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Labor Chairman Battles Rebellion Within His Party
JERUSALEM — Labor Party chairman Amir Peretz is facing an internal rebellion led by five high-profile lawmakers who are criticizing his leadership on several fronts. The lawmakers — three retired generals, a former university president and an experienced diplomat — say the party is losing much of its credibility because it has not done enough…
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WJC Sees Opposition Grow Over Lawsuit
After weathering an investigation by the New York attorney general’s office, the World Jewish Congress soon may confront a political campaign led by a former British Member of Parliament. The ex-parliament member and current Jewish activist, Eric Moonman, told the Forward he will begin organizing a campaign against the WJC — drawing together American and…
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In Praise of the East Village Tatele: Man of Many Marvels
As Father’s Day nears, I contemplate the delightful ways fatherhood is changing. Men are increasingly involved in their kids’ lives, having more meals with their kids than their predecessors did, choosing more family time over more money. (I’ve used the stats in a previous column, so I won’t repeat them here. And yes, I’m generalizing…
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Promoting Economic Growth Is An Investment in Societal Mores
Why are we so often at cross-purposes, and at times seemingly embarrassed, about our attitude toward economic growth? Even in those parts of the world where the need to improve nutrition, literacy and life expectancy is urgent, there is often a grudging aspect to the recognition that achieving superior growth is a top priority. And…
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DER YIDDISH-VINKL June 16, 2006
Jewish women in the New York needle trades were among the first women to organize into unions. A song based on a poem by David Edelshtat (1866-1892) titled “Arbeter Froyen” appeared in the anarchist Di Fraye Arbeter Shtime (Free Voice of Labor) in May 1891. The text, along with music, appears in “Pearls of Yiddish…
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Think Tank Under Fire Over Lack Of Women
A prestigious Israeli institute was scrambling this week to find female participants for a high-powered parley on the future of the Jewish people after being heavily criticized for failing to include any women. In recent days the Jewish People Policy Planning Institute, a Jerusalem-based policy consortium that boasts former American diplomat Dennis Ross as its…
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Museum Dinner Gets Toes a-Tappin’
The Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust hosted its May 15 annual Heritage Dinner
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Unintended Outcomes, or How Unilateral Becomes Bilateral
Middle East politics follows just one law — the Law of Unintended Consequences. A corollary states that the law’s power is particularly great when someone seeks to evade it — for instance, when a leader acts unilaterally, imposing his own will, to keep his opponent from disturbing his plans. If these axioms needed more proof,…
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In Plane Sight
On its face, the nuclear deal signed by the Bush administration and India, now heading for approval before Congress, sets a good precedent for Israel. In effect, Washington is rewarding a country that developed nuclear weapons in circumvention of the landmark nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, sanctioning its arsenal after the fact because of its responsible behavior….
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Religious Conservatives Rush To Cheer Automaker’s Troubles
For Detroit’s executives and union leaders, plummeting auto sales and stock prices are foreboding harbingers of a faltering industry. But some Christian conservative activists are hailing the bad numbers as a victory. Three months after launching a boycott against Ford Motor Co. to protest the firm’s ties to gay and lesbian advocacy groups and publications,…
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Anger Over Schorsch Speech Fuels Questions About Seminary’s Role
As anger reverberates through Conservative Judaism in the wake of a downbeat farewell address last month by the retiring chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary, concerns are mounting over a perceived leadership vacuum within the movement and the seminary’s ability to maintain its leadership position. The chancellor, Rabbi Ismar Schorsch, addressing his final graduation ceremony…
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