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Her Vision
A photographer, journalist, activist and former American government official, Ruth Gruber has worn many hats. But regardless of the role she assumes, one factor never varies: Her humanitarian spirit inevitably informs everything she does. Born in Brooklyn in 1911, Gruber recorded and participated in numerous significant events in Jewish history during the 20th century. She…
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Modernity Starts Here
“And Yisrael bowed down on the head of the bed.” Genesis 47:31 Jacob sits on his deathbed; his feet, one thinks, must be on the floor. He is speaking to his favorite son, Joseph, who sits nearby, perhaps at the foot of the bed. Despite the press of time, Joseph betrays no impatience. He…
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You Think Bush is Unpopular…
On his worst day, the president has a disapproval rating of about 60%. Prime Minister Olmert tops that by a bunch, with 77% of Israelis finding fault with his leadership. Only 1% would rank Olmert’s performance as “very good.”
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The Jeffersonian Koran
The executive committee of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council has already criticized Dennis Prager, a conservative pundit and council member, for arguing that a Muslim lawmaker should not take his congressional oath of office on a Koran. It turns out Prager’s argument isn’t making much headway at the Library of Congress. It turns out that…
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Why Blame the Zionists? (Saddam Didn’t)
The ADL has issued a report on attempts in the Arab media to portray Saddam Hussein’s execution as a Zionist plot. As for Hussein, in his last, defiant words, the deposed Iraqi dictator had nothing to say about the Zionists, the Jews, Israel, Aipac etc. Instead, he declared, “Down with the traitors, the Americans and…
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Nadler Calls Out Gonzales
Rep. Jerry Nadler issued a statement saying that he’s still waiting for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to answer questions about America’s policy of handing terror suspects over to other countries to be tortured, a practive known as rendition. On the bright side for doves who favor diplomacy in the Middle East, it’s at least one…
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Pulling a Fast One on the GOP in Pa.
A young Jewish Democratic lawmaker to watch in Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro, helps turn the tables on Republicans in the State House.
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More Tributes to Ford
Shimon Peres praises the late President Ford. And, a little late compared to other Jewish groups, today the Reform movement’s liberal Religious Action Center issued a statement on the passing of President Ford: In response to today’s funeral of former President Gerald Ford, Rabbi David Saperstein, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism,…
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Jackie Mason: Obama Oy!
Jackie Mason has issued his verdict on Barack Obama. Let’s just say he’d rather eat a prune danish than see the Illinois senator in the White House (Hat Tip American Thinker): “If he was a tall white man or a short Jew, do you think after two years in the Senate having accomplished nothing that…
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Carter Can’t Win (Now He Has a Palestinian Angry at Him)
President Carter has been insisting that the “Apartheid” in the title of his new book, “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid,” refers to Gaza and the West Bank – NOT Israel. Carter’s defense may allay the concerns of a few Jewish detractors (doubtful), but now he’s got at least one Palestinian upset (Hat Tip Indybay.org).
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Borat’s Buffoonery
Among readers of the Forward, I may be the last on the block to see Sacha Baron Cohen’s film, “Borat”; in Israel it started showing only two weeks ago. Actually, I had been waiting for it impatiently. After all, how many box office hits are there that have Hebrew as their secret language? All the…
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