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  Now He’s Going for Gaga

  Remember this guy? The one who stood in front of Occupy Wall Street protests with the sign “Google: Zionists Control Wall St.”? Well, he’s back, and he may have moved on from anti-Semitic canards to pop culture. Now he wants us to Google: “Lady Gaga Demonic.” You read that right. Your guess is as good…

  By Josh Nathan-Kazis

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  Should the Government ‘Get’ Involved?

  On a cold Saturday night in March 2007, the Jewish community of Silver Spring, Md., listened to a Jewish member of the Maryland legislature, Senator Jamie Raskin, explain why he had cast a deciding vote against a proposed “get law.” The bill, based on the precedent of an earlier New York law, would demand that…

  By Rachel Levmore May 2, 2012 | 4 min read
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  Occupy Camp Kinderland

  On the fringes of the Occupy movement’s May 1 rally in Manhattan’s Union Square, a group of older Jewish activists gathered under the yellow banner of a leftist Jewish summer camp and prepared to march. “We have to be here,” said Judee Rosenbaum, longtime staffer of the unremittingly progressive Camp Kinderland. “It’s what we do….

  By Josh Nathan-Kazis May 1, 2012 | 2 min read

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  U.S. Groups Raise $40 Million for Settlements

  American Jewish not-for-profits raised $40 million for Israeli settlements in 2007, about the same amount they raised for progressive groups in Israel, a new Brandeis University study shows. The study, released April 27, is the first comprehensive study of the rapidly growing field of Israel-focused “American Friends” organizations, U.S.-based not-for-profits that send funds to Israeli…

  By Josh Nathan-Kazis May 1, 2012 | 2 min read
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  Making Room for Another ‘Forward’

  It’s not every day that the president chooses a new campaign slogan…and it happens to be the name of your news organization. But that is indeed what happened today, as the video below will attest. We are tickled, of course, by the choice. As are, apparently, the folks in Twitter-land. There are those who think…

  By Gal Beckerman Apr 30, 2012 | < 1 min read
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  Wis. Dems’ Recall Plan: Circular Firing Squad

  Democrats in Wisconsin are preparing to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in the June 5 special election to recall Republican Governor Scott Walker, the Washington Post reports. Four Democrats are running in a May 8 primary to choose Walker’s opponent. Most of the state party leadership is backing Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, who…

  By J.J. Goldberg Apr 30, 2012 | < 1 min read
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  The Road Ahead

  One year ago, I sat in the Nablus living room of the late Shaykh Hamid al-Bitawi, a leading religious figure in Hamas. We were joined by one of his sons, a man in his 20s. As an academic specializing in Islamist political movements, I was interested primarily in how (or if) Hamas was operating in…

  By Nathan J. Brown Apr 30, 2012 | 2 min read
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  What Interview Revealed About Jews

  The Forward’s interview with senior Hamas leader Mousa Abu Marzook was astounding, though surely not for the reasons intended. The terrorist leader said little of interest; it was boilerplate rhetoric — a mix of fanaticism and deceit to fool gullible Westerners. What was shocking, however, was what the interview revealed about some Jews. Abu Marzook…

  By David Keyes Apr 30, 2012 | 2 min read
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  Crafty Electioneering

  While the Forward’s unprecedented interview with Hamas leader Mousa Abu Marzook didn’t demonstrate any shift in Hamas’s policies, it provides some insight into Hamas’s internal politics. The organization is now badly divided because its Political Bureau, including Abu Marzook, had to abandon its long-standing headquarters in Damascus. The external leadership has been attempting to reintegrate…

  By Hussein Ibish Apr 30, 2012 | 2 min read
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  A Lack of Morality

  The Forward’s interview with Mousa Abu Marzook raises important questions about who currently speaks for the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, while confirming the organization is in no position to be recognized as a legitimate Palestinian interlocutor. Abu Marzook’s statements are further evidence that Hamas lacks a cohesive voice. While some point to apparent statements of…

  By Abraham Foxman Apr 30, 2012 | < 1 min read
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  Reading Hamas II

  The Forward’s interview with Mousa Abu Marzook, a top Hamas official, elicited a wide range of different reactions, all of them important to the discussion going forward. In this week’s print edition, we presented responses from eight prominent observers of the Middle East peace process. We strove to spark dialogue and to get readers thinking…

  Apr 30, 2012 | 3 min read