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For some of us, it’s a struggle to get through the seder.

Readers vote for the winner...

Both candidates made assertions that were inaccurate, taken out of context, or outright untrue. Just like in any normal presidential debate.

Take your blood pressure pills before clicking play.

PM Netanyahu has been on both sides of the fence regarding the new bill, but mostly, people in his circle explained, out of fear of retribution from the Obama Administration.

'This is a warning sign and all of the involved entities should take action – here and now, before a disaster will occur and it will cost us in blood.'

For Virginia, HB 2261 follows a number of anti-Semitic incidents on public university campuses across Virginia in 2016.

The unquestioned benefits of learning and the necessary emunah to pursue learning full time.

Imagine how apoplectic Finkelstein would have gotten if Spiro had pointed out...

Please join us on the JewishPress.com website later tonight for a chat about the elections.

Joseph Cohen of the Israel Advocacy Movement he holds a polite and civil debate with a Muslim man.

He went through a list of other nations that, according to Toynbee himself, had committed atrocities, including the British in Ireland and the French in Syria.

Trump faced greater pressure going into the debate than any candidate in presidential debate history. He not only handled the pressure, but was exceptional and won the second debate by a knockout.

Neither Republican nor Democratic candidate offered realistic solutions for the escalation of the Syrian civil war, just north of Israel's border.

Overall, the debate veered to the Iran deal four times, and Gov. Pence was not able to turn any of them into a knockout, or even a win on points.

Clinton vs. Trump

Meeting the leader of the free world.

Mark Green told WNYC the Democratic candidate should have a team of one overall manager, one surrogate, and a team of ten advisers who remind her to smile a lot.

The world has taken no action against China's militarization of the disputed Spratly Islands. Expect the same with "Palestine".

The Im Tirtzu movement revealed the involvement of 20 Israeli academics in the proposed resolution of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) to join the boycott against Israel.

Gideon Levy, the Haaretz writer who hates everything Jewish about Israel, lost a debate at Oxford then reasoned it was due to Oxford Union being 'Racist'

An Excited Herzog - "I Will Protect a United Netanyahu"

The heated debate in the settlements revolved around participating in the Haredi anti-draft rally planned for Sunday - or not.

As frustrating as it may be for Israel’s critics, support for Zionism is baked into the DNA of American politics.

Overlooking incendiary rhetoric is exactly what led to the global delegitimization of Israel.

Dani Dayan and Caroline Glick were met with hostility at the event (organised by Intelligence Squared) that was contacted at the lecture hall of the Royal Geographical Society.

Capping a race that on a national level was largely defined by the economy but in the Jewish community turned into an extended debate over which candidate would steer the best course for U.S.-Israel relations, President Barack Obama defeated Republican challenger Mitt Romney on Tuesday to earn a second term.

There are two things Glenn Greenwald and I have in common – which is two more than I realized only an hour ago. He has the flu, according to his latest ‘Comment is Free’ post, and I have flu-like symptoms due to a recent ill-advised flu shot. The other more substantive commonality pertains to one acknowledgement in his post – one of seven miscellaneous observations by the Guardian’s new U.S. blogger.

Barack Obama has a weak record in the Middle East, but one would not learn this from the debate, where Mitt Romney praised Obama's achievements ("It's wonderful that Libya seems to be making some progress"), agreed with Obama more than he disagreed, and rarely pointed out his failings. Presumably, Romney took this mild approach to establish his likability, competence, and suitability to serve as commander-in-chief.

We’ve reached a watershed here, where we either live in our own heads affirming reality, regardless of spurious inputs from demagoguery or sentiment, or we give up on reality and let demagoguery and sentiment take over at the decision table. Did the president pull off a performance last night, in terms of sounding passionate and full of conviction? To some extent, yes. Does that mean he won the debate, or even achieved a draw with Romney? No.