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LESSONS FROM TEVYE: The comic Yiddish stories of Sholem Aleichem are especially consoling in a period of economic hardship, Joel Schechter writes. Read More L’Affaire Madoff and the ‘Enabling Wives’ By Gabrielle Birkner Jeffrey Goldberg on the Nizzar Rayyan He Knew By Daniel Treiman	In Gaza Ground Invasion, Israel Cites Successes Israel’s Intelligence Chief: Hamas Government Is No Longer Functioning Marcy Oster, JTA \| Sun. Jan 04, 2009 At least 50 Hamas terrorists have been killed since Israeli forces entered the Gaza Strip, beginning the long-anticipated ground phase of Operation Cast Lead. An Israeli soldier died and some 33 Israeli soldiers have been injured, two seriously, since the ground invasion began Saturday night with a column of troops marching into northern Gaza following a day of heavy Israeli shelling near the border. Read more Israel’s Stark Choice in Gaza: Cease-Fire or Regime Change? News Analysis Larry Cohler-Esses and Nathan Guttman \| Wed. Dec 31, 2008 It was on the third and fourth days of its retaliatory air offensive in Gaza that the fork in the road for Israel became clear: another cease-fire agreement, or regime change. Read more Transgender Jews Now Out of Closet, Seeking Communal Recognition P.A. Denies Border Crossing to Injured Gazans Wizard, Gangster, Psychiatrist In the new film, “Good,” Jason Isaacs plays a self-hating Jewish psychiatrist who treats a Nazi Party official. In an interview, Isaacs, who plays a wizard in the Harry Potter films, discusses the often-thin line between perpetrator and victim. Read more

Editorial Obama’s Gaza Opportunity December 31, 2008 When Israel unleashed its warplanes on Gaza on December 27, a collective gasp could be heard around the globe. The sudden fury of the bombardment brought visions of another Lebanon-style debacle: neighborhoods in rubble, mass civilian deaths, angry mobs surrounding Western embassies, furious diplomatic brinkmanship leading to a humiliating Israeli withdrawal. More in Editorial Advertisement Most Read Articles On Gaza, Sense and Centrism Israel’s Stark Choice in Gaza: Cease-Fire or Regime Change? Transgender Jews Now Out of Closet, Seeking Communal Recognition As Bush Exits, Four High-Profile Felons Hope For Pardons Obama’s Gaza Opportunity Web Exclusives Profile Jason Isaacs: Wizard, Gangster, Nazi-Era Psychiatrist MELODY MACHER Rosenberg vs. Goldberg in Cleveland: A Veteran Classical Music Critic Is Off the Beat Q&A Ed Zwick Turns His Lens on a Quartet of Jewish Partisans Siegelmania Will Subway Riders Take a Stand? Sounds of Hanukkah Yo La Tengo, Golem, Scenes From the Sephardic Music Festival Yid Vid A Great Miracle Didn't Happen There

Forward Forum On Gaza, Sense and Centrism Eric Yoffie A Danger Greater Than Denial Deborah E. Lipstadt Holding Hamas Accountable Matthew Levitt Changing the Game, or More of the Same? Leonard Fein For Sderot, Help Is Not on the Way Martin van Creveld We Are All Madoff’s Enablers Moses L. Pava Arts & Culture Painter of the Caribbean Two Minority Reports From 1948 The Return of Menachem Mendel Art, Truth, Beauty in Schapiro’s Letters Martyrology Stuart the Jewish Turtle More Fast Forward Living Like a Lord Teen Lit Takes the Road Less Traveled In His Own Voice Wild at Heart: Eating the Park Shopper’s Remorse A Good Read More The Shmooze Hundreds of Little Dreidels Stamps of Approval Sibling Act Steals the Show Meyer Lansky’s Off-Broadway Debut New Magazine on Campus ‘Big Brother’ Draws Ratings, Protesters More News Israel’s Stark Choice in Gaza: Cease-Fire or Regime Change? As Bush Exits, Four High-Profile Felons Hope For Pardons A Murder in Yemen Stirs a Tiny Remnant Transgender Jews Now Out of Closet, Seeking Communal Recognition Israeli Martial Arts Gurus Duke It Out For Real Charities Change Course After Madoff More

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