Walter Ruby
By Walter Ruby
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Opinion Linda Sarsour Is Not Our Enemy
How far are American Jews willing to go to discredit those perceived as adversaries of Israel? Are we ready to condone down and dirty investigations to dredge up compromising material on people sometimes inappropriately labelled as “enemies”? Conversely, might not constructive engagement be a more effective tactic than scorched earth attacks vis-a-vis fellow Americans with…
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Opinion A Muslim, a Jew and a Christian Walk Into a Texas Mosque…
Like other liberal East Coasters with limited experience of Texas, I have tended to snidely dismiss the entire state as a jingoistic bastion of reaction. Yet a December 13 visit to Irving, a city of 232,000 abutting Dallas, forcefully reminded me that there is another Texas, at once religiously devout and deeply humane. Amid an…
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News With Elections Looming, Tunisia Is an Arab Spring Success Story — For Now
For an old Moscow hand who had the privilege to cover the last days of the Soviet Union for the Forward 25 years ago, Tunis feels a bit like perestroika. From every restaurant and hotel lobby, television screens blare commentators of all persuasions arguing passionately about politics with raised voices and rapid-fire gesticulations as the…
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