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Opinion The Special Relationship
Let us hope that more substance was discussed and debated behind closed doors than in front of the cameras. In front of the cameras, President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did what was expected and, indeed, necessary after their first meeting since both assumed office: The widely popular but untested president and the…
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Opinion Leave the Gleanings
Shavuot, the biblical Festival of Weeks, arrives on May 29 this year, with a special urgency. Holidays on the Jewish calendar often speak to us with particular force at pivotal moments in our communal lives – Passover, for example, with its theme of freedom, or Yom Kippur with its call for repentance. This year, we…
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Opinion Real Freedom of Choice
The Employee Free Choice Act is a worthy, if flawed, response to a fundamental inadequacy in federal labor law: Too often, workers are not free to choose whether or not to join a union. No side is always in the wrong here; the freedom to choose has been threatened by bullying, coercion and manipulation by…
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Opinion Finding a Healthy Balance
Now that Washington is finally getting to work on long-awaited, desperately needed health care reform, lobbyists and pressure groups are circling the arena like cornered tigers ready to pounce. That’s how democracy works. It’s important, though, that all voices are heard — that money doesn’t do all the talking. One essential voice is that of…
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Opinion Treyf Tactics in Postville
One year after a federal immigration raid at the nation’s largest kosher slaughterhouse exposed deep flaws in the kosher meat industry, much has changed, but too many injustices remain. In this first year, much of the focus has rightly been on the legal and ethical issues raised by the treatment of animals and workers in…
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Opinion Bad Faith Efforts at Bagram
At first glance, the video seems damaging enough. American soldiers are shown discussing how to bring their brand of Christianity to the Muslim population of Afghanistan. Bibles in the local languages of Pashto and Dari are piled high, funded by churches back home and ready for distribution. “These special forces guys — they hunt men…
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Opinion Specter’s Switch
About 50 people gathered on the evening of April 26 at a home in suburban Philadelphia to raise funds for Pennsylvania’s senior U.S. Senator, Arlen Specter. The host, Mark Aronchick, is a prominent attorney and Democratic fundraiser who worked with Howard Dean and traveled with Hillary Rodham Clinton during last year’s campaign. Probably 80% of…
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Opinion Hello and Farewell
About a month ago, the Forward offered to convene an ongoing conversation between our readers and Jewish communal leaders, to hold those leaders accountable and to promote civil dialogue at a time when it is sorely needed. Not surprisingly, we haven’t heard from any communal leaders willing to participate. Yet. But we have heard from…
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