Leonard Fein
By Leonard Fein
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Opinion Let Us Say, ‘Eureka!’
From the Hampton University website: “The year was 1861. The American Civil War had shortly begun and the Union Army held control of Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. In May of that year, Union Major General Benjamin Butler decreed that any escaping slaves reaching Union lines would be…
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Opinion That Which Is Great and Good, and Obscured by Scandal
It is a rather strange thing to say these days, but I have long been a fan of the Catholic Church. That does not mean I am drawn to its theology, attracted by its ritual or indifferent to its moral and political lapses — and worse — over the centuries. Nor does it mean I…
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Opinion Shared Values
Let’s talk about Jewish values. I don’t mean the oft-cited “shared values” that tie Israel and America together. As every American president and every Israeli prime minister has said, the relationship between the two nations is rooted in more than strategic convenience; it is informed by the values the two nations hold in common. A…
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Opinion Code Red: Threats Abroad, Threats at Home
Finally, a diagnosis: My malady is Attention Overload Disorder. I try, honestly I do, to keep up with the news. But before I can absorb the Icelandic volcano eruption, I have to absorb the Goldman Sachs corruption. And all the while, Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh and the Tea Party and the Birthers, and always…
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Opinion Sing It Loud: ‘I Am a Jew’
Perhaps you’ve already seen and heard it. So, as of this writing, have some 2,700 people, courtesy of YouTube. It is one of those songs that comes to remind us of some basic, non-parseable ideas. Watch the video here: And here, for your pleasure, is a translation of the Hebrew lyrics you’ll hear there, sung…
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Opinion What Happened to Our Organizer-in-Chief?
My enthusiasm for Candidate Obama derived from one principal consideration. I figured that this young upstart would have a hard time with the lions of the Congress, but that he would then invoke his experience as a community organizer, mobilize the vast community that was so enthralled and excited by his candidacy, and have them…
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Opinion Heeding Hillary’s Words
For a wisp of a moment, it seemed as if the two-state solution had been taken off life-support. Still bedridden, to be sure, but no longer leaning at death’s unlocked door. The ideological one-staters had been emboldened by the rising numbers of tired two-staters who had abandoned the cause not out of conviction but out…
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Opinion The Fein Haggadah
After a decade of working with a Haggadah that was scissored and pasted, the traditional text, poetry by Yehuda Amichai, a Moses story by Anthony Burgess, a selection from Primo Levi, stories of here and there, and a good deal of my own language, I am this year setting all that aside. Giving it —…
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