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Editorial


The Communal Cost of 'Free'

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.Read More


If It's Okay for Mofaz...

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.Read More


Victory!

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.Read More


Rocking the Vote?

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.Read More


No Secrets

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.Read More


An Anthem for All?

FORWARD EDITORIAL: Never underestimate the power of music to bind a nation and embrace its aspirations. Does the Israeli national anthem, Hatikvah, do that? Read More


The Message From Hamas

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.Read More


The Press on Trial

FORWARD EDITORIAL: The situation for journalists in the Palestinian territories has become much worse recently. That’s no way to run a supposed democracy.Read More


What's Missing at Macy's

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.Read More


Beinart's Other Proposal

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.Read More



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