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  Terror in Jerusalem

  It had been more than three years since the last terrorist bombing targeting civilians in Israel — until a blast caused by an explosive pipe placed next to a telephone pole near the bus station in central Jerusalem on March 23 ended that period of relative quiet. Suddenly, the familiar images appeared across our screens,…

  2 min read
• Letters

  Thanks for the Veto, Not for the Reasoning

  J.J. Goldberg contends that the American attempt to avoid casting a veto against an anti-Israel resolution in the United Nations Security Council was not a case of anti-Israel bias; rather, “American officials worried that a veto would give fuel to radicals” (“For Israel, a Lonely Day at Turtle Bay,” March 4). This has been a…

  Mar 23, 2011 | < 1 min read
• Opinion

  Reform’s New Leader

  Whoever leads the Union for Reform Judaism can really matter in American Jewish life. With 900 synagogues serving 1.5 million people, the Reform movement is the nation’s largest Jewish denomination and, despite its budgetary and organizational travails, remains the steadiest ship in the vast and sometimes inchoate sea of liberal Judaism. Its leaders tend to…

  Mar 23, 2011 | 2 min read

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• Jay Michaelson American Jews were played — now what?

  

• Rob Eshman Americans keep getting killed in the West Bank. Here’s how the US could fight that awful trend

  

• Nora Berman First Camp Auschwitz, now Alligator Alcatraz — why the right is obsessed with commodifying brutality

  

• Dan Perry What exactly is going on between Israel and Syria — and is the prospect of peace dead?

  

• Emily Tamkin Zohran Mamdani’s victory proves it: The ‘gotcha’ mode of fighting antisemitism has to go

  

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  The Courage of the Press

  The horrific story of four journalists from The New York Times held captive in Libya underscores a brutal fact: Reporters and photographers place their lives on the line to deliver news and context so necessary for all of us to understand our world. To those who deride the “lamestream media,” we suggest a careful reading…

  Mar 23, 2011 | < 1 min read
• Letters

  Rep’s Injuries Are No Laughing Matter

  I am appalled that you would make light of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’s recovery in your Purim spoof section (“Gabby Giffords Recovering, Developing New Powers,” March 18). What were you thinking? Bad taste does not begin to describe your use of her injuries as material for a joke. RITA ROSEN POLEY Elkins Park, Pa.

  Mar 23, 2011 | < 1 min read
• Opinion

  Anti-Semitism Has No Place in Islam

  In his March 4 opinion article, “An Appeal to My Muslim Friends,” Rabbi Eric Yoffie presented his concerns about the possibility of anti-Semitism gaining traction amid the revolutionary tumult now sweeping the Arab world. He pointed, in particular, to the prominence of Sheik Yusuf al-Qaradawi, citing past comments in which the sheik had used very…

  By Sayyid M. Syeed Mar 23, 2011 | 3 min read
• Opinion

  Peace Can’t Be Provisional

  Israel needs to achieve an end to its conflict with the Palestinians. Recent developments in the region make this goal all the more urgent. Yet instead of working to achieve a permanent-status agreement, ending all claims by the two parties, we are increasingly hearing talk about pushing for an interim agreement based on provisional borders….

  By Ephraim Sneh Mar 23, 2011 | 3 min read
• Opinion

  The ‘A-Word’ in Hebron

  You’ve probably read about the situation in the West Bank city of Hebron, where some 800 Jewish settlers live in the midst of 170,000 Palestinians. But being there is something else. Being there can make you sick to your stomach; being there you can’t help thinking of the “A-word.” A few weeks ago, I spent…

  By Letty Cottin Pogrebin Mar 23, 2011 | 3 min read
• Opinion

  Sarah Palin’s Geography Lesson: Bethlehem Is Where? Oh, Whoops.

  Sarah Palin has been raising eyebrows in Israel since she set out Monday morning, on her second day in Israel to visit the birthplace of Jesus in Bethlehem. According to several news reports, which appear to trace back to this one in the London Telegraph, her car headed south from Jerusalem but stopped just short…

  By J.J. Goldberg Mar 22, 2011 | 2 min read
• Opinion

  Learning From Itamar

  Like many others who have been watching the story, my immediate reactions to the grotesque murders in Itamar jumped from shock, to horror, to profound sorrow. Again, like many, I scrutinized the gory details repeatedly, read accounts of the funeral and the eulogies of the family members, and even lay in bed at night forced…

  By Zev Farber Mar 18, 2011 | 4 min read
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  Shocked, Shocked: Israeli Web Freedom Group Cries Foul As Police Block Gaming Sites

  The Israel Internet Association warns in a court filing, reported on News 1 (Hebrew only) ,that freedom of expression in Israel will be “mortally wounded” if the police are allowed to go ahead with an order blocking access to eight Internet gambling sites. The Internet Association’s lawyer, Web freedom specialist Haim Rabia, presented his arguments…

  By J.J. Goldberg Mar 18, 2011 | < 1 min read