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Injecting 'Nazi' Into Debate Is Bad for the Health of America's Democracy'

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics


Rabbi Abraham Cooper

Rabbi Marvin Hier: "We demean ourselves and everything that America stands for when we compare either Democrats or Republicans to the Nazi Third Reich."

The Cambridge Kerfuffle Was Town vs. Gown, not Black vs. White

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics


Rabbi Abraham Cooper

Rather than black vs. white in New England, this may have been the latest chapter of "town vs. gown" carried over from Old England.

Hear The Evil; See The Evil; Feel No Evil - Where's the Outrage Over Deadly Church Bombings?

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 08.14.2009 | World


Rabbi Abraham Cooper

The Internet guarantees we will all hear the Evil, see the Evil, but it cannot make us care about Evil. And as recent events in Iran proved -- Technology cannot defeat Evil -- only people can.

Twitter Revolution and President Obama: This time Let's Stand Up With Roozbeh and the People of Iran

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 08.07.2009 | World


Rabbi Abraham Cooper

Twitter may have succeeded in proving to the world how much the Iranian people want change, but Internet technologies cannot deliver real freedom and hope.

Memo to Fareed Zakaria: It's Not Bibi Who's a Messianist but Ahamadinejad Who's Chasing Armageddon

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 06.28.2009 | World


Rabbi Abraham Cooper

Remember that we Jews have learned the hard way that unthinkable evil can quickly become a reality; that those who call for Israel's destruction have to be taken seriously.

Nazis Not Being Prosecuted By Australia, Hungary: Report

AP | VERONIKA OLEKSYN | Posted 01.11.2009 | World


VIENNA, Austria — Australia, Hungary and Lithuania are failing to investigate and prosecute suspected Nazi war criminals largely due to a lack o...