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  The Lessons of Auschwitz

  There was something at once moving and unsettling in the worldwide outpouring of tribute that accompanied the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz this week. Watching the ceremonies creep across the globe, from New York on Monday through Paris and Berlin to the Polish killing ground itself on Thursday, like some slow-motion imitation of…

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  Bad Speech, More Speech

  The anniversary of the Auschwitz liberation provided a fitting backdrop to one of the most encouraging developments on the world scene in recent months, the sudden re-emergence of calm in Israel and the territories. Thanks to the unexpected determination of the Palestinian Authority’s new chairman, Mahmoud Abbas, and the impressively restrained response of Ariel Sharon’s…

  Jan 28, 2005 | 2 min read
• Opinion

  The Promise of a Republican New Deal

  History suggests that most second-term presidents muddle through their last four years. George W. Bush, however, should not be expected to be such a lame-duck leader. As he himself has told us, “the president has got to set big agenda items and solve big problems.” Indeed, he is pursuing a transformative agenda for the country,…

  By Marshall Breger Jan 28, 2005 | 4 min read

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  The Endangered Coalition of Decency

  The conservative victories in the narrowly decided 2004 election might well lead to sweeping domestic policy changes that could unravel some of the most important achievements of 20th-century America. In at least two key areas, it will do so in ways inimical to Jewish values and Jewish interests. America’s Jews did not move from the…

  By David Saperstein Jan 28, 2005 | 4 min read
• Letters

  January 28, 2005

  Ad Against Withdrawal Crosses Communal Line The Forward ran an ad in the January 21 issue about the Gaza withdrawal plan, listing the Zionist Organization of America’s Washington office as its sponsor. We need to inform your readers that the individual who personally wrote and placed this ad did not receive the approval or authorization…

  Jan 28, 2005 | 5 min read
• Opinion

  I Remember

  At a certain point in time and by all accounts, Hitler’s Germany already had lost the war. But that didn’t keep Germany from pursuing its program for our elimination. In the beginning, once plunged into the abyss of Auschwitz, where dying was the norm and living the miracle, I was convinced that I would never…

  By Elie Wiesel Jan 21, 2005 | 3 min read
• Letters

  January 21, 2005

  For Rights Here, Too While we appreciate your recent article on our organization’s human rights work in North America (“Rabbis’ Group Focuses on Rights in U.S.,” January 14), there were two inaccuracies in the article that we would like to correct. The letter that Rabbis for Human Rights signed along with a coalition of religious…

  Jan 21, 2005 | 5 min read
• Opinion

  Abdicating Our Priestly Duties

  It’s tempting to let last week’s Prince Harry Nazi-uniform episode pass from memory as a moment of meaningless comedy. Tempting but wrong, and not for the reason you may think. Twenty-year-old Harry, third in line for the British throne, attended a costume bash dressed in a khaki military shirt and swastika armband. He was photographed…

  By David Klinghoffer Jan 21, 2005 | 3 min read
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  The Accountability Moment

  The beginning of a president’s second term is a complicated moment, both for the president and for the nation. It is at once a reaffirmation, a chance for the president to continue and finish what he has started, and a pause, a time for the nation and its leader to rethink and start anew. As…

  Jan 21, 2005 | 4 min read
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  Other People’s Money

  As we move forward into the New Year, one thing that hasn’t changed along with our calendars is the fact that many municipal governments remain in a state of fiscal crisis. Desperate for new ways of raising revenue, cities are increasingly looking at legalized gambling as an attractive option for shoring up municipal coffers. In…

  By Jill Jacobs and Noah Leavitt Jan 21, 2005 | 4 min read
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  Antisemitism in 3-D

  Why is it so very difficult to combat the “new antisemitism”? To modern eyes, classical antisemitism is easy to recognize. Films showing Jews draining the blood of gentile children or plotting to take over the world are clearly antisemitic, and are not only vulgar and illegal, but socially unacceptable throughout the free world. Movies on…

  By Natan Sharansky Jan 21, 2005 | 4 min read