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The opinions expressed on this webpage represent those of the individual authors and, unless clearly labeled as such, do not represent the opinions or policies of Temple Beth Sholom.Unless they respond to outside pressure and reverse course, Yale University is shutting down the Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism <http://www.yale.edu/yiisa/>.Besides the following, we also recommend visiting "Save YIISA, Yale's Initiative for the Study of Antisemitism" on Facebook; reading "Antisemitism in America - Yale Kills YIISA," by Clemens Heni, published in SPME (Scholars for Peace in the Middle East) Faculty Voices at <http://www.spme.net/cgi-bin/articles.cgi?ID=8101>; and reading "Yale, Jews and double-standards," by Caroline B. Glick, published in the Jerusalem Post at <http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Article.aspx?id=224374>.For your information, we include:1. A letter to be presented to Yale President Richard Levin at a meeting next week. Please add your signature to the letter by contacting Katalin Baltimore at <kr.baltimore@gmail.com> and giving her your title, name, address,…

The opinions expressed on this webpage represent those of the individual authors and, unless clearly labeled as such, do not represent the opinions or policies of Temple Beth Sholom.By Shmuel Sackett, International Director, Manhigut Yehudit1 Iyar 5771 (May 5, 2011)One thing made Osama bin Laden public enemy #1. One thing made him a target for America's hit squad. One thing – and only one thing – made his assassination justified and praised by world leaders. He didn't just kill Jews. Had he limited his terrorism to Jews only, he would not have been targeted. The same world leaders who today take great pride in his death would have celebrated his life. He would not have been killed by President Obama; he would have dined with him. He would have been invited to the United Nations. He would have had a worldwide speaking tour. He would have won the Nobel peace…

The opinions expressed on this webpage represent those of the individual authors and, unless clearly labeled as such, do not represent the opinions or policies of Temple Beth Sholom. After covering the Eichmann trial, which opened in 1961 in Jerusalem, Naphtali Lavie, at the time a correspondent for Haaretz, wrote three articles in which he criticized the Zionist leadership for its failure to rescue European Jewry. But the articles were shelved: Lavie feared they would be damaging to many people who were still alive. To mark Holocaust Remembrance Day, which corresponds this year with the 50th anniversary of the Eichmann trial, Haaretz is publishing them for the first time. By Naphtali Lavie - Haaretz.com - Published 11:13 29.04.11The trial of Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann opened in the auditorium of Beit Ha'am in Jerusalem on April 11, 1961. Naphtali Lavie, at the time a reporter for Haaretz and himself a Holocaust…