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  Just Ignore Them

  Since my granddaughter attends the University of California, Santa Cruz, I have been following and supporting the efforts of Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, including her recent Forward op-ed on February 17 (“Why I Filed Title VI Complaint”). Lately I have come to the conclusion that the best course of action would be to ignore the whole issue….

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  Romney Gains Edge in Testy GOP Debate

  In a Republican primary debate marked by palpable tension between Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, the two leading candidates for the Republican presidential nomination were united on one issue: a hard line on Iran. They nodded agreement with one another as they laid out harsh critiques of President Obama’s policy, and promised a much tougher…

  By Josh Nathan-Kazis Feb 23, 2012 | 3 min read
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  In the Line of Duty

  The day before she died, journalist Marie Colvin told CNN how dangerous it was to try to do her job, to simply survive, amid the shelling and violence in Homs, Syria, the besieged center of resistance to President Bashar al-Assad’s bloody regime. The next day, Colvin, the veteran foreign correspondent for London’s The Sunday Times…

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• Jodi Rudoren This is my last column as editor of the Forward

  

• Jay Michaelson American Jews were played — now what?

  

• Rob Eshman I have the answer to Jon Stewart’s toughest question about Israel

  

• Nora Berman ‘Eddington’ is full of conspiracy theories but it’s not about Jews. Or is it?

  

• Dan Perry Recognizing a Palestinian state is a great way to doom Palestinians

  

• Emily Tamkin Is starvation in Gaza really Israel’s fault? The facts are clear

  

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  Distrust Divides Bibi and Obama on Iran

  As President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepare to meet in Washington March 5 to thrash out their Iran differences, observers everywhere are scrambling to sort out exactly what the two men disagree about and what can be done to bridge the gaps. The answers, surprisingly, are: not much — and not much….

  By J.J. Goldberg Feb 23, 2012 | 4 min read
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  The March to AIPAC

  It is still more than a week away, but AIPAC’s annual policy conference is already creating a buzz in the political world. Every year organizers promise this will be the biggest pro-Israel gathering ever, but this time around the American Israel Public Affairs Committee has really outdone itself, with 13,000 participants expected to take part…

  By Nathan Guttman Feb 22, 2012 | 2 min read
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  French Jews Mostly Side With Sarkozy

  Like the United States, France will choose a president this year. Little more than two months away from the elections, the conservative president, Nicolas Sarkozy, is running behind the Socialist candidate, François Hollande. Several other candidates are polling well: Marine Le Pen of the extreme right-wing Front National hovers at about 20%, followed by the…

  By Robert Zaretsky Feb 22, 2012 | 4 min read
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  Liars, Civil Liberties and SuperPACs

  In a famous Supreme Court ruling in 1927, Justice Louis Brandeis said: If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence. In a perfect world, Brandeis is probably right. But we don’t…

  By Dan Friedman Feb 22, 2012 | 2 min read
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  Heralded Books Get It All Wrong

  America’s chattering classes periodically fall in love with a new book that seems to alter the way we see the world by exposing a hidden crisis or explaining one that defied comprehension. One blockbuster can change history. In the 1960s, best-sellers launched liberal crusades: the war on poverty in Michael Harrington’s 1962 “The Other America,”…

  By J.J. Goldberg Feb 21, 2012 | 4 min read
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  Mogul’s $10m Newt Ploy: Stop Santorum, Aid Mitt

  Sheldon Adelson, the Las Vegas gaming billionaire, is reported to be on the verge of donating another $10 million to the pro-Newt Gingrich super-PAC Winning Our Future, which should give some new steam to Gingrich’s fading hopes of winning the Republican nomination. But not that much. According to a Wall Street Journal report (subscribers only;…

  By J.J. Goldberg Feb 20, 2012 | < 1 min read
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  Report: Hitler Had a Son, Grandkids Live in France

  Adolf Hitler’s grandchildren are alive and living in France, according to an investigative report in the French magazine Le Point that’s recounted today on MSNBC.com. And they want a share of the royalties from Mein Kampf. The French magazine report focuses on newly found evidence supporting the claim by their late father, a French man…

  By J.J. Goldberg Feb 19, 2012 | 2 min read
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  Taking Aim at Obama on Israel

  A political strategy attributed to Republican mastermind Karl Rove advocates going after your rival’s strengths, not his weaknesses. The classic example, of course, is the 2004 Swift Boat attack ads against Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry. The ads went after Kerry’s perceived strength, his war hero credentials, and succeeded in shaking his image. The new…

  By Nathan Guttman Feb 17, 2012 | 2 min read