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Campus Zionism and the Changing Jewish Student
American college campuses have become one of the most watched and embattled fronts in Israel’s advocacy wars. While there is a sense among many observers that things on campus are not as bad as some have been depicting them to be, the sophistication that the Jewish community brings to its Israel advocacy on campuses must…
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Opinion Sunday Afternoon at the Three Tomatoes With Howard Dean
In New Hampshire, it’s the season. Snow in the mountains. Ice on the roads. Skiers on the lifts. Presidential candidates trying to romance and recruit the political people and activists that can still make the difference in New Hampshire. The battle’s begun. Not the war to topple Saddam Hussein, but the bloodless political conflict between…
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Opinion Nelson’s Life and Limb
Word around the federal courthouse in Brooklyn is that Lemrick Nelson is going to appeal his conviction in the killing of Yankel Rosenbaum on the basis of double jeopardy. He will apparently contend that to try him on federal criminal charges after his acquittal on state murder charges violates the provision of the Constitution —…
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Opinion I discovered anti-Zionism at the University of Michigan. I’m glad it lives on there
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Opinion An alarming new battleground in campus fights over Israel
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Looking Forward My artist grandmother nearly made aliyah. I don’t know what she’d think of Israel today
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Holy Ground A Jewish farmer broke ground on a synagogue in an Illinois cornfield. His neighbors showed up to help.