Posted on 21 October 2011.
The Jewish Press recently spoke with Councilman Lander about Israel and other subjects. Read about Mr. Lander’s path to politics and his response to criticism about past remarks he made. The Jewish Press: What’s your background? Lander: I grew up in a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri. I was a very active member of a Reform Jewish synagogue and in the youth movement that was part of it, where I went on to become both a regional and a national officer. Then I went to the University of Chicago, where I met my wife, and then I spent a year [...]
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Posted on 19 October 2011. Tags: Shalit, Sukkot, Israel Thing, Gilad, Shaliach, Shemini Atzeret
Roey Shiff, NFTY’s Shaliach, discusses the Jewish holidays and the release of Gilad Shalit.
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Posted in Holidays, Israel Thing, Israel, Sukkot
Posted on 12 October 2011. Tags: Release, Shalit, Israel, Gilad, Twitter
Gilad Shalit is a trending topic on a social media outlet he has never even heard of. With the breaking news today that a deal has been reached between Israel and Hamas to release Gilad from five years of captivity in Gaza, we wanted to take some time to reflect on this significant event.
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Posted on 07 October 2011. Tags: UN, Shaliach, Peace, Israel
The time between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is a time for self refection and repentance, as individuals, as communities and even as people of a nation. In this particular year, I believe the two societies of Israelis and Palestinians will have to perform deep self-examinations in their commitment to the two-state solution which they both claim to support. The Palestinian leadership looks determined to achieve its goal of statehood recognized by the international community. Despite strong diplomatic opposition from the United States and Israel, the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, continued with his unilateral bid at the United Nations, asking [...]
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Posted on 22 September 2011. Tags: Israel, United Nations, UN
During the annual United Nations General Assembly on Friday, September 23rd the Palestinian Authority is planning to submit a resolution that, if passed, will recognize a Palestinian State. As Jewish teens living in North America, we have a responsibility to learn about the situation and try to understand how this will affect the state and the people of Israel.
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