Opinion

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  March 28, 2003

  Bush, Not Doves, Has Betrayed ‘Our Side’ I disagree with the notion that there are, when push comes to shove, only two sides to the current conflict between the United States and Iraq, and that “George Bush is leading our side” (“Our Side,” March 21). I deplore the policies of Saddam Hussein. However, I do…

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• Opinion

  How To Rule But Not Lead

  As nearly as I can recall, the last war-related protest in which I participated — in fact, helped organize — was a protest in favor of American intervention in Bosnia. The year was 1993, just a decade ago. Europe then as now was passive, unwilling to put an end to the carnage. And so were…

  By Leonard Fein Mar 28, 2003 | 4 min read
• Opinion

  The New Powell Doctrine

  Regardless of how the war with Iraq unfolds, the six-month American dalliance with the United Nations over the future of Saddam Hussein represents one of this country’s main post-Cold War diplomatic defeats. What makes this disaster even more aggravating is that the wounds were self-inflicted and avoidable. Future historians will blame this fumbling exercise in…

  By Ron Rubin Mar 28, 2003 | 4 min read

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  By Steven Aftergood Mar 28, 2003 | 4 min read
• Opinion

  First Reform Palestinian Authority, Then Negotiate

  The urgency of Prime Minister Sharon’s efforts to bring about the reform of the Palestinian Authority and the emergence of a genuine, effective and trustworthy Palestinian partner for peace was driven home during my most recent visit to Israel leading a five-member congressional delegation. During our discussion, Sharon spoke frankly about the need for sweeping…

  By Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Mar 21, 2003 | 2 min read
• Opinion

  The Iraqi Challenge to Pax Americana

  Historians who examine the rise and fall of great powers frequently ask how a given power attained the status of empire. Some historians probe the essence of the imperialist urge — that is, they ask what awakened the aspirations that brought the great power to its preeminent status, since the growth of an empire has…

  By Uzi Arad Mar 21, 2003 | 3 min read
• Opinion

  Unleashing Women’s Leadership Potential

  In the last two years, five of the most significant organizations in the Jewish community have elected a woman as president or chair, each for the first time in its history. This is not mere coincidence. It reflects the beginning of a historic change. Just five years ago, a study of 45 major American Jewish…

  By Shifra Bronznick Mar 21, 2003 | 4 min read
• Opinion

  Solidarity With Israel Does Not an American Jewish Identity Make

  There needs to be a place on the spectrum for the recognition that Israel is not the natural center of American Jewish life. Unfortunately, the lack of such recognition reflects a deeper problem among American Jews — a mistaken notion that solidarity with Israel will substitute for deeper reflection about our Jewish purpose. Indeed, while…

  By Zackary Sholem Berger Mar 21, 2003 | 4 min read
• Letters

  March 21, 2003

  I am unable to fathom the journalistic justification for the strange way in which the Forward reported the story of my decision to ask the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Conservative movement’s Rabbinical Assembly to review its position paper on homosexuality (“Foe of Gay Ban Won’t Head Conservative Panel,” March 7). This…

  Mar 21, 2003 | 5 min read
• Opinion

  Abraham’s Iraq Mistake

  ‘Turn it over and over, for everything is in it.” So the mishnaic tractate Pirke Avot tells us of the capaciousness of Torah: Everything that concerns us in our private or public lives is addressed by Jewish tradition — everything, including what America’s plans should be for post-war Iraq. In making the case for war,…

  By David Klinghoffer Mar 21, 2003 | 3 min read
• Opinion

  Our Side

  As America’s war machine rolled into action in the Middle East this week and humanity watched in awe and foreboding, there was no longer any denying the blunt fact that a new page was being written in world history. America, the world’s sole superpower, was claiming the right to make war anywhere — not for…

  Mar 21, 2003 | 2 min read