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The Characteristics of a Mensch
This week’s portion contains the revelation on Sinai and the Ten Commandments, but it starts with Jethro, the Midianite priest who was the father-in-law of Moses, and as a consequence is named after Jethro. Why has the rabbinic tradition organized the reading in this way? To my mind, we are being told to pay close…
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Rice Briefs Jewish Groups as Palestinians Make Deal
Washington – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Thursday with leaders from major Jewish organizations to discuss the latest developments on the Israeli-Palestinian front. The meeting took place minutes after a formal announcement was made in Mecca regarding the agreement reached on a Palestinian national unity government. Rice, who had yet to read the new…
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The GOP’s Antiwar Sleeper Candidate
So far conventional wisdom says the suspense in the Democratic primaries will be over whom emerges as the antiwar challenger to Hillary Clinton, while in the GOP race the only mystery is if John McCain, Rudy Giuliani or Mitt Romney ends up being President Bush’s political heir. But as Chuck Hagel sounds more and more…
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Good Thing for Bush, Specter is Not the Decider
Senator Arlen Specter: “I cannot support sending additional troops to Iraq.”
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Edwards in Israel: No Nukes for Iran, Edwards in Russert Land: We’ll See
John Edwards last month at the Herzliya Conference in Israel: “Let me be clear: Under no circumstances can Iran be allowed to have nuclear weapons.” John Edwards last Sunday when asked on “Meet the Press” if President Edwards would allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon: “I — there’s no answer to that question at…
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Jimmy Carter to Marvin Hier: You’re No Simon Wiesenthal
Jimmy Carter to Marvin Hier: Your No Simon Wiesenthal The Simon Wiesenthal Center sent President Carter a petition signed by 25,000 people blasting his book. In response, Carter sent Rabbi Marvin Hier, dean of the SWC, saying: “I don’t believe that Simon Wiesenthal would have resorted to falsehood and slander to raise funds.” Maybe. But…
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Edwards Struggles to Show the Right Liberal Stripes …
… as he unveils the 2008 campaign’s first sweeping health care plan – and grapples with two campaign bloggers gone wild.
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Clinton: Media-Watcher-In-Chief?
Senator Hillary Clinton is slated to help unveil a new report detailing anti-Israel and anti-Western bias in the Palestinian Authority’s most recently produced textbooks. The report, produced by the non-profit group Palestinian Media Watch, analyzes eight textbooks released at the end of 2006. When: Feb. 8, 11:15 a.m. Where: Russell Senate Office Building, Veteran Affairs…
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If Only Dennis Prager and Other Hawks Listened to Dennis Prager
Dennis Prager is out with his latest column: an attack on liberals for not asking “what happens next.” Insert your Iraq/They’ll Greet Us With Flowers/Mission Accomplished/W./Dick Cheney/Donald Rumsfeld/Neocon-themed punchline here. Or, alternatively, how about something like: What happens next if I write a column saying that Muslims shouldn’t be allowed to take their oaths on…
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A 9/11 Conspiracy? ‘I Would Not Be Surprised,’ Says Tikkun Editor
Rabbi Michael Lerner, the longtime activist and editor of Tikkun magazine, has published an essay saying he is open to the possibility that the American government may have been behind the September 11 terrorist attacks. “I would not be surprised to learn that some branch of our government conspired either actively to promote or passively…
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Hey Peretz, Who You Calling Non-Zionist?
If the American Jewish Committee managed to get The New York Times to retract its use of the word “conservative” to describe the organization, perhaps we at the Forward could at least get an explanation from New Republic head honcho Marty Peretz for his recent assertion that we are “non-Zionist.” Is it because we’ve editorialized…
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