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Opinion An African Asylum Seeker’s Hellish Journey to Israel
I was born and raised in Eritrea, where I was fortunate to be well educated. I studied business administration in college, and after graduation I taught high school math. At that time, I began helping opponents of the Eritrean regime flee the country. My life was at risk, and it became too dangerous for me…
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Opinion The Uneasy Life of a Jew in Egypt
The writer prefers to write anonymously because of the political situation in Egypt. I never knew him personally, but it seems I’ve lived a life quite like Andrew Pochter, the 21-year old Jewish American tragically killed in Alexandria, Egypt on Friday. “He went to Egypt because he cared profoundly about the Middle East, and he…
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Opinion Yeshiva Victim Overcomes Shame To Speak Out
The author claims to have been sodomized by Rabbi Macy Gordon, a former teacher at Yeshiva University High School for Boys, while a student at the school in the late 1970s and early ’80s. His was one of the accusations reported in the Forward’s December 21 issue, in “Student Claims of Abuse Not Reported by…
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