March 24th, 2013 | by WMJledger
Ruthfully Yours By Ruth King The Catholic Church has chosen a new Pope and the caterwauling of non-adherents that are disappointed that the Church rejects “liberation theology” is sickening. Would they have preferred a Pope from ... Read More →
March 24th, 2013 | by WMJledger
By Daniel Pipes Why does Barack Obama focus so much on Israel and its struggle with the Arabs? It’s not just that he’s spending days in Israel this week, but his disproportionate four-year search to solve ... Read More →
February 15th, 2013 | by WMJledger
By Cantor Mark Perman We have all been troubled, I would hope, by the events in Syria over the past two years. Estimates are that 60,000 civillians have died, many more have been wounded, and there ... Read More →
February 15th, 2013 | by WMJledger
By Rabbi Joshua Hammerman The commentator Ibn Ezra explains that the commandment “Thou shalt not murder” in this manner: “One may murder by carelessness, by indifference, by the failure to save human life when it is ... Read More →
January 18th, 2013 | by WMJledger
By Moshe Phillips/JNS.org Seventy years ago this month, the Nazis began their second deportation of the Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto. In response, on Jan. 18, 1943, the first organized and armed Jewish/Zionist resistance action in ... Read More →
January 18th, 2013 | by WMJledger
Chuck Hagel isn’t really the person being nominated for Secretary of Defense. Nor is John Brennan the man who will run the CIA. Likewise John Kerry will not be the person serving as Secretary of State. ... Read More →
December 12th, 2012 | by WMJledger
By Ben Shapiro Several years ago, I interviewed noted producer Leonard Goldberg for my book on liberalism in television, “Primetime Propaganda.” Goldberg asked me why I thought so many Jews in Hollywood didn’t care about Israel. ... Read More →
December 12th, 2012 | by WMJledger
By Morton A. Klein and Daniel Mandel The United Nations General Assembly has voted to make ‘Palestine’ a ‘non-member state’ of the UN. This has done no less than legitimize the two Palestinian regimes that promote ... Read More →
November 16th, 2012 | by WMJledger
By Diane Cole Adapt or die: this principle now permeates discussions among not just biologists but anthropologists, sociologists, and even theologians seeking the origins of religion in an evolutionary need for group survival. The adage is ... Read More →
October 17th, 2012 | by WMJledger
By Isi Leibler The recent initiative by a group of Protestant Christian leaders calling on Congress to reevaluate military aid to Israel is a nauseating example of applying double standards against Jews and Israel under ... Read More →
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WESTERN MASS. – Rachel’s Table and Jewish Family Services (JFS) are Read more →
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