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  All Eyes on Migron

  Eight years after Israel promised America to start removing outposts and six years since the activist group Peace Now petitioned the courts to compel the government to evacuate the oldest outposts, it looks set to actually happen. Settlers have tried to save the outpost and the government has tried to give it a stay of…

  By Nathan Jeffay

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  Clint Eastwood Makes Democrats’ Day

  Clint Eastwood’s surprise speech last night at the Republican National Convention has been described as “surreal,” “rambling,” and “sad.” The Dirty Harry actor stole the spotlight from Mitt Romney’s nominating speech (a big no-no in the spin room) with the speech that took aim at President Barack Obama and featured an empty chair and (how…

  By Seth Berkman Aug 31, 2012 | 2 min read
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  Don’t Just Look for Union Label

  Labor Day has arrived, and families across the country will be getting their backyards ready for barbecues. In progressive circles, a familiar message is making the rounds: Buy union. Make sure your grill is a Weber or Thermador, made by union hands. Eat Butterball and Hebrew National franks. A list of brands has been circulating…

  By Ari Paul Aug 31, 2012 | 3 min read

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• Rob Eshman If war with Iran goes badly for the US, Jews will be the scapegoat

  

• Nora Berman Did Netanyahu coerce Trump into attacking Iran? No — but he tried with Obama

  

• Dan Perry For Trump and Netanyahu, statecraft is now synonymous with stagecraft

  

• Emily Tamkin Israeli leaders are using Holocaust comparisons to justify attacks on Iran. Is that kosher?

  

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  A Bitter End

  In the peripatetic world of online publications, for two writers to stay in the same place for eleven years is unusual and laudatory. Yossi Alpher, an Israeli (and Forward contributing editor) and Ghassan Khatib, a Palestinian, started “bitterlemons” to provide a venue for real conversation about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In time, their efforts grew to…

  Aug 31, 2012 | < 1 min read
• Letters

  In the Gutter

  I am saddened to see such an esteemed voice of Jewish culture and values promoting pornography and extolling the virtues of pole dancing for observant Jewish women! I would have considered either of these online articles an aberration, but two in the same week constitutes a trend. The blog post “My First (Jewish) Porno” (August…

  Aug 30, 2012 | < 1 min read
• Letters

  Collaborating

  Darren Kleinberg and Jerry Hirsch are right on the money about start-up/establishment collaborations (“Collaboration Holds the Key,” August 24). Today, the Joint Distribution Committee and Moishe House are doing this on a global scale. Firstly, we started from our shared vision for Jewish young adults around the world. Then a healthy dose of mutual respect…

  Aug 30, 2012 | < 1 min read
• Letters

  A Misjudgment

  I have a lot of respect for investigative journalism, making the world a better place, and commitment to the vitality of the Jewish people. That’s only part of the reason I have enormous admiration for the Forward, its editors, its journalists, and Rabbi Steven Wernick. (Full disclosure: I’m Jewish, a contributing editor to the Forward,…

  Aug 30, 2012 | < 1 min read
• Opinion

  Adelsons Get Touchy

  Sheldon Adelson is famously publicity shy, but his daughter may have taken things a bit too far at the Republican National Convention. Shelley Adelson confronted a producer for the liberal Democracy Now show after he tried to question the casino billionaire dad about his massive donations to GOP causes. The younger Adelson allegedly grabbed producer…

  By Seth Berkman Aug 30, 2012 | < 1 min read
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  Talkin’ Israel at the RNC

  For a convention focused on the economy and taxes at a time when foreign policy is hardly considered an issue, any mention of Israel at the GOP gathering is worth noticing. It may not amount to 15 minutes of fame, but a 95-second video in a tight convention schedule is also something. The video, titled…

  By Nathan Guttman Aug 30, 2012 | 2 min read
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  Mr. Tikkun Olam? That’s Rich.

  Of all of the tough sells in this election year, you have to hand it to former George Bush speechwriter Noam Neusner for coming up with one of the toughest. In an op-ed timed to coincide with the Republican National Convention, Neusner exhorts the largely Democratic, largely Jewish readership of the Forward : “Vote Mitt…

  By Bradley Burston (Haaretz) Aug 30, 2012 | 3 min read
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  Deluge of Dissent on War With Iran

  Benjamin Netanyahu has gotten himself in a real pickle as he prepares his nation for a showdown with Iran. He’s staked his career and Israel’s credibility on his vow to stop Iran from reaching nuclear weapons capability, no matter what it takes, with or without outside help. Israelis have learned from bitter experience, he says,…

  By J.J. Goldberg Aug 30, 2012 | 4 min read