UNGA’s Fourth Committee Votes 2021
Tuesday (Nov. 9, 2021) and Thursday (Nov. 11, 2021) the United Nations General Assembly’s Fourth Committee (the “Special Political and Decolonization” Committee) will vote on a...
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November 9, 2021
UNGA’s Fourth Committee Votes 2021
Tuesday (Nov. 9, 2021) and Thursday (Nov. 11, 2021) the United Nations General Assembly’s Fourth Committee (the “Special Political and Decolonization” Committee) will vote on a number of anti-Israel...
November 3, 2021
Unacceptable Actions Against Israel’s Right To Defend Itself
On Oct. 22, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Ganz announced that six Palestinian civil society groups (some of them with significant backing from the European Union) have been designated as terror...
Expert Analysis
October 29, 2021
Standing Against Anti-Semitism: None Shall Be Afraid
In January 2020 the Jewish community came together in New York City to rally against anti-Semitism. The rally was in response to a series of attacks against Jews in December 2019 that included two...
October 4, 2021
Remembering the Kindertransport
Beginning in the mid-1930s, worldwide efforts were made to bring persecuted Jewish children out of Germany. As Hitler set his sights on conquest, the lives of boys and girls from other nations were...
September 27, 2021
Long-Term Care Insurance: It’s Time to Problem Solve
We have all seen the statistics that America is graying and our country needs to meet the challenges of a growing senior population. Oftentimes, those statistics are discussed in the context of...
September 23, 2021
Memory, Anti-Semitism and the Great Iasi Pogrom
“Even if there were no gas chambers at Iasi, still everything else was there: thousands of Jews perished in countless manners. Everything happened: the terror, the threats, the sealed boxcars,...
August 2, 2021
Seniors and Campaign Contributions: Donate $1 but lose $100
Recently, my wife was reading an article in the New York Times, “How Deceptive Campaign Fund-Raising Ensnares Older People,” that details how political campaigns take advantage of...
July 28, 2021
Celebrating the Jewish Legacy in Europe
As we experience the trajectory of anti-Semitism in history and during one’s own life, it’s natural to feel hopeless. Hate will endure, but it’s still possible to celebrate and enjoy the efforts made...