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Articles by Robert Israel
Profile
Bill Cain: A Jesuit Playwright Explores War and Redemption
In April 2010, Father Robert Ver Eecke welcomed fellow Jesuit priest and playwright Bill Cain to a public forum at Boston College (BC). Modeled on …
By Robert Israel
Profile
A Scholarly and Judaic Approach to Political Punditry
Brooke Baldwin, CNN’s news anchor, was chagrined. During the presidential election, despite a plethora of fact checking of candidates’ statements from both political parties and …
By Robert Israel
Essay
Romney and the Jewish Vote: What I Learned From My 1994 Interview
Flash back to summer, 1994. Mitt Romney strode down the corridor, aide in tow, and greeted me in the cramped newsroom. He was eager and …
By Robert Israel