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Misplaced Focus on Chechen Identity?
When news broke that the alleged Boston marathon bombers were from Chechnya, the Russian republic suddenly became part of the world map for many Americans who hadn’t previously given it much thought. On Twitter, the instant reactions were so bewildered, they were eventually parodied: We think it’s the Czech Republic, but actually it’s Chechnya. CNN,…
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Opinion Seeing Our Own Bitter Division Through the Prism of Boston Marathon Bombings
Moments after the bombs exploded on Monday, April 15 along the Boston Marathon route, it was already clear what the attack’s main goal was. It was a deliberate assault on America’s public order and national self-confidence. That’s the purpose of all terrorist actions, whoever their perpetrators. They’re intended to terrorize, to unsettle. That’s why President…
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Opinion The Man in Wheelchair ID’d Man With Backpack
Bloomberg News reports that the Boston bombing suspect shown in the photographs released by the FBI was first identified by Jeff Bauman, the man in the much-circulated photo being wheeled away from the blast with his lower legs blown off. Just before 3 p.m. on April 15, Bauman was waiting among the crowd for his…
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Opinion Warsaw on My Mind
In a city built on the scars of its destruction, I’ve come to Warsaw hobbled with old scars of my own. As the daughter of Polish Jews, I never felt drawn to the country where they died. Until last month, when it became clear that I must make the trip to attend the 70th commemoration…
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Opinion A Woman Among the Chief Rabbis?
As the race to choose the next chief rabbis heats up in Israel, a new lawmaker is proposing appointing a female religious figure to serve alongside them. She says that she will propose legislation to introduce the role. Aliza Lavie of the centrist Yesh Atid party wrote today that there should be a female in…
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Opinion Salam Fayyad Doomed by Israel and Palestinian Enemies Alike
When Salam Fayyad took over the Palestinian ministry of finance, the No, 1 complaint against the Palestinian leadership was corruption. I should know: In 1996 I was jailed for seven days because the small TV station I was running dared to broadcast live a session of the newly elected Palestinian legislative council dealing with corruption….
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Opinion Will Anthony Weiner Come Back?
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Opinion Turkey Sees Bright Future for Israel Alliance
Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister has given an optimistic forecast for the ongoing efforts for reconciliation between his country and Israel. Bülent Arınç is quoted in today’s Ma’ariv saying that “Turkey welcomes full normalization and returning relations between the two countries to what they were before.” Globes gives an outline of his comments in English. Arınç…
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Opinion Carnage and Courage
On April 15, I was one of the 27,000 runners of the Boston Marathon, and luckily was several blocks away from the tragedy on Boylston Street. Being a runner gives me some insight into the moral depth of those who finished the race and then sprinted back into the carnage. At the end of a…
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Opinion Confusing Israel’s Doves and Hawks
Doves and hawks. Idealists and realists. We’re used to these dichotomies in politics, and eventually most of us choose one side or the other. Trouble is, when it comes to Israel, the dichotomy is not so straightforward. Israel’s security hawks — the defense establishment, former generals and the former heads of the Shin Bet —…
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Opinion Terror at the Boston Marathon
Five years ago, terrorists attacked the Boston Marathon. As the runners return to the streets of Boston, we look back at how the tragedy hit home for Abigail Jones. When you grow up in Boston, there are a few things you take as fact: The Red Sox are religion; driving in the breakdown lane is…
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