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Securing the Future of the Center for Jewish History: Independence Is Invaluable
In late September, New York University circulated a confidential proposal to members of the boards of the Center for Jewish History. Euphemistically titled “Securing the Growth of the Center for Jewish History,” the proposal in fact spells out the end of the center as it now exists while securing the growth of NYU. The Center…
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Letters November 23, 2007
Protect Pakistan’s Nukes Three cheers for a November 16 editorial on Pakistan (“The Bomb and the Taliban”). The most compelling idea that should inform our policy toward Pakistan is the urgent need to keep that country’s nuclear arsenal out of the hands of the Islamist extremists. That requires some stability, which rests, inter alia, on…
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Opinion ‘Killing the World’
Evidence of global warming over the past century is “unequivocal,” and the process is largely the result of human activity. If sharp cuts in greenhouse gas emissions aren’t begun within the next decade, the century ahead will see a dramatic rise in violent storms, heat waves, droughts and floods that will kill millions of people…
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Opinion For Those AIDS Victims Less Lucky Than I
There are about 1 million people living with HIV today in America. I am one of them. In 1981, I was a psychiatry resident in San Antonio. I had never really planned on studying medicine. But after receiving a fine arts degree from Brandeis and later a graduate degree in public health, going to medical…
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Opinion Prepare for the Day Iran Goes Nuclear, for Eventually It Will
President Bush’s time in office is running out, and so far he has been unable to convince the Pentagon, Congress or the American people of the need to leap into the Iranian lake before he can get out of the Iraqi puddle. Of course, Israel may carry out a strike against Iran on its own….
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Opinion Europe Is Not Impressed by Walt and Mearsheimer
Last week John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt came here to Vienna, as well as to Frankfurt and Berlin, to promote the German-language version of their controversial book “The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy.” The two American academics had reason to expect a warmer reception than they had received back home, and true to expectations…
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Opinion Time Does Not Favor the Jewish State
Habonim Camp Moshava, which I attended as a camper many years ago, was then located on Maryland’s Severn River. The landmark (or watermark, I suppose) was significant, since the Severn was frequently infested with antisemitic jellyfish. (“Jellyfish” are actually not fish at all, since they are not vertebrates. They have no brain, either, but oh…
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Letters November 16, 2007
Recognize Importance Of the Temple Mount I was pleased to read Tzvi Hersh Weinreb and Stephen Savitsky’s vigorous defense of the future of a continued, unified Jerusalem (“We Cannot Forget Jerusalem,” November 9). I was utterly dismayed, however, by their description of the Western Wall as Judaism’s holiest site. We have come to expect such…
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Opinion The Bomb and the Taliban
Distant though it may seem from our day-to-day reality, Pakistan’s sudden descent into political chaos this month presents America and the West with a diplomatic and security challenge unlike any other on our crisis-ridden horizon. Simply put, the world’s second-largest Muslim nation — and the only one with nuclear weapons — is teetering on the…
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Opinion Defining a Nation
Every time Middle East peace negotiations loom, leaders on both sides begin to strut and posture, loudly proclaiming how little they intend to give away. It’s intended partly to placate the domestic opposition before the tough decisions arrive, and partly to soften up the other side. The latest example is Palestinian spokesman Saeb Erekat, a…
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Opinion In Annapolis, Damascus Is More Important Than Ramallah
America and its moderate friends and allies in the Middle East are already in bad enough shape without the setback awaiting them at Annapolis in a few weeks. It is not too late, however, to rethink this summit. As matters now stand, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will sit down in Annapolis with Palestinian President…
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