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by Alisa Bodner, Queens College
Alisa: Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and your duties as Chief-of-Staff of the IDF?
Moshe Yaalon: I [became] the Chief-of-Staff of the IDF in July 2002.
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by Anna Bolman, Ohio State University
As a nation, the Jewish people are stronger than ever, with many successes in medicine, science, technology, and other endeavors. The anti-Semitism that our grandparents experienced in the 1930s and ‘40s fortunately does not exist in the United States.
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by Ben Shapiro, Harvard Law School
On August 13, Israel’s cabinet signed on to the United Nations ceasefire designed to end the latest round of Lebanese-Israeli violence. The ceasefire was a mistake of drastic proportions—the UN cannot be trusted to ensure the security of the state of Israel. For decades the UN has provided aid and comfort to terrorists along Israel’s northern border. The UN has consistently refused to condemn Islamist terrorism while it condemns virtually any action Israel takes in self-defense.
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by Avi Posnick, Yeshiva University
In the summer of 2005, Israel unilaterally withdrew from the Gaza Strip in accordance with then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s “Disengagement Plan.” Ignoring all the warnings by security officials about the strategic dangers of such a withdrawal, Prime Minister Sharon went ahead with his plan. A year after the pullout, let’s analyze the situation.
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by Julie Hirsh, Trinity College
The history of the Abrahamic religions—Judaism, Christianity and Islam—is a history of division and disagreement. In Judaism, for example, consider the Orthodox, the Conservative and the Reform movement. But today all of these Jewish movements, no matter how they may differ, are peaceful.
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by Alan Meyerson, Brandeis University
The history of the Jews is a painful affair. No other people has endured discrimination, persecution, and a centuries-long Diaspora, only to return to its ancestral homeland head held high—rebuilding the state and restoring its ancient language while honoring its historic religion and culture. No other people has a land like Israel. Yet the vitality of the Jewish people is not a historical accident.
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by Laura Turetsky, Queens College
Since the Palestinian Authority elections last January, it seems Hamas has aroused some serious attention. Although the Palestinian Arabs have long been obligated by agreements with Israel to abolish terrorism and terrorist groups, Hamas, a democratically elected fanatical group, has come to power, and the question that has been on everyone’s mind is: what does this mean for Israel?
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by Chaim Schutzman, University of California, Santa Barbara
For most Americans, it is a given fact that hotbeds of radical Islamic ideology are cultivated and alive in scattered parts of the world, mainly the Middle East and southern Asia. Following the 9/11 attacks, and subsequent growth of interest in Islam, the country has in many ways attempted to bridge connections with the Muslim community rather than dismantle them. Unlike its brethren in the east, the Muslim community in America projects a more moderate voice.
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by Dan Hazony, Boston University
In August 1969, a 26-year-old rock star by the name of Jimi Hendrix performed at the Woodstock Festival in New York in front of half a million people. At $18,000, he was the highest paid performer at the festival, which featured all of the musical stars of that decade. Hendrix rocked the crowd with his now famous performance of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
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by Jill Sager, Northwestern University
Northwestern University has on its faculty a professor, Arthur Butz, who is an outspoken Holocaust denier. Butz, an electrical engineering professor, first published his views in a book called The Hoax of the Twentieth Century in 1976, shortly after he received his tenure. He has since faded on and off of the student and university radar.
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