Do we need Holocaust Remembrance Day?
Since some of you may be incredulous that I even asked that question, let me first explain why I am doing so.
Over the last week, a scandal erupted in …
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By Ben Cohen
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12/23/14
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It’s an article that’s more than 10 years old, but anyone who wants to get an insight into the dynamics of anti-Semitism in France would do well to consult “France’s …
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By Ben Cohen
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12/17/14
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Over the last fortnight, large parts of the country have seethed with anger, first at the decision of a grand jury in Ferguson, Mo., not to indict police officer Darren Wilson for the shooting of …
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By Ben Cohen, JNS.org
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12/11/14
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To properly understand how the Holocaust has been seared onto Israel’s collective consciousness, one should visit the country on the 27th of Nisan, a date in the Hebrew calendar that falls …
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By Ben Cohen, JNS.org
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12/3/14
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The older I get, the more my childhood memories fade, but I still vividly remember the morning of Sunday, July 4, 1976.
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By Ben Cohen, JNS.org
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11/26/14
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As everyone seems to be saying, there is less than a fortnight to go before we hit the Nov. 24 deadline for a final agreement with Iran over its nuclear program. And as more and more people are …
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By Ben Cohen, JNS.org
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11/20/14
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While I’ve never been a big fan of celebrity interventions in politics, I will concede that, on occasion, a big-screen actor or a rock star will achieve the kind of impact that mere mortals …
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By Ben Cohen
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11/13/14
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Raftali Bennett, Israel’s economy minister, got it 100 percent right in a Facebook posting just a few hours after the latest blow to American-Israeli relations—aka …
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By Ben Cohen
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10/30/14
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It sometimes seems as if the see-saw debate about the true intentions of Mahmoud Abbas and his Palestinian Authority has been with us for an eternity. One day, we’ll be saying that Abbas is …
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By Ben Cohen
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10/30/14
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The opera “The Death of Klinghoffer” opened at the Met. Rightly castigated for its invocation of unpleasant Jewish stereotypes and its apologia for the Palestinian terrorists’ …
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Commentary by Ben Cohen
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10/23/14
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