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  The Day Evil Became the Rule of Law

  Seventy years ago this month, Hermann Göring stood up in front of a special Reichstag session in Nuremburg and read out the Law for the Protection of German Blood and Honor. The decree was one of what came to be known as the Nuremberg laws, which peremptorily and ruthlessly wrought fundamental changes to the place…

  By Harry Reicher

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• Opinion

  No Sunshine Patriots We

  Every now and then, it is useful to return to basics. With regard to Israel, and more particularly with regard to how we might respond to young people who wonder why they should care about what happens there, this seems to be one of those times. We are in a kind of holding pattern; one…

  By Leonard Fein Sep 16, 2005 | 4 min read
• Opinion

  UNimproved

  The failings of the United Nations are so familiar by now and the disappointment in it is so deep that it’s hard to imagine the organization letting us down any further. Remarkably, that’s just what it has contrived to do as its General Assembly convenes in New York this week for its 60th anniversary gala…

  Sep 16, 2005 | 4 min read

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• Jodi Rudoren This is my last column as editor of the Forward

  

• Jay Michaelson American Jews were played — now what?

  

• Rob Eshman A new humanitarian outrage is unfolding in the Middle East. It’s not in Gaza

  

• Nora Berman The left is turning on AOC over Israel — and imperiling its own agenda

  

• Dan Perry Actually, Trump made things between Israel and Iran way worse

  

• Emily Tamkin Is starvation in Gaza really Israel’s fault? The facts are clear

  

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  Listening in Ellul

  These last weeks of summer, as the days shorten and the winter chill looms, are designated in the traditional Jewish calendar as the month of Ellul. It is the last month before the New Year, set aside as a time for reflecting and for taking stock. In a few weeks we will be called on…

  Sep 16, 2005 | < 1 min read
• Opinion

  The Wrong Answer to the Iraq War

  If you are a Jew who believes that the American government’s invasion and occupation of Iraq has been a terrible ethical and practical misdeed, you now find yourself walking amid landmines. There is a broad spectrum of organizations that opposed the invasion of Iraq and is working to end the American military presence there. Many…

  By Arthur Waskow Sep 16, 2005 | 4 min read
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  A Thought for Pervez Musharraf

  We therefore offer several suggestions as co-explorers of the difficult trails of Muslim-Jewish dialogue. Reflecting the issues of deepest concern in our respective communities, there are several points that Jews would like to hear about from a Muslim leader and others that they need to hear. First, Jews would like an unambiguous statement condemning antisemitism….

  Sep 16, 2005 | 3 min read
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  Disastrous Leadership

  It was as though the administration was in a bubble as millions of Americans watched and immediately understood the enormity of this national disaster. Unfortunately, Floridians have seen this denial before. As FEMA handed out more than $30 million to residents of Miami-Dade County who had made fraudulent claims after Hurricane Frances last year, Brown…

  Sep 16, 2005 | 3 min read
• Letters

  September 16, 2005

  Majority Back Outreach Our organization is attacked — or complimented — as “the most pro-outreach organization on the communal map” in a September 9 opinion article by two members of the Jewish In-Marriage Initiative, Jack Wertheimer and Steven Bayme (“Real Realism on Intermarriage”). We who are working on the ground, outside the ivory towers, would…

  Sep 16, 2005 | 6 min read
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  Bridging the Post-Gaza Divide

  Now that Israel has completed its evacuation of settlements in Gaza and the northern West Bank, many uncertainties that plagued us for the past several months have been resolved. The Israeli government showed that it could successfully implement its disengagement policy in the face of tumultuous public protests. And it did so with remarkable compassion…

  By Ruth Gavison Sep 9, 2005 | 3 min read
• Letters

  September 9, 2005

  Faith and Faithfulness I applaud the moral content of David Klinghoffer’s recent column on adultery (“Bigger Than Brad and Jen,” September 2). But Klinghoffer’s real argument, that only mighty religious commands can deter infidelity while weak secular ethics actually encourage it, is absurd. Actually, only thanks to secular ethics can anyone condemn Brad for two-timing…

  Sep 9, 2005 | 7 min read
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  After the Deluge

  It is too early to assess the full scope of Hurricane Katrina, much less its larger meaning. It will be months before we have a clear sense of the disaster’s toll on the national economy, and years before we know if New Orleans can be revived. Even counting the dead will take weeks. What does…

  Sep 9, 2005 | 2 min read