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  More to Leadership Than Being Scorned

  Regarding Benyamin Korn’s January 28 opinion article “Breaking Begin, but Not Palin,” I would hope that most of us judge the strengths of a particular leader or political figure, not on what journalists say about that person, but on what the leader actually achieves in office or what words he or she actually speaks. Just…

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  For Corporations, Jobs Go Out of Fashion

  There’s something unsettling about seeing the president — this president, specifically — go before a big-business audience to make nice, as Barack Obama did at the U.S Chamber of Commerce February 7. Normally a president can walk into an event like this and feel instantly at home, swathed in chummy bonhomie as he and the…

  By J.J. Goldberg Feb 9, 2011 | 4 min read
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  Davening Barefoot

  The latest craze in running is barefoot or minimalistic running — slapping on the equivalent of a thin layer of rubber soles on a sock and then pounding out 5, 10 and even 20 or more miles. Runners who have adopted the habit say it gives them a better “feel” for running. The idea of…

  By Noam Neusner Feb 9, 2011 | 3 min read

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  Don’t Count Out Egyptian Liberals

  Now that the surprise over the sudden outbreak of mass demonstrations is beginning to recede, we are left to survey Egypt’s changed political landscape. Many observers, however, remain fixated on the decades-old power struggle between the regime (which is much larger than simply President Hosni Mubarak or his son Gamal) and political Islam (which is…

  By Tarek Osman Feb 9, 2011 | 3 min read
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  Seize the Day, Tomorrow Could Be Worse

  “We are witnessing a genuine grassroots revolution in Egypt and its outcome will have to reflect the will of the people, not our desires.” So writes a friend from Israel. But “the will of the people,” as awesomely impressive as it has been these past days in Tahrir Square and elsewhere, inevitably becomes a chimera…

  By Leonard Fein Feb 8, 2011 | 3 min read
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  As Egypt Erupts, Barak Sows Chaos in IDF Senior Command

  Small minds might expect that with everything going in Egypt, Israel’s senior defense officials would have spent the last week focused on what happens next along Israel’s long, undefended southern border. But of course, that’s not how things work these days, now that Israel has Ehud Barak, the most decorated soldier in Israel’s history, as…

  By J.J. Goldberg Feb 6, 2011 | 5 min read
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  Hello, Germany

  It is cold, unreasonably cold, and the fact that the news from around the world is mostly terrible doesn’t help. Having in mind the good and welfare of my readers, as also my own desire for an uplifting thaw, here is some news to warm the freezing heart. For the 11th year in a row,…

  By Leonard Fein Feb 4, 2011 | 3 min read
• Opinion

  Why It Makes Sense To Single Out Glenn Beck

  Recently 400 rabbis signed a letter to Rupert Murdoch, CEO of News Corporation, asking him to sanction Fox News Channel’s most popular host, Glenn Beck. Their concern: Beck’s ongoing invocation of the Holocaust and Nazis to demonize his opponents, as well as his use of traditionally anti-Semitic language to attack Jewish philanthropist George Soros. Jewish…

  By Mik Moore Feb 3, 2011 | 4 min read
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  The Gipper’s Gift: A Pro-Israel GOP

  As America marks the 100th anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s birth, we will be remembering one of our country’s greatest leaders with speeches, tributes and television specials. Friends of Israel will have a special reason to celebrate: Reagan made the Republican Party into the unambiguously pro-Israel party that it is today. Indeed, before the Reagan era,…

  By Tevi Troy Feb 3, 2011 | 3 min read
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  Case for Organ Donation Remains Solid

  Does Jewish law allow the donation of organs from brain-dead patients in order to save lives? The recent report by the Rabbinical Council of America’s Vaad Halacha, or committee on Jewish law, suggests that new medical information should cause us to answer “no.” Even though the RCA’s leadership has since clarified that the organization has…

  By Baruch A. Brody and Shlomo M. Brody Feb 2, 2011 | 4 min read
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  How Global Warming Felled Mubarak

  The craziest part of the uprising in Egypt is how it caught us all by surprise. After all, it was predicted — three years ago. Unfortunately, nobody was paying attention. It sounded too weird. The warnings weren’t coming from political analysts, but from climate and crop experts. Which means — what? Climate topples dictator? No…

  By J.J. Goldberg Feb 2, 2011 | 3 min read