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Top Genocide Scholars Battle Over How To Characterize Israel’s Actions
Did Jews commit genocide in 1948? The question is provocative, and the answer for most people is an unequivocal no. But a debate over this idea has formed the crux of a heated argument among the most eminent genocide scholars in the world, and led recently to the censure of an Israeli professor by the…
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USCJ Wants To Bring ‘Indie Minyans’ Into the Fold. But Will They Join?
In a bid to revitalize its aging and shrinking congregations, Conservative Judaism is embarking on an effort to draw prayer groups from the burgeoning independent minyan scene into the Conservative fold. But it’s far from clear if the prayer groups are interested in what the Conservative movement is selling. The draft strategic plan issued by…
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Zev Yaroslavsky: From Soviet Jewry Activist to L.A. Mayor?
The movement to free Soviet Jewry was just heating up in 1971 when Zev Yaroslavsky and a crew of co-conspirators steered a rented motorboat across Los Angeles Harbor, attached themselves with a pair of toilet plungers to the hull of a Soviet freighter and, with hasty strokes of spray paint, delivered a seaborne message to…
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Hebrew-Language Charter Schools Overcome Stigma and Plan To Proliferate
Hebrew charter schools are not going away. Enthusiasm for these publicly funded institutions, which are aimed at immersing a diverse group of students in Hebrew, is rising with the general tide of support for charter schools all over the country. They appear determined to ride out any controversy they may have provoked and prove they…
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A New Move to Sever U.S. Business From Iran
Even in times of bitter partisan bickering, there is one issue that easily gets bipartisan support: the Iranian nuclear threat. Two Republicans and two Democrats joined forces today to introduce a new piece of legislation meant to keep the pressure on the regime in Tehran. The Iran Transparency and Accountability Act is co-sponsored in the…
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Couples Seek ‘Wives,’ Not Assistants
In late January, an advertisement popped up in the Washington, D.C., section of Craigslist. Written by a journalist with a “busy schedule,” it was, ostensibly, a search for a “personal assistant.” But really, it was an advertisement for a $15 an hour wife. The ideal candidate was a cross between my grandmother, Jillian Michaels of…
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Attacking the Straw [Poll] Man, Ron Paul
Jewish Democrats are sounding off alarms over the rising popularity that Republican libertarian Ron Paul is gaining within his party. Paul — that’s longtime representative from Texas Ron Paul, not his son Rand, a freshman senator from Kentucky — won the Conservative Political Action Conference straw poll last week, with 30% voting for him as…
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Rumsfeld Looks Back — and Ahead
Donald Rumsfeld, who served as Secretary of Defense under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2006, kicked off the book tour for his memoir, Known and Unknown, at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia on February 9. Historian Michael Beschloss, the author of eight books on American presidents, moderated the event. The title “Known…
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Reporters’ Roundtable: Fallen Jewish Soldiers; Liberal Judaism in Decline?
The Forward’s Maia Efrem speaks with host Josh Nathan-Kazis about her feature on the 37 American Jewish service members who died in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001. Then Josh speaks with news editor Larry Cohler-Esses about the growing organizational crisis affecting America’s liberal denominations. Subscribe to Forward podcasts on iTunes
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Barely a Minyan For Allies of Israel
Israel has many friends in Congress. In fact, any pro-Israel letter or resolution easily gains hundreds of supporters in the House and a large majority in Senate. But on Wednesday night, supporters of Israel managed to fill only half a room in one of the congressional office buildings at the Allies of Israel Caucus reception…
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