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Wes Clark: Striking Iran Bad for Israel
Watch or read the transcript of Wesley Clark’s recent video blog post opposing military action against Iran. He says a strike would be bad for Israel… “Well, I wouldn’t say that you never can use military force, but I can’t see the circumstances right now where it would benefit Israel. It’s far better if we…
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Hillary Rodham Clinton: I’m a Feminist
Senator Hillary Clinton has recently picked up endorsements from tennis legend Billie Jean King and the National Organization for Women. And yes, she’s a feminist. Meanwhile, Steve Forbes endorses Giuliani.
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Reform Rabbi Denied Jerusalem Honor
Jerusalem — He had recommendations from Israel’s ambassador to Washington, a former minister of justice, and an ultra-Orthodox leader — but in the end it didn’t help him. For the second time in two years, octogenarian Rabbi Asher “Dick” Hirsch did not receive the honorary title of Ot Yakir Jerusalem, given to residents who have…
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Kerry Gets His Revenge on a Fox
President Bush withdrew his ambassadorial nomination of businessman Sam Fox this morning. Fox, a major Republican donor and supporter of the Republican Jewish Coalition, had come under fire for donating to Swift Boat Veterans for Truth during the 2004 presidential campaign.
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The Roots Of the Concord
Squeeze a Concord grape, and it practically screams kosher wine. Jelly sweet, the much maligned Concord has been the traditional kosher wine of choice at American Passover Seders for what seems like forever. So brace yourself for irony: The Concord has a suspected antisemitic horticultural past. Before there was Schapiro’s, the first American kosher vintner,…
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Stock Club Doubles the Pleasure
Investment clubs find all kinds of tricks to choose what to put their money into, from stocks their kids pick to socially conscious companies, and even brands that represent the products they use every day in their kitchens. But members of a group of investors in Cincinnati have found that their unique focus — investing…
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Group Goes Ape For Goodall
FRANCE REMEMBERS “LES JUSTES” — ACKNOWLEDGES ANTISEMITIC BARBARISM At a private March 4 reception held at the French Embassy in New York, Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, France’s minister for culture and media, conferred the rank of officer of the Legion of Honor upon Philippe de Montebello,* the longest-serving director in the 135-year history of the…
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The Grand Scheme of Leviticus
A brilliant insight by one of the major biblical commentators of the Middle Ages is the discovery by Ramban (that is, Nahmanides, 1194-1270) that the tripartite division of the Tabernacle reflects the similar tripartite division of Mount Sinai. According to Exodus 19 and 24, during the revelation of the Decalogue, (a) the people as a…
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Ugly Allegations Fly as Fabled WJC Duo Splits
A surprise firing last week is threatening to tear apart the World Jewish Congress and appears to have shattered one of the most powerful partnerships in Jewish communal life. For decades, billionaire beverage mogul Edgar Bronfman and Rabbi Israel Singer were a dynamic duo, fighting global campaigns side by side while sharing a personal bond…
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Soros and Media Heavyweights Attack Pro-Israel Lobby’s Influence on U.S. Policy
Washington – The simmering debate over American policy toward Israel and the role of the Jewish community in shaping it exploded with near-nuclear force this week. Several of the nation’s best-known international affairs commentators fired salvos at pro-Israel lobbyists and defenders of Israel fired back with unprecedented fury. In the space of three days, major…
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Bagpipers and Babushkas Mourn Fallen Cop
On Sunday morning, March 18, Kings Highway in southern Brooklyn terminated in a thick blue line. At the intersection of Flatbush and Flatlands Avenues, in front of the modest I.J. Morris funeral home, more than 1,000 of New York’s finest gathered to remember and honor one of their own. The previous Wednesday, auxiliary police officer…
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