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  Gutman in Trouble for Diagnosing Disease

  I think it’s time we faced up to the hard truth about Louis Pasteur. The famed 19th century French scientist was a rank bigot. He’s been getting a free ride for too long, and it’s got to stop. The evidence is shocking but undeniable. It seems that while Pasteur was supposedly devoting his career to…

  By J.J. Goldberg

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  How Much Do They Make?

  The third annual Forward survey of the leadership and compensation of the top national Jewish not-for-profits will be published tomorrow. In it, you’ll find answers to questions such as: Are more women running these organizations this year? Why is it so financially advantageous to be a Republican? Which top executive also has his wife and…

  By Jane Eisner Dec 8, 2011 | < 1 min read
• Letters

  What Do You Mean by Right Wing?

  We were disturbed by the angle of your December 2 article “StandWithUs Draws Sharp Line on Israel,” which tried to discredit us as “right wing,” and absurdly asked whether StandWithUs should register as an agent of a foreign government even though your own sources emphatically rejected this notion. You even tried to imply that there…

  Dec 7, 2011 | 2 min read

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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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  J Street U Bounced by Berkeley Group

  Students at the University of California, Berkeley, have stood at the forefront of progressive movements throughout history, from free speech, to civil rights, to the recent protests against tuition fee hikes. Student activists at our school, many of them Jewish, have displayed great political courage, following in the footsteps of other Jewish leaders who have…

  By Alon Mazor, and Isaiah Kirshner-Breen, and Jeremy Elster, and Simone Zimmerman Dec 7, 2011 | 3 min read
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  The Brooklyn D.A. Stonewalls

  Three weeks ago, the Forward published a story about the dramatic increase in arrests of Orthodox men for child sexual abuse in Brooklyn. The figure that the Forward published — 89 men arrested and charged between October 2009 and October 2011 — was given to this newspaper during two separate conversations with the Brooklyn District…

  By Paul Berger Dec 6, 2011 | 2 min read
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  Embargo Hampers Gross Freedom Talks

  To understand the reason that Alan Gross, an American citizen, has been languishing in a Cuban jail for the past two years, it is instructive to listen to an exchange that took place recently at a hearing of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee. Rep. David Rivera (R-Fla.) demanded that Wendy Sherman, undersecretary of state…

  By Arturo Lopez-Levy Dec 6, 2011 | 3 min read
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  ‘Help Them Go Back Home’: The Response

  For my money, the response to the Israeli absorption ministry’s “Bring ‘Em Home” video campaign was a tad overblown. It’s not like tenuousness of the next generation’s Jewish identity and the fraying of ties to Israel haven’t ever come up before. Be that as it may, some of the replies have been particularly entertaining. Here’s…

  By J.J. Goldberg Dec 5, 2011 | < 1 min read
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  Watching What We Eat

  The Thanksgiving turkey leftovers are finished or in the freezer, but a central question remains: Were you eating poultry that was stuffed not only with fresh herbs and bread crumbs, but also with antibiotics that are proven to be dangerous to humans? This is no longer an idle threat. Good research shows that up to…

  Dec 5, 2011 | 2 min read
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  U.S. Envoy ‘Blames’ Israel for Bias (Echoing IDF)

  The long knives are out for another Jewish liberal who committed the sin of stating the uncomfortably obvious truth about the causal effect between Israeli policy and Muslim anti-Semitism. It’s a truth that has been studied by Israeli security experts and acknowledged by Israeli governments, but it runs counter to the right-wing doctrine that Israeli…

  By J.J. Goldberg Dec 5, 2011 | 3 min read
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  Only Nice Words for Obama

  You wouldn’t expect a host to say anything bad about his guest of honor. But American Council for World Jewry chairman Jack Rosen was especially gracious about the message delivered by President Obama at a fundraiser held at Rosen’s Manhattan home. “He made, I think, a solid case for having stood with Israel on the…

  By Josh Nathan-Kazis Dec 4, 2011 | 2 min read
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  It’s Time for Dialogue With Hamas

  I was not in Stockholm in 1988. More precisely, I had declined an invitation to join what turned out to be a five-person delegation of American Jews who flew to Stockholm to meet with Yasser Arafat. I had cogent reasons for demurring, but I applauded the gumption of the five who went, and was pleasantly…

  By Leonard Fein Dec 4, 2011 | 3 min read