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  December 10, 2004

  Notice of Appl. for Auth. of 823 PARK AVENUE MEZZ, LLC, a foreign limited liability company (LLC). Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/13/04. LLC organized in DE on 7/7/04. NY office location: New York County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may…

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• Opinion

  Question Time for Kean

  Thomas Kean, the chairman of the 9/11 Commission, was on “Meet the Press” this past Sunday, taking queries from Tim Russert, one of the toughest questioners in network news. On December 8, anyone with some spare time (and a little luck) could win the chance to play anchorman, when Kean delivers a free, public lecture…

  By Ami Eden Dec 3, 2004 | 2 min read
• Opinion

  The Elephant’s Big Britches

  What passes for liberal wisdom these days is mostly babble. There’s lots of brave talk about organizing for 2008, but there’s almost nothing by way of program and policy. Scratch just a bit, and you’ll find that the brave talk masks a sense of alarm regarding what President Bush’s second term may mean for the…

  By Leonard Fein Dec 3, 2004 | 4 min read

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  A Requiem for the Occupation

  Israel’s military chief of staff, Lieutenant General Moshe Ya’alon, facing an unprecedented wave of criticism over his soldiers’ conduct and morals, did something last week that is also almost unprecedented, at least for him: He admitted that an army investigation into a controversial matter was faulty. “Officers and servicemen have lied to General Shmuel Zakai,…

  By Ofer Shelah Dec 3, 2004 | 4 min read
• Opinion

  Two Viktors and Ukraine’s Soil

  the Black Sea through Belarus and Lithuania to the North Sea. Places with names like Chernowitz, Kamenetz, Lutsk and Dubno are imprinted in our genes and on our driver’s licenses. We were there far longer than we have been in America. It was there that the greatest flowering of modern Jewish culture took place, from…

  Dec 3, 2004 | 2 min read
• Opinion

  Reforming the U.N.

  Kofi Annan delivered a surprise Hanukkah gift to friends of Israel and democracy this week, in the form of a United Nations reform plan that includes, at long last, a clear and usable definition of terrorism. Ruling out “mitigating” circumstances like occupation, the report is said to declare that terrorism against civilians “is never an…

  Dec 3, 2004 | 2 min read
• Opinion

  The Blindness to Household Labor Rights

  The first two women nominated to be attorney general of the United States, Zoe Baird and Kimbe Wood, withdrew their names in quick succession, both having been exposed as domestic scofflaws — they employed (apparently) undocumented foreign workers to care for their children, and they (apparently) did not pay Social Security taxes on their wages….

  By Kathleen Peratis Dec 3, 2004 | 4 min read
• Opinion

  The Silence On Domestic Violence

  As part of a follow-up survey I recently completed on the Jewish communal response to domestic violence, I talked to nearly half the rabbis in Massachusetts. Half of them claimed to have been approached by congregants to discuss their experiences with abuse, yet more than three-quarters still have not given a sermon on the subject…

  By Carol Goodman Kaufman Dec 3, 2004 | 3 min read
• Letters

  December 3, 2004

  Magazine Cruises Offer Opportunity To Unite A November 26 article describes how The Weekly Standard and The Nation magazines have taken to the high seas as part of their respective fundraising efforts (“From Port to Starboard, Magazines Take to High Seas Towing the Party Line”). With much irony, the Forward inveighs against the bourgeois underpinnings…

  Dec 3, 2004 | 2 min read
• Opinion

  Learning To Become Fluent in ‘Faith-Speak’

  For American Jews, most of whom fall in the Democratic column; the re-election of President Bush — aided as it was by the religious right — has heightened the concern that we are fast becoming guests in an increasingly Christian nation. That might indeed be the case, but I nevertheless remain optimistic about our communal…

  By Shoshana Cardin Nov 26, 2004 | 3 min read
• Opinion

  Fight for Cure In ‘Laboratories Of Democracy’

  The need to clear the path for scientists to conduct lifesaving biomedical discoveries through stem-cell research has re-emerged as a national issue, especially since the passing of actor Christopher Reeve. Such discoveries could lead to treatments and cures for diseases that plague more than 100 million Americans, such as diabetes, Parkinson’s, cancer, Alzheimer’s and a…

  By June Walker Nov 26, 2004 | 3 min read