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Paul Berger’s Response to Sam Kellner’s Attorney
Setting aside the hyperbole and mischaracterizations deployed liberally throughout Mr. MacGiollabhui’s letter, I would like to correct one of his primary assertions and also to answer his questions. My article did not, as Mr. MacGiollabhui implied, attempt to find evidence that “Sam Kellner attempted to extort the Lebovits family.” Instead, I showed how Kellner’s involvement…
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Opinion Sam Kellner’s Attorney Responds to Forward Article
In the letter posted below, Niall MacGiollabhui responds to the Forward’s November 14, 2013 article, “Sam Kellner’s Tangled Hasidic Tale of Child Sex Abuse, Extortion and Faith; Is Alleged Shakedown Artist a Hero or Crook?” The article discussed controversies surrounding two separate, ongoing criminal prosecutions-one of Mr. Kellner and one of Baruch Lebovits. Mr. MacGiollabui…
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Opinion A Worthy Leap of Faith
The interim agreement reached between the United States, five world powers and the Islamic Republic of Iran is not, as some commentators have said, a “historic deal.” Nor, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated, is it a “historic mistake.” Its historical significance will only be known in six months or, perhaps, six years. Instead,…
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Opinion Israeli Intel: Kvetching Aside, Iran Deal ‘Pretty Good’
We’ve noted before that the assessments of Israel’s security needs we hear from Israel’s elected leadership, starting with the prime minister, are not always identical — to put in mildly — to the assessments the leadership gets from its own intelligence and security professionals. On the surface, that dissonance appears to be recurring in spades…
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Opinion News Quiz: Katz’s Deli, Silvio Berlusconi and Lyndon Johnson
A knish, a salami and Natalie Portman walk into a Jewish News Quiz. What happens next? Take the quiz!
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Opinion A Tough Slog Facing New Israeli Opposition Leader
To understand why Shelly Yachimovich was booted out as head of the Israel Labor Party after just two years on the job, it helps to note that Labor has had a bad habit, ever since Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination in 1995, of changing leaders every time it holds a primary. But this time was different. Previous…
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Opinion Right-Wing Dead Enders Block Peoples Business — in D.C. and Jerusalem
This November found lawmakers in Washington and Jerusalem caught up in a matched pair of high-profile disputes, unrelated but remarkably similar, that showcase the sort of right-wing extremism snarling the people’s business in the two capitals. In both cases, conservative lawmakers were out to block high-level appointments in the justice system. In both cases, conservatives…
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Opinion Editor’s Choice: The Question of Loyalty and Iran
The Forward is partnering with other Jewish newspapers to offer our readers a peek at some of the best stories from around the country, as selected by the editors at those papers. We will offer a selection of unedited links with brief introductions from the editors of the papers. Barack or Bibi? Trust, Loyalty and…
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Opinion Fall of Mizrachi Singing Sensation Eyal Golan
Eyal Golan, one of Israel’s most famous singers, is under house arrest, suspected of having sex with underage girls. Golan is a bestselling artist from the mizrachi or Eastern music genre, as well as being a television star. He has his own show, and serves as a judge on the talent show Rising Star. The…
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Opinion American Tax Dollars Help Fund Hefty ‘Salaries’ for Jailed Palestinian Killers
At a time of endless budget crises, the sequester, bursting debt ceilings, government shutdowns, and a default averted at the eleventh hour, it may astound many that American taxpayers are deploying their precious dollars in Israel not to pay for peace but to support terrorists and their families. Each year, American aid and financial programs…
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Opinion Housewife From Cleveland Who Stole GA Show
(JTA) — It was, perhaps, not the most auspicious setting for Ronit Peskin’s first-ever public speech. The 25-year-old self-described housewife stood in front of a crowded room at the biggest Jewish conference of the year, the Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly in Jerusalem. She was about to verbally assail Women of the Wall…
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