http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php en nrubin@jewishtimes.com Copyright 2012 2012-02-10T19:04:19+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/world_opinion/challenges_face_vaticans_point_man_for_jewish_ties/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/world_opinion/challenges_face_vaticans_point_man_for_jewish_ties/#When:15:33:20Z Cardinal Kurt Koch, the Vatican’s key representative to Jews, is making his first visit to New York, home to the largest Jewish community outside of Israel. The cardinal, appointed president of the Vatican’s Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews in 2010, has an opportunity, together with Jewish leaders, to reflect on the state of Catholic-Jewish relations and… Opinion - World Opinion 2011-10-26T15:33:20+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/world_opinion/ending_jewish_construction_freeze_was_right/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/world_opinion/ending_jewish_construction_freeze_was_right/#When:13:53:54Z Under relentless pressure by the Obama administration, Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu agreed, last November, to a one-sided one-time10-month Jewish construction freeze on the six percent of the West Bank where Jews live. Since the Oslo accords were signed in 1993, Israel hasn’t built a single new settlement and has only built within the settlement borders as of 1993.… Opinion - World Opinion 2010-09-30T13:53:54+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/world_opinion/why_time_magazine_is_wrong/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/world_opinion/why_time_magazine_is_wrong/#When:16:55:05Z A number of years ago Steve Martin had a wonderful line, “Well excuuuse me.” It eventually evolved into, “Well excuse me for living.” In many respects, the response to the Time Magazine article entitled, “Why Israelis Don’t Care about Peace,” could be summed up as, “Well excuse us for living.” The premise seems to be: The chutzpah of… Opinion - World Opinion 2010-09-23T16:55:05+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/world_opinion/this_is_my_god1/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/world_opinion/this_is_my_god1/#When:14:03:01Z I cannot say that I have ever rejected God. There were some years in which I was not interested, and that, perhaps, is the greatest rejection of all (much more than hostility or lack of faith). But then the world seemed too small, too confined, far too senseless without Him: To me, He is the all-embracing, all-encompassing being,… Opinion - World Opinion 2010-09-08T14:03:01+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/world_opinion/inglourious_basterds_deserves_academy_award/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/world_opinion/inglourious_basterds_deserves_academy_award/#When:20:00:32Z Today it seems that films about the Holocaust and events surrounding it abound. Almost with a bizarre regularity they reach the big screen in twos or threes. They are made by major Hollywood studios and independents; they feature known and unknown actors. Most attempt to dramatize “true” events. It is hard to imagine there was a time when… Opinion - World Opinion 2010-03-04T20:00:32+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/world_opinion/will_catholic-jewish_relations_survive/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/world_opinion/will_catholic-jewish_relations_survive/#When:20:00:39Z Last month, Pope Benedict XVI lifted the order of excommunication of four bishops associated with the priestly Society of Saint Pius X. One of those bishops, Richard Williamson, is a known Holocaust denier. After two weeks of intense Jewish and non-Jewish “shock and dismay,” the Vatican last week ordered Williamson to recant his Holocaust denial. This crisis follows… News - International, Opinion - World Opinion 2009-03-12T20:00:39+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/world_opinion/how_to_fight_rising_global_anti-semitism/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/world_opinion/how_to_fight_rising_global_anti-semitism/#When:20:00:33Z Coming just weeks after the explosion of global anti-Semitism that followed Israel’s military action in Gaza, the timing couldn’t have been better for the London Conference on Combating Anti-Semitism, held Feb. 16 and 17. With Jewish communities around the world feeling insecure and vulnerable, with synagogues vandalized and an atmosphere of intimidation and fear permeating anti-Israel rallies, there… News - International, Opinion - World Opinion 2009-03-12T20:00:33+00:00