Opinion

• Letters

  February 22, 2008

  Reject Saudi’s Phrase Being of Greek extraction, I know that the etymology of Philologos can be “lover of reason,” so let’s proceed along those lines in discussing his February 1 column (“Rejecting the ‘Arab Jew’”). I agree that the term “Arab Jew” is a contradiction and cannot logically stand on its own. Perhaps the term…

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• Opinion

  Turning Back the Clock

  The best that can be said about the Vatican’s revival of the traditional prayer for the conversion of the Jews, the so-called Tridentine Mass, is that it is deeply disappointing. The medieval text, traditionally the centerpiece of the pre-Easter Good Friday ritual, inspired centuries of Jewish humiliation and suffering at the hands of inflamed Christian…

  Feb 15, 2008 | 4 min read
• Letters

  February 15, 2008

  Give Equal Opportunity Commission Its Due Opinion columnist Kathleen Peratis states that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission “is mentioned in the major media no more than a few times a year” (“Bring Civil Rights Enforcement Out of the Shadows ,” February 1). In fact, a LexisNexis search shows that the EEOC was mentioned 1,282…

  Feb 15, 2008 | 3 min read

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• Jay Michaelson Epstein and Iran are an antisemitism mega-crisis. Here’s what Jewish organizations should do about it. 

  

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  Tom Lantos, a Patriot of Two Nations

  Tom Lantos was a loyal son to both his adopted home, the United States, and his native country, Hungary, even though the latter was, at one time, so painfully and tragically disloyal to him. As a young man, Lantos was forced to flee from here, and yet, his later relationship with Hungary was marked by…

  By Ferenc Gyurcsány Feb 13, 2008 | 2 min read
• Opinion

  It’s Time To Stand Up for the People of Sderot

  Last week the Israeli town of Sderot was once again subject to the inhumane violence of Palestinian terrorists. Rockets rained down on a children’s playground, injuring two young sisters and sending their mother into shock. Enough is enough. It’s time for the global community to stand up to Palestinian extremists and fight to protect the…

  By Scott Garrett Feb 13, 2008 | 2 min read
• Opinion

  A Plea From the Pulpit for Balance

  A Web site affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA) recently declared that “The Jewish community in the Diaspora must get a life.” It was wrong, and it was insulting, but I am more concerned about what lies behind the statement. There is a mindset even more wrong, and it is sadly growing among my fellow…

  By David Greenhaw Feb 13, 2008 | 3 min read
• Opinion

  Plagued by the Widespread Virus of Doubt

  ‘Mom, today Naomi broke the Ten Commandments five times! She lied three times and stole two times.” That was our 6-year-old son Ezra’s prosecutorial summation of his 5-year-old sister’s activities, delivered to my wife Nika as the kids were being tucked in one recent evening. Nika reminded Ezra that tattling is also not nice, and…

  By David Klinghoffer Feb 13, 2008 | 4 min read
• Opinion

  If the Health of the Nation Were Really an Issue

  By now, we’ve been told repeatedly that there’s not a dime’s worth of difference between the policies of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. There’s really only one exception, and because it stands alone, the interviewers and the pundits keep coming back to it. That is, of course, the healthcare proposals that the two have put…

  By Leonard Fein Feb 12, 2008 | 4 min read
• Opinion

  The Gaza Fence

  Gaza’s convulsions have kept much of the world community riveted in horrified fascination for the past month, wondering what it all means and what could possibly happen next. Scenes of Palestinians leveling the barrier wall along the Gaza-Egypt border, flooding across by the tens of thousands and overwhelming Egyptian security forces, have provided some of…

  Feb 9, 2008 | 2 min read
• Opinion

  The Danger of the Deficit

  Entering his last year in office, President Bush might have been expected to acknowledge the bleak political landscape and to tread modestly. He has lost both houses of Congress, the confidence of most Americans and much of the world’s good will. His agenda has been repudiated, at home and abroad, and there’s no time left…

  Feb 8, 2008 | 3 min read
• Letters

  February 8, 2008

  Note Jewish Scientists I could not agree more with Arts & Culture writer David Kaufmann’s review of the PBS series “The Jewish Americans” (“A History of Us: ‘The Jewish Americans’ Hits the High Notes,” January 25). What PBS did, they did well; what they left out was even more incredible. Kaufmann properly laments the omission…

  Feb 8, 2008 | 4 min read