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The “omnicause” has a way of finding the Jews.
October 19, 2026
Alfred Fried was a proud Jew, but wrong.
Among those experts on international law who are eager to ignore its doctrines in order to wield it against Israel is the recent Nobel Peace Prize-winner Navi Pillay. Allan Arkush turns from the disgust among Jews and their friends at the Nobel committee’s latest decision to the first two Jews to win this prize:
The “omnicause” has a way of finding the Jews.
Even those who should know better insist on getting it wrong.
Alfred Fried was a proud Jew, but wrong.
A setback for Ben Gamla, but not for the cause.
Seven decades after Rabbi Soloveitchik’s “The Voice of My Beloved Knocks.”
Among those experts on international law who are eager to ignore its doctrines in order to wield it against Israel is the recent Nobel Peace Prize-winner Navi Pillay. Allan Arkush turns from the disgust among Jews and their friends at the Nobel committee’s latest decision to the first two Jews to win this prize:
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