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  Let the WJC Live Up To Its Name

  In the Jewish world, as elsewhere, old structures are cracking in the face of new challenges. Most of these structures, unable to adapt to a new age, will break and be overtaken by new ones now being devised in the minds of young activists sitting in cafés in the world’s major cities. A select few…

  By Einat Wilf

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  An Exemplar of the Best of America

  No, it is way too soon to pop the cork and pour the champagne. True, President Bush has announced new American sanctions against Sudan and promised greater American effort to persuade the United Nations to take more vigorous action on behalf of Darfur. But three years after then-secretary of state Colin Powell declared that what’s…

  By Leonard Fein Jun 6, 2007 | 4 min read
• Letters

  June 8, 2007

  Access to Holocaust Archive Is Critical The failure of the International Tracing Service to respond promptly to survivors’ requests over the years prompted the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to lead the effort to open the archive (“Shoah Survivors Slam Museum’s Archive Plan,” May 25). Negotiations with 10 nations and the International Red Cross have…

  Jun 6, 2007 | 4 min read

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  Our Ownership Society

  It seems like eons ago, but there was a time — in living memory — when Jews in America and around the world had leaders who stood up before their people and the world and actually led, and were followed. They seemed like giants in their day, and perhaps they were. Most of all, they…

  Jun 6, 2007 | 5 min read
• Opinion

  A Word From Jefferson

  One of the cardinal principles underlying the Constitution of the U.S. is the separation of church and state. We apparently need to be reminded of this fact at this moment when many loud voices are calling on the American electorate to judge candidates for the election of 2008 based on their religious beliefs. This is…

  By Gus Tyler Jun 6, 2007 | < 1 min read
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  Whither The Wall Street Journal?

  The Wall Street Journal, almost from its beginning 125 years ago, has been one of the most highly respected dailies in the nation. As a devoted daily reader of the Journal, for at least half a century, I have increasingly come to respect the Journal for its balanced point of view. Over this long stretch…

  By Gus Tyler Jun 3, 2007 | < 1 min read
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  The Pope and I: A Debate With Jesus Is Joined By Benedict XVI

  I made up an imaginary conversation with Jesus and wound up debating the real-life Bishop of Rome, the pope. In my 1993 book “A Rabbi Talks With Jesus,” I imagined being present at the Sermon on the Mount, when Jesus taught Torah like Moses on Sinai. I explained why, for good and substantial reasons based…

  By Jacob Neusner Jun 1, 2007 | 5 min read
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  Tolerating Suffering in Tehran

  Four years ago Azar Nafisi’s “Reading Lolita in Tehran,” her account of secretly teaching Western literature to seven female students from the University of Tehran, enthralled people around the world. What made Nafisi’s book so appealing was its unflinching portrayal of the harsh reality that ordinary Iranians face. Today, that reality continues to deteriorate. And,…

  By Ari Fridman and Maxine Kaye Jun 1, 2007 | 3 min read
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  A Congress for Our Times

  Has the World Jewish Congress’s time come and gone? That’s a question people have asked me again and again over the past few months. I answer: Given world events, always remembering our history, it is vital that we focus on the future and move the WJC forward together. The WJC must be brought back to…

  By Ronald S. Lauder Jun 1, 2007 | 3 min read
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  Understanding Immigrants’ Plights, Through the Prism of Our Past

  Next week the Senate will return from its Memorial Day recess to continue debating a sweeping immigration reform proposal. This debate will have a profound impact on the economy, culture and security of our country, as well as on the lives of millions of immigrants who have seen, and continue to see, the United States…

  By Gideon Aronoff Jun 1, 2007 | 3 min read
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  The Sour Legacy of the Spring of ’67

  On June 1, 1967, the Beatles released “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.” The Wall Street Journal, reflecting on what it calls the Beatles’ most famous achievement, says that “When ‘Sgt. Pepper’ appeared, it was as if a massive block party had appeared outside your window.” I missed the block party, and was absent as…

  By Leonard Fein Jun 1, 2007 | 4 min read