Judea Pearl

The author is chancellor professor at UCLA, and president of the Daniel Pearl Foundation (www.danielpearl.org), named after his son. He and his wife, Ruth, are editors of I Am Jewish: Personal Reflections Inspired by the Last Words of Daniel Pearl (Jewish Light, 2004), winner of the National Jewish Book Award.

Jews crowd onto a British army armoured car as they celebrate in downtown Jerusalem the morning after the United Nations voted on November 29, 1947 to partition Palestine which paved the way for the creation of the State of Israel on May 15, 1948.

November 29 – the Jewish Thanksgiving Day

Finally, let us remind the Arab world that the UN voted for two states, not for a Jewish state only.

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Richard Holbrooke, a champion of truth

There are people whom you encounter once and know you will never forget. US President Barack Obama’s special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan was one of those people.

FEBRUARY 1, 2011