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  Mortgages and the Jewish Question

  For most of us, the current crisis in America’s housing market is a distant echo, a barely understood series of headlines that might as well be in Greek, in a section of the newspaper often left unread. But the crisis is real. It threatens hundreds of thousands of American families who are in danger of…

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  Time for Uncertainty

  Elul, the last month of the traditional Jewish calendar, began this past week, straddling as usual the end of August and the beginning of September. It is a harsh season, when the first joys of summer have worn off and the comfort of fall is still far ahead. It is a time of searing heat…

  Aug 15, 2007 | 2 min read
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  Planting Tomatoes on a Hilltop Overlooking Shechem

  ‘Let’s make a garden,” my 22-year-old daughter Ayelet suggested during my weekly visit to their little home in Yitzhar, a Jewish community near the ancient city of Shechem, or Nablus as it’s called today. Nestled in the valley between two mountains, Eval and Grezim, Shechem is the place where Jacob bought property, where Joseph is…

  By Moshe Dann Aug 15, 2007 | 2 min read

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  Swiss Bank Claimants Deserve Better

  In November 2000 a group of Swiss banks settled a class-action lawsuit by agreeing to pay $1.25 billion to Holocaust victims, including $800 million to those who deposited funds in the banks prior to World War II and did not receive them afterward. The Zurich-based Claims Resolution Tribunal, or CRT, was appointed to administer the…

  By Laura Davis, and Phyllis Brochstein, and Yisroel Schulman Aug 15, 2007 | 3 min read
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  Is it Still Adultery if the Spouse Has Alzheimer’s?

  Every 7.5 seconds, an American turns 60. Member of the first wave of baby boomers are joining their parents in creating a demographic tipping point unprecedented in our history. We now see the longest living, most mobile and most spiritually challenging multi-generational cohort of older adults in American history. How we respond to this challenge…

  By Richard Address Aug 15, 2007 | 3 min read
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  We’re Suffering From a Deficit of Authority

  You’ve heard of the trade deficit and attention deficit disorder. Well, several strands of discontent in American life can be traced to what I call the “Authority Deficit.” Whether the context is President Bush’s conduct of the Iraq war, cops unable to make city streets safe or parents struggling to rein in unruly children, authority…

  By David Klinghoffer Aug 15, 2007 | 3 min read
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  On Armenian Genocide, Politics Trumps Truth

  On the surface, it should be an easy call. Here, for example, is the text of a cable that Henry Morgenthau, Sr., then America’s ambassador to Turkey, sent to the State Department on July 10, 1915: “Persecution of Armenians assuming unprecedented proportions. Reports from widely scattered districts indicate systematic attempt to uproot peaceful Armenian population…

  By Leonard Fein Aug 15, 2007 | 4 min read
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  Farewell Unto Rove

  There is a guy whose name is Rove Some say that he’s the guy who drove The Bush regime to do its deeds It was Rove who sowed the seeds. He really proved that he was smart When he pushed Bush’s campaign cart For reelection midst a war For then Bush merely had to scream,…

  By Gus Tyler Aug 14, 2007 | < 1 min read
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  Congress Cutting Special Interest Ties

  For many years, lobbyists in Washington have had a free hand in the ways they employed to influence Congress. One of the most blatant was conveyed in a tactic called “bundling.” The lobbyist would solicit support for a candidate observing carefully the legal limits on how much an individual contributed. But, the lobbyist bundled the…

  By Gus Tyler Aug 11, 2007 | < 1 min read
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  Big Push For Preschool Education

  The United States has been a world pioneer in schooling for the people. It started in colonial days in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Every child was compelled to attend a school, starting at an early age. The reason was double: First, it was necessary to teach all children that humans were born in sin and…

  By Gus Tyler Aug 11, 2007 | < 1 min read
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  Frank Talk About Iran

  Iran’s participation in two rounds of official talks with the United States, the first such contacts in 27 years, could be a sign that the long-awaited thaw is finally underway in the Islamic Republic’s troubled relations with the West. If it is true, as Tehran’s leaders say, that Iran is prepared to help America stabilize…

  Aug 10, 2007 | 4 min read