Opinion

• Letters

  October 24, 2003

  Ford Foundation Backs Proponents of Peace In his October 16 cover story, author Edwin Black implies that the Ford Foundation was responsible for anti-Israel sentiment at the 2001 United Nations World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa, and that Ford is negligent in its oversight of how grant monies are used (“Ford Foundation Aided…

  6 min read
• Opinion

  Marrakech Expressions

  Yes, I know there are important things, perhaps even cataclysmic things, happening in the world. But here in Marrakech their urgency somehow recedes. A well-informed guide delights in a receptive client; ours is a fountain from which everything pours out: political history and art history, sociology and archeology, economics and agriculture, irrigation systems and theology….

  By Leonard Fein Oct 24, 2003 | 4 min read
• Opinion

  Mahathir’s Message

  In a world that seems to be getting gloomier and more frightening by the day, the Malaysian prime minister’s keynote address to a world Islamic summit last week must stand as a milestone of sorts. The prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad, one of Asia’s longest ruling and most popular leaders, delivered on October 16 what sounded…

  Oct 24, 2003 | 4 min read

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• Alyssa Katz Class assignment: Get to know your murdered Jewish neighbors

  

• Rob Eshman Liberal Zionists are under attack. A new book proves their work has never been more important

  

• Dan Perry Israel’s most dangerous war is with itself

  

• Emily Tamkin American Jews have a Hasan Piker problem. Solving it is going to hurt

  

• Jay Michaelson Epstein and Iran are an antisemitism mega-crisis. Here’s what Jewish organizations should do about it. 

  

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• Opinion

  Five Jews and a Joo

  Picture this: A London cafe, February 28, 2001, me with a cappuccino and the International Herald Tribune. I turn to the editorial page, read a column by Richard Cohen of the Washington Post. I scan the rest and instantly realize that Jews wrote five of the six columns: Cohen, Stephen Rosenfeld, Robert Kaplan, Ellen Goodman…

  By Dov Burt Levy Oct 24, 2003 | 3 min read
• Opinion

  Nukes, the Talk of the Town in Tehran

  Sitting in Tehran, the world must look pretty dodgy. Mohamed ElBaradei, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, has set October 31 as the deadline for Iran to come clean about its nuclear programs and allow more intrusive inspections. ElBaradei’s report to the United Nations Security Council will be closely read by the European Union,…

  By Charles Duelfer Oct 24, 2003 | 5 min read
• Opinion

  Discrimination in the Genes

  The Senate took a historic step forward this week toward protecting patients’ rights and advancing medical research, with its 95 to 0 vote to ban genetic discrimination in employment and insurance coverage. The measure, which still requires House approval, had been stalled for eight years, deadlocked between patients’ rights activists and scientists on one side…

  Oct 17, 2003 | 2 min read
• Opinion

  Funding Hate

  Few American institutions have done more to advance human understanding, aid the downtrodden and empower the powerless than the Ford Foundation. With its estimated $10 billion in assets and its global reach, the foundation has led the way toward a new model of activist philanthropy that goes beyond symphonies and soup kitchens to teach the…

  Oct 17, 2003 | 2 min read
• Letters

  October 17, 2003

  New Republic: Editorial Bias Charge ‘Absurd’ Author Stephen Schwartz’s insinuation in an October 10 article that a New Republic panel discussion sponsored by Saudi Arabia was designed to be pro-Saudi is absurd, as anyone who attended it would know (“New Republic Cancels an Invite to Foe of Saudis”). Neither the Saudis nor any other advertiser…

  Oct 17, 2003 | 8 min read
• Opinion

  An Internet Version of the Nazi Yellow Star

  One American history student recently wrote me that, following a link from the Web log Little Green Footballs, he noticed my “name on a list of ‘known Jews.’ Does it disturb or frighten you to be bluntly characterized as a ‘Zionist American Jew,’” he asked, “or do you take a degree of pride in your…

  By Gil Troy Oct 17, 2003 | 4 min read
• Opinion

  Imprisoned for Her Own Protection

  Seven years ago, Fatima fell in love with the wrong man. Her family would not allow her to marry him. To put pressure on them to change their mind, she had sex with the man and presented her family with a fait accompli. Her strategy did not work. When her father threatened to kill her,…

  By Kathleen Peratis Oct 17, 2003 | 4 min read
• Opinion

  Take the Peace Process Public

  As recently as 1990, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the South African struggle and the “troubles” in Northern Ireland were considered equally irresolvable. The end of the Cold War brought the softening of old antagonisms and inspired renewed efforts at peacemaking in all three cases. But while South Africa made the transition to democracy, and Northern Ireland…

  By Joel Pollak Oct 17, 2003 | 3 min read