the most important son?

The rabbis say that before the Messiah comes, Elijah will come on earth to answer all the open-ended questions that have piled up over the ages.

By RAYMOND APPLE
A new Israel-friendly economic union opens its doors

Upcoming high-level talks between Israel and Russia will provide an opportunity to move forward the idea of forging a partnership between Israel and the Eurasian Economic Union.

By ALEXANDER SHEIN
Candidly Speaking: Anglo Jewry confronts Labour anti-Semitic surge

These shocking developments affect all Jews, bridging the entire political spectrum, secular and religious, ultra-Orthodox to Reform.

By ISI LEIBLER
Bridge to peace

Circumstances seem more favorable than in years past for a concrete step toward Middle East cooperation.

By JPOST EDITORIAL
The splitting of the Red Sea and the State of Israel

It is most important to realize that it is not the conventional understanding of a miracle that is of importance here.

By NATHAN LOPES CARDOZO
Leaving a real Mideast legacy?

An irresolvable impasse frustrates the current United States administration, which would like to leave office next January with a Middle East legacy.

By DAVID BEDEIN
A Fresh Perspective: Understanding Netanyahu’s mind

Many attempts have been made to understand what motivates Netanyahu to act in such a way

By DAN ILLOUZ
In Plain Language: Mister, can you spare some change?

As individuals, and as a society, we are far from perfect. We have to conquer the many ills that still afflict our nation, from disunity to improper discourse to the unequal distribution of wealth.

By STEWART WEISS
The Human Spirit: Death in the forests

Zuroffas, they call him in Lithuanian, always pronounced with a sneer.

By BARBARA SOFER
This Normal Life: A Seder for non-believers

So let’s use the Haggada as a framework to deliberate not pseudohistory but contemporary personal, political and professional concerns.

By BRIAN BLUM
The Kurdish state

These people have a right to self-determination after defending both their identity and indirectly upholding our safety.

By INDREK TARAND
Where hawks and doves fly together

Past peace process negotiators have lamented that, while pursuing an elusive conflict-ending treaty, too little attention was paid to grass roots activities. But it is not too late.

By MARTIN J. RAFFEL,DAN DIKER
How to lose friends and irritate people

Responding to anti-Israeli posts on social media opened up a world of hate from often liberal-minded friends and acquaintances.

By SIMON KOVAR
Center Field: ReligioGoons – the Jewish Taliban – threaten Judaism and Zionism

Israeli ReligioGoons mock Judaism’s ethical traditions. Their verbal violence often encourages physical violence. Their fanaticism demeans Judaism and Zionism.

By GIL TROY
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The indecisive and confusing state of the Palestinian leadership

It is perhaps high time that the Palestinian leadership put its house in order, and decides whether it wants peace with Israel or constant unending tension and violence.

By ALAN BAKER

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