Opinion

• Letters

  August 10, 2007

  Union Leadership Did Not Support a Boycott Two motions were tabled to Unison’s national delegate conference in June which addressed Israel and Palestine (“U.S. Unions Organize Against British Boycott,” July 27). Both motions were tabled by individual Unison local branches, as is their democratic right. They were not tabled by myself — as Unison’s deputy…

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• Opinion

  Israel Owes the U.S. a Blunt Word or Two on Iraq

  Sometime in the next two years, the United States will begin removing its armed forces from Iraq. Whether next month’s anticipated Petraeus report hastens or delays that departure, the rhetoric of virtually all leading presidential candidates appears to ensure the ultimate outcome. Israel, located barely 300 miles from Iraqi’s border with Jordan, is certain to…

  By Yossi Alpher Aug 9, 2007 | 4 min read
• Opinion

  Outwitting Outsourcing

  At the most recent televised debate among aspirants for the Democratic nomination for president, the subject of “outsourcing” played a prominent role. In goodly part, this may have been due to the fact that the program was sponsored by the AFL-CIO. Outsourcing is the common practice of multinational corporations, which have, over recent years, shut…

  By Gus Tyler Aug 9, 2007 | 2 min read

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  A 10-Point Plan for Universal Healthcare Coverage

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  By Laurence Kotlikoff Aug 8, 2007 | 4 min read
• Opinion

  No, You May Not Live in Our Midst

  By the time in 1948 that my family bought our very first house, the restrictive covenant on the deed had been declared unenforceable by the United States Supreme Court. Soon after we moved in, two neighbors came by to ask whether they could count on us voluntarily to abide by the terms of the covenant….

  By Leonard Fein Aug 8, 2007 | 4 min read
• Opinion

  The World’s Richest Man

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  By Gus Tyler Aug 7, 2007 | 2 min read
• Opinion

  Shut Down Army Programs for Diaspora Youth

  On my last trip to the United States, I met a young man who told me that he wanted to serve in the Israeli army. I told him to go to hell. Not in such blunt terms, of course. But my response caught the guy by surprise. After all, I’m the author of a memoir…

  By Haim Watzman Aug 3, 2007 | 3 min read
• Opinion

  Fund More Than Just Aliyah Efforts

  Born in Israel, I was raised to believe in the absolute primacy of Jewish life in Israel and in aliyah as the only legitimate choice for Jews living a life of exile outside it. It is only as a teenager that I encountered a somewhat different view of aliyah. Having been sent to the United…

  By Einat Wilf Aug 3, 2007 | 4 min read
• Opinion

  From the Hills of Jerusalem, Let Freedom Swing

  Let me tell you why the terrorists are going to lose. At the end of June, I left Jerusalem and drove past Tel Aviv to the Baptist Village, where I watched the second game of the Israel Baseball League’s inaugural season. There were players from the Dominican Republic, Australia, Israel and America, good Jewish boys…

  By Greg Tepper Aug 3, 2007 | 3 min read
• Opinion

  Let the Bands March Into Baghdad

  A State Department bulletin recently reported that “there are substantially more people employed as musicians in [Department of] Defense bands than in the entire foreign service,” meaning the State Department and the United States Agency for International Development. My hunch is the State Department did not intend that factoid as a boast. Rather, it meant…

  By Leonard Fein Aug 3, 2007 | 4 min read
• Letters

  August 3, 2007

  Jews Live in Deadwood Fast Forward writer Andrew Muchin asserts that “no Jews are known to live in Deadwood today” (“Pioneers in the Black Hills,” July 20). Not being completely sure if that was the case, I decided to dig a little deeper. I called David Lusk of AllMedia, Inc., a purveyor of Jewish mailing…

  Aug 3, 2007 | 4 min read