By Jane Eisner
EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK: During New York’s first-ever ELI talk, David Bryfman eloquently challenged the conventional wisdom that the best things in Jewish life are free.
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FORWARD EDITORIAL: If Israel’s No. 2 leader can enunciate more progressive positions, American Jews with similar opinions should be allowed to do the same without fear.
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FORWARD EDITORIAL: George Washington’s letter on tolerance will be on public view, thanks to Richard Morgenstern, who loaned it to the Jewish Museum in Philadelphia.
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FORWARD EDITORIAL: Who will young people cast their ballots for in 2012? Time will tell, but we should make it easier, not harder, for young people to vote.
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FORWARD EDITORIAL: When someone is charged with a crime, the information should be public. This bedrock rule applies as much to Brooklyn’s Orthodox Jews as anyone else.
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FORWARD EDITORIAL: Never underestimate the power of music to bind a nation and embrace its aspirations. Does the Israeli national anthem, Hatikvah, do that?
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FORWARD EDITORIAL: Mousa Abu Marzook’s interview shows that Hamas now hopes to reach out. It also shows how much it needs to change before it could be a partner for peace.
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FORWARD EDITORIAL: The situation for journalists in the Palestinian territories has become much worse recently. That’s no way to run a supposed democracy.
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FORWARD EDITORIAL: C’mon Macy’s, show respect for your employees. Show us the plaque they bought to honor Isidor and Ida Straus after they died on the Titanic.
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FORWARD EDITORIAL: Peter Beinart is pushing for federal aid to Jewish day schools. Rather than upend the Constitution, Jews should probe why we don’t support our own schools.
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