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Opinion Thumping
Few issues are higher on the political agenda of American Jews than the injection of religion into public life. Having fought for generations for the right to be considered full-fledged citizens of our country, we take exception to actions — public prayers, restrictive laws, declarations of faith — that suggest our Americanness is less complete…
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Opinion Protecting the Wall
On the face of it, the United States Supreme Court’s ruling this week on the religious rights of prisoners covers a fairly narrow field: It merely upholds one recent federal law that limits the ability of certain local authorities — mainly prisons and zoning commissions — to curtail religious practices. But while the direct impact…
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Opinion Israel Journeys
The Israeli government and the Jewish Agency for Israel took an important step forward this week with the launch of Masa, or Israel Journey, the new, multimillion-dollar effort to promote long-term study and volunteering in Israel by young adults. Experience shows there’s nothing better than a semester or two in Israel to strengthen human and…
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Opinion Democracy Gets a Reprieve
Democracy got a reprieve in Washington this week, and America got some new heroes, when 14 United States senators — seven Democrats and seven Republicans — broke with their parties to forge a compromise that forestalled a Capitol Hill meltdown over judicial nominations. The heroism of the 14 is not of the sort we’re most…
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Opinion Make-believe Ethics
Here’s an ethical puzzle: Suppose you are the head of a major American institution that wields influence around the world. You come across what seems to be solid evidence of mischief-making in America’s relations with the Islamic world. The evidence isn’t airtight, but you go with it. The result, unanticipated, is mayhem: bloodshed beyond your…
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Opinion Crippling the Opposition
Any honest discussion of democratic procedure in the United States Senate ought to begin with a simple examination of how the chamber’s voting members got there in the first place. If it were an honest examination, there wouldn’t be much left to talk about. Republican leaders complain that the minority Democrats’ use of the filibuster…
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Opinion A Smoking Gun
Among the embarrassing documents that surfaced during the mud-bath that was Great Britain’s parliamentary election this month, one of the most disturbing was a memo indicating that President Bush had his mind firmly set on war with Iraq as early as July 2002, nearly a year before the shooting began, and that America’s “intelligence and…
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Opinion Welcome, Sharon
When Israel’s prime minister appears before Jewish audiences in New York and Washington next week, he may seem to be facing a Jewish community that’s deeply divided on his policies. That’s not the case. There undoubtedly will be noisy demonstrators in both cities attacking him and his policies. Some will claim he is betraying Jewish…
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