The pro-Israel community is worried about Defense Secretary-designate Robert Gates’ take on Iran, but experts say he was chosen less for his views than for his willingness to carry out administration policy.
The three heads of the leading Jewish seminaries discussed the challenges of teaching a new generation of Jews in a session that stepped outside the overriding focus on Israel at the UJC’s General Assembly.
Less than three months after the guns fell silent between Israel and Hezbollah, Israeli military intelligence has warned the government to be ready for a new outbreak of fighting as early as next spring — a conflict that could expand to the terroris