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• Opinion

  For Jewish Questioner, Debate Settled It

  Jews aren’t known to be swing voters. Most, in fact, hold strong political convictions and are not easily swayed. Still, as Gal Beckerman noted, there were a whole lot of folks with Jewish names asking questions at the Tuesday night presidential debate — and all were undecided voters. Well, not any more. At least one,…

  By Nathan Guttman

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• Letters

  Who’s To Blame?

  Jane Eisner’s comments on Monica Lewinsky (“Mulling Over Monica,” October 5) and her new book made me lose my breakfast. Coming off of the Yom Kippur fast, I did not need the loss of its nutritional value. In the contest between whose morality was lower, Clinton’s or Lewinsky’s, I would expect more from a married…

  Oct 17, 2012 | < 1 min read
• Letters

  Jewish Dylan

  In your rundown of Bob Dylan’s most Jewish songs (“The Bard’s 10 Most Jewish Songs,” October 5) you forgot “Father of Night” and “Drifter’s Escape.” The first is a doxology to an awe-inspiring God much like the God of Judaism; in the second, the drifter (a wanderer, like the Jewish people) is accused of an…

  Oct 17, 2012 | < 1 min read

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  Word Choices

  I am a subscriber to the Forward. I look forward to it and read it weekly. I am quite frustrated that a paper that professes to be a Jewish publication continues to use the phrases “Occupied Territories” and “Palestinians.” The British Balfour Declaration ratified by the League of Nations in 1922 set up Palestine as…

  Oct 17, 2012 | < 1 min read
• Letters

  The Food Problem

  Magen Tzedek is an initiative of utmost importance to the ongoing commitment of all religious communities to the just and ethical production of food, one of the most sacred of gifts. That the initiative is off to a “slow start” (“Magen Tzedek, a Response to Agriprocessors Scandal, Still Not in Operation,” October 5) is hardly…

  Oct 17, 2012 | < 1 min read
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  Opinion

  Mitt’s 4 Debate Disasters

  Mitt Romney is a skilled debater. Despite his reputation for gaffes, he is usually very effective in structured settings. He makes his points, he makes them clearly and he moves on. That said, the second presidential debate was a disaster for Romney. Here are four moments where he threw away his latest best chance to…

  By Dave Goldiner Oct 17, 2012 | 3 min read
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  Opinion

  The Long Island Jewish Community Center Debate

  Having used the Forward’s patented debate drinking game tonight, I’m sitting here quite dry. Which means I’ve got a few quick takeaways from the slugfest in Lon Giland. 1) Jewiest debate ever: Let’s just get this out of the way. Carol Greenberg? Jeremy Epstein? Barry Green? Cary Latke? Latke?! Thankfully the next debate is in…

  By Gal Beckerman Oct 17, 2012 | 3 min read
• Opinion

  Peres Receives Islamist Egypt’s New Envoy

  Ynet reports that Atef Salem, the newly appointed ambassador of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood-led government, has formally presented his credentials to Israel’s President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem. In the words of V.P. Joe Biden, this is a big f*!@&! deal. Worth recalling the little-noticed passage in Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi’s speech to the U.N. General Assembly…

  By J.J. Goldberg Oct 17, 2012 | < 1 min read
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  Opinion

  Erasing Historic Stain at Emory’s Dental School

  “I am sorry. We are sorry.” It was with those unscripted two sentences uttered in front of a standing-room-only crowd of more than 400 people that Emory University’s president, James Wagner, gave voice to a great wrong. But first some background. From 1948 to 1961, the university’s dean, John Buhler, led Emory’s dental school. ….

  By Deborah E. Lipstadt Oct 17, 2012 | 4 min read
• Opinion

  Balding Jew Grabs Lead for L.A. Seat

  The Berman-Sherman congressional race in California’s 30th district has been nothing but pure drama. With millions of dollars pouring into the race, attack ads, and with the two Jewish Democrats, Howard Berman and Brad Sherman’s latest debate making headlines thanks to an unprecedented physical altercation, the entire nation is tuning in to see who will…

  By Nathan Guttman Oct 16, 2012 | 2 min read
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  Opinion

  Eat Your Vegetables!

  The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 has gone into effect, requiring public schools to follow new nutritional guidelines to receive extra federal lunch aid, and — surprise, surprise — the kids don’t like it. As The New York Times reported, students are organizing protests and boycotts, creating YouTube parodies, dumping perfectly good food in…

  Oct 16, 2012 | < 1 min read