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CHAPTER 60: THE QUEST FOR A CULPRIT By Anne Roiphe IIn Chapter 59, Ina asked Sergei to help with researching her new idea about cell reproduction. * * *| Leonid did not take time for lunch. He needed a lawyer right away. A man had a good idea only so often. He did not intend…
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As the Left Says No to War, a Journal’s Editor Dissents
Mitchell Cohen is not the first commentator to make the case that the United States should use force to remove Saddam Hussein’s “fascist-like” regime from power — sooner rather than later — warning that “his menace, especially nuclear, will only swell” with time. What makes Cohen’s arguments noteworthy, if not original, is that they were…
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The Word in the Stone
Many of you have read by now of the “Jehoash inscription,” the black stone tablet with an ancient Hebrew text allegedly found by Palestinian workers while digging on the Temple Mount and purportedly dating to the reign of the Judean king Jehoash in the ninth century BCE. If this inscription is authentic, it would be…
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States Put Up Fight, Dollars To Defeat Divestment Push
New York is the latest state to adopt measures to counter the movement to force governments and universities to withdraw their investments in Israel. The state’s second highest-ranking official, Comptroller Alan Hevesi, told the Forward that he intends to increase the investments of the state’s $105 billion pension in Israel, and has spoken to entrepreneurs…
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Joe in 2004: Put a Lid on It
It was a moment that would make any Jewish breast swell with pride: No, not Senator Joseph Lieberman entering the race for the Democratic nomination for president of the United States, but the record-breaking time it took a company to cash in on it. At joebeanie.com, you can find a white leather yarmulke for $12.95…
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Divorce, Israeli Style: Populace Loses Its Illusion About Politics
Among the stars of this year’s Israeli election campaign was a pair of senior citizens. Back in 1999, after being happily married for nearly 60 years, the husband asked his wife for the first time in their life together whom she voted for that year. She foolishly decided to answer: the Labor candidate, Ehud Barak….
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Young Jewish Republicans Toss Off Their Family Ties
Matt Brooks, the 36-year-old head of the Republican Jewish Coalition, has what in his circle amounts to a dirty little secret: His parents were once Democrats. “I’ve always been Republican,” Brooks told the Forward. This from a boy whose mother volunteered for John F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign and whose grandparents were active in local Philadelphia…
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Putting ‘the Rules’ In Perspective
With this week’s Torah reading, called Mishpatim, or “Rules,” the presentation of the laws of ancient Israel formally commences. Earlier sections of the Torah have occasional laws imbedded in them, such as the law of circumcision in Genesis 17 or the laws pertaining to Pesach in Exodus 12. But these items are few in number…
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Terrorism Stokes New Set of Fears Among Jews: Poll
Alarmed by the growing specter of terrorism abroad and at home, American Jews report feeling high levels of anxiety and fear of further attacks — on their nation, their community and themselves. The September 11 attacks, ongoing violence in Israel and reports of antisemitic threats worldwide have combined to create a widespread feeling of vulnerability…
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At Home and Abroad, Bush Has Some Explaining To Do
President Bush is involved in a two-front war. One is being fought on the international front and the other upon the domestic front. The former is the war against Iraq; the latter is the war against a threatening “depression” devil. And he is losing both. Who says so? It’s not The New York Times and…
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Getting His Heroes on Canvas
The figures are striking, even when they’re not. With stocky bodies, some swarthy, some pale, their thick muscles flexed, the fighters strut and glare and pose with their gloves. Their hair is greased back, their eyes focused on their opponent, the viewer. And, on many, embroidered right below the thick waistbands of their dark trunks…
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