The Sad End of Romanian Jewry

Alan Elsner, 12.25.2009

Author, Journalist

In a classic Yiddish theater song from the 1920s that is still popular today, Aaron Lebedeff, known in his day as "the Maurice Chevalier of the Yiddis...

Gaza Freedom March Set for Minneapolis on Dec. 30 and for Gaza on Dec. 31

Coleen Rowley, 12.23.2009

Former FBI Special Agent

Gandhi said that the purpose of nonviolent action is to "quicken" the conscience of humankind. Citizens of Minnesota are called upon to stand in sol...

The Story of One Palestinian Family: Displaced, Dispossessed, Separated

Jillian York, 12.23.2009

Boston-based writer and activist.

Mohammad Alsaafin is a Palestinian refugee, from the village of Fallujah which lies in what is now Israel. He has never visited the village; his gran...

Gaza Freedom March Blocked by Egypt

Medea Benjamin, 12.22.2009

Co-founder, CODEPINK: Women for Peace

Citing escalating tensions on the Gaza-Egypt border, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry just informed us that the Rafah border will be closed over the coming weeks, into January.

Christmas Decoded? What New Discoveries in Nazareth Tell Us About Jesus

Bruce Feiler, 12.22.2009

Bestselling author of Walking the Bible, Abraham, and America's Prophet

The truth is that even if we found a house in Nazareth with the names Mary and Joseph on the mailbox and a birth announcement of a baby Jesus carved into a wall, we'd still never find proof that God sent forth a messiah into the world.

Living Under the Bombing of Gaza

Khulood Ghanem, 12.22.2009

2008-2009 Gaza invasion diarist

At the start of the Gaza war I was on my way walking in the street. I heard the first rocket, the second and the third, at this moment I could see nothing, all I remember was the biggest explosion I have ever seen.

Open Minds, And Warm But Troubled Hearts In Closed Gaza (Pt. 1)

James S. Gordon, 12.22.2009

Founder and director of The Center for Mind-Body Medicine in Washington, D.C.

Sitting in the circles of our small groups we move more deeply into each others' minds and hearts. Experiences and feelings that are rarely if ever publicly revealed in tradition-saturated Gaza are shared.

Egypt: Country will Block International Gaza Freedom Marchers

Robert Naiman, 12.21.2009

Policy Director of Just Foreign Policy

On December 31, together with more than 1000 peace advocates from around the world, I plan to join with tens of thousands of Palestinians in a march in Gazao for action to relieve Gaza's humanitarian crisis.

Pre-Genocidal Hate: How the Internet Supersized a Medieval Big Lie

Rabbi Abraham Cooper, 12.21.2009

Associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center and its Museum of Tolerance

Today, old hatreds are being repackaged and supersized in a way that would have made Josef Goebbels, Hitler's Minister of Hate, drool with envy.

Iran: The Truth Hurts

David Harris, 12.21.2009

Executive Director, AJC, and Senior Associate, St. Antony's College, Oxford University

It's as predictable as day follows night. Raise the issue of Iran's nuclear program, as I have more than once, and all Tehran's flacks and flunkies, ...

"Viva Palestina" sees convoy of 86 vehicles en route to Gaza to deliver aid

Richard Hall, 12.18.2009

Human rights, labour rights and the far right.

BEIRUT: It was a typically cold London day in January earlier this year when, in front of thousands of people demonstrating against the Israeli invasi...

Fidelity Fires Four for Playing Fantasy Football : MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer December 17, 2009

Shelly Palmer, 12.18.2009

President, National Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences, NY

You can never be too safe, especially when gambling on the web.

Don't Cut Off the Nose!

Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich, 12.16.2009

The House of Representatives has passed H.R. 2194: the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act of 2009 by a vote of 412-12. This legislation is intende...

Two Candles in Congress Against the Siege of Gaza

Robert Naiman, 12.16.2009

Policy Director of Just Foreign Policy

Many Americans don't realize that although it might be true that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee can get seventy Senators to sign a napki...

Learn to Live with the Iranian Nuclear Program

Eric C. Anderson, 12.16.2009

Eric C. Anderson is a national security consultant

Iran is going to have a nuclear weapon, and there is little, to nothing, we can do to stop Tehran from realizing this ambition.

Being Anti-Israel and Anti-Zionist Is the "New Anti-Semitism"

Sharmine Narwani, 12.16.2009

Sharmine Narwani is a Senior Associate at St. Anthony's College, Oxford University

I get pretty irritated hearing false cries of anti-Semitism against anyone who criticizes Israel, its human rights crimes, or its settler movement.

Social Media as a Platform for Dialogue in the Middle East

David Saranga, 12.16.2009

Former Consul for Media and Public Affairs at the Consulate General of Israel in New York

Unlike the past, when transparency and accountability were demanded of democratic leaders by their voters, today many leaders are also involved in dialogue with international public opinion and with a global citizenry.

Israel Traps Itself: How Netanyahu's Israel is Less Safe

Hani Almadhoun, 12.15.2009

DC based, Gaza native Stand up Comic

The right wing Israeli government is in bad shape right now. At least that's what a close look at the political arena reveals. The Palestinian leadership isn't looking too great right now, either though.

I Refuse to be your Enemy: Human Rights in the Holy Land

Bradley Burston, 12.15.2009

Columnist for Haaretz and Senior Editor, haaretz.com

I have seen the future. It was last Friday, in the faces of thousands of people marching in the street in Tel Aviv-Jaffa, in the face of a little girl dancing on the shoulders of her father to music.

VIDEO: Israel's Policy of Reducing The Palestinian Population of Jerusalem

MJ Rosenberg, 12.15.2009

Senior Fellow Media Matters Action Network

Check out this piece from Ha'aretz about what Israel is doing to Jerusalem. "Last year set an all-time record for the number of Arab residents of Ea...

Palestinian, Israeli, and Jordanians Unite for Green Blogging Workshop in Amman

Karin Kloosterman, 12.15.2009

Editor, GreenProphet.com

The UN climate change meeting in Copenhagen is putting a lot of pressure on oil-producing nations in the Middle East; but the reality is that most cou...