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Shlomo Zakheim: Exemplar Of Chesed

By Rabbi Raphael Fuchs

Many of the speakers described the vast chesed that Reb Shlomo performed on a daily basis.

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The Degradation of Christian Women under Islam

By Raymond Ibrahim

Meanwhile, in Egypt, U.S. ambassador Anne Patterson was urging Christian Copts not to protest Muslim Brotherhood rule, even though they would suffer under it most.

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Prerequisites for Muslim-Jewish Reconciliation

By Sevda Gözler

We have a big problem with cognitive dissonance in most Arab countries.

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When Will Muslims Stop Blaming their Problems on the Jews?

By Sinem Tezyapar

Iran’s blaming the Zionist entity for a deadly earthquake in the country was pushing the limits of credulity.

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A Tribute to Shlomo Zakheim z”l, Beloved of Hashem

By Esther and Jonathan Pollard

If anyone can bring the prayers of Am Yisrael before the Kisei HaKavod, we know that Shlomo can.

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Assad Adopting Hamas 'Dead Baby' Strategy

By Alan M. Dershowitz

If the media and the international community continue to enable these tyrannical regimes, the cynical dead baby strategy will expand in scope.

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The Law of Use of Force: the US or the UN?

By Henok Gabisa

Can interested state[s] intervene militarily to stop heinous crimes without the Security Council’s authorization?

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Washington Revisited

By Rabbi Elchanan Poupko

The enemies of the Jewish people look longingly to the day when they will, God forbid, have the means to make good their threats to kill as many of us as possible.

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Who Am I? Knowing your Real Face (Book)

By Rabbi Pinchas Allouche

On Facebook, young and old alike fool themselves into believing they are better than the person they see in the mirror.

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Returning to Russia

By Ron Rubin

The Jewish population of Moscow numbers well over 100,000.

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Forgiving Others as We Wish to Be Forgiven

By Pnina Baim

The sad, sordid tale of Solomon Dwek.

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Recognizing the Wrong People

By Clare M. Lopez

It is high time we stopped empowering those who wish us ill: not just to recognize a blood-soaked regime, but to keep on recognizing it.

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Obama Tosses Syrian Hot Potato into Republicans' Laps

By James Simpson

By giving the issue to Congress, he evades sole responsibility and makes himself look "principled."

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France: "Secularism Charter" in Every School

By Soeren Kern

"The Left has singularly lacked courage in the difficult fight to defend secularism."

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Finding Israel, Finding Roots In Your Rosh HaShanah

By Guest Author

We should remind each other of the value of Israel in our lives every chance we get.

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Sorry I Neglected your Jewish Identity, Cousin

By Guest Author

A letter to my American cousin who's going out with an Italian girl.

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About Selichot

By Chabad.org

Most Jewish communities continue reciting Selichot throughout the Ten Days of Repentance.

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Rosh Hashanah 2013 - Pain or pleasure?

By Jeremy Rosen

Zechariah was ready to scrap all the sad fast days and turn them into joyful celebrations.

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Rhode Island Synagogues to Host Nigerian Guests on Sukkot

By Guest Author

Gihon’s members are Nigerians who have embraced Judaism, but have not gone through a formal conversion process.

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‘It Can Be Done’: the Rosh Hashana 1943 Escape of Danish Jews

By Dr. Rafael Medoff

Numerous Danish Christian families hid Jews in their homes or farms, and then smuggled them to the seashore.

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Remembering a Community’s Selfless Response to Hurricane Sandy

By Rabbi Akiva Males

In a short span of time our shul raised and distributed thousands of dollars for relief organizations.

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Aging Rocker’s Failed Anti-Israel Crusade

By Ben Cohen

Sarcasm aside, this is anti-Semitism of the ugliest, most primitive kind.

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Our Friends the Mormons

By Rabbi Perry Tirschwell

I learned that the Mormons have great respect for Jews and the state of Israel.

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German Elections: More EU, More Islam

By Peter Martino

Islamic immigrants are hoping that by turning out a large number of their voters at a time of German voter apathy, they will be able to promote the further Islamification of Germany.

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Who Should Clean Up the Mess?

By Ali Salim

It is the lack of American action that will cause the situation to right itself in Egypt, Syria, North Africa and other centers of unrest in the Arab-Muslim world.

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The Power Of The Kotel Stones

By Guest Author

If tears could melt stone, the Kotel wouldn’t be standing.

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Please, Mr. Obama, Force Israel into another Building Freeze

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

After the last freeze, there was a building boom. And the talks never took place. Let’s do it again.

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Sexual Choices

By Jeremy Rosen

In Judaism sex is regarded as something wonderful, positive, and a gift of God.

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Nigeria’s Igbo Jews

By Guest Author

Many Igbo, even while practicing Christianity, nonetheless consider themselves Jewish.

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‘Move De Line’: Shalom Bayit; Shalom Aleinu

By Rabbi Eliyahu Safran

If you want to move de line, you have to let go of hurt and anger.

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What’s Your Sin? Removing the Number One Stumbling Block in Your Life

By Yaakov Weiland

Can you recall any time you hurt someone, perhaps a friend, neighbor, family member, fellow congregant or business associate?

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Impurity, Heresy, and Immorality

By Alan Krinsky

Why aren't crime and corruption considered heresya kind of denial of the Torah and its precepts?

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Tossing a Jewish Lasso over Wyoming’s Wild West

By Chabad.org

The rabbi, in his early 30s, hails from Miami, Fla., and Raizy, in her late 20s, grew up in Israel. What’s it like to live in the least populated state in the nation?

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Spain's New 'Fornicators'

By Soeren Kern

The imam had threatened to burn down the woman's house because, according to him, she is an "infidel" as she works outside of the home, drives an automobile and has non-Muslim friends.

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Krugman's Lament

By Richard Butrick

For Krugman the move from 1.3 trillion to 1.1 trillion is "down a lot."

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As Egypt Nears Civil War, Israel on High Alert

By Yaakov Lappin

Near the Sinai peninsula, the Israeli Defense Forces continue on high alert, watching every suspicious movement in the sands near the Egyptian border for signs of the next attack.

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Denmark Bans Meatballs to Accommodate Muslims

By Soeren Kern

"The next thing could be that Danish nurses are forced to go under cover as Muslim women..." — Danish People's Party

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Henry Shaw & Names

By Jeremy Rosen

My father was always known as Rosen, but his elder brother Hashy became Shaw.

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Lighter News from the Peace Front

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

You never give me your money / You only give me your funny paper / And in the middle of negotiations / You break down. (Lennon/McCartney)

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Kosher Slaughter Ban Shows Poland Has a Jewish Problem

By Lawrence Grossman

Thirty-eight Sejm members representing Tusk’s ruling Civic Platform party joined with the opposition in voting to outlaw ritual slaughter.

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Rabbis Denied My Daughter a Jewish Education

By Michelle Gross

I hoped the school would be supportive, and though the teachers were wonderful, the administrators made it clear they did not feel their school was the right place for her.

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Never too Early to Get Ahead for 2016

By Jonathan S. Tobin

Though Ryan may prefer to stay in the House rather than put himself through the agony of a presidential candidacy,his numbers make his fans salivate about the possibility of his running.

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Treat Terrorists like Pirates

By Ehud Tokatly

Whatever step that needs to be taken in pursuit of the war against terrorists will hence be considered legal.

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Farrakhan: Disappointed in Obama

By Bob Campbell

The blame always rests with the enemy -- that would be us, the conservatives.

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Continuing the Vision

By Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar

What is in Eretz Israel that draws so much attention? Water? Mineral deposits? Open spaces? Oil? Gold? Diamonds?

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Islam Conquering Higher European Education

By Soeren Kern

Efforts to create a "European Islam" are naïve and misguided, and will "mainstream" an ideology that contradicts the European way of life.

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What Would Stalin Say?

By Chabad.org

Sami Rohr’s impetus for building Jewish community in the former Soviet Union.

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The US Government's Flip-flopping Views on Prisoner Release

By Alan Joseph Bauer

My son and I were injured in a suicide bombing in 2002.

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Pretenses the West Goes On Pretending

By Douglas Murray

"The occupation of Palestine and Jerusalem is a wound that has sat on the body of the Muslim world for years and needs to be removed," says Iran's new "moderate" President, and the centrifuges keep spinning.

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Torture

By Jeremy Rosen

I suspect the survival of torture for so long owes as much to the Church as to human nature.

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This Ain't Torah

By Ehud Tokatly

The Rabbi Motti Elon scandal has to do with much more than just a fallen sage or the plague of sexual abuse by the rich and famous.

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If He Is Released, I Will No Longer Be Able to Live

By Adi Moses

With your decision to release the murderer you spit on the graves of my mother and my brother.

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Definition of Insanity: Failed Negotiators Trying Yet Again

By Danny Danon

Like Erekat, Indyk has been a major player in the peace industry since the early 1990s, and he also can point to zero achievements in bringing peace and prosperity to our region.

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What Does It Mean to Be Jewish?

By Harvey Rachlin

Divine affirmation is the foundation of Judaism. Everything else comes after.

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Prisoner Release Highlights Erosion of Israel's Will

By Morton A. Klein and Dr. Daniel Mandel

In this morally unjust, tactically unwise, strategically harmful, militarily hazardous and life-endangering unilateral concession, we see the erosion of Israeli will.

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Why this Christian Supports Israel

By Gary Bauer

The people of Israel love what we Americans love and honor what we Americans honor. Israel is built on the rule of law. Its Declaration of Independence is modeled after ours. We are joined at the heart.

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Judeana Jones and the Fifth Question

By Steven Plaut

The Taliban is all too willing to obliterate anything attesting to ancient Jewish life and culture.

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Living Respectfully among Non-Jews: an Open Letter to Jewish Parents

By Rabbis Yitzchok Adlerstein and Abraham Cooper

Across Europe, the lid has come off the demons repressed for a few decades after the Holocaust.

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Britain: Muslim Prison Population Up 200%

By Soeren Kern

"If we deal with him one time, with violence, and show him what time it is, he will never disrespect our religion again ... For Muslims, you'd say it's good, but for non-Muslims, it's very, very bad."

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Chief Rabbis & Politics

By Jeremy Rosen

But surely, you will say, Judaism requires one to respect one’s religious leaders. In theory this is so.

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Zechut Avot : An Eternal Birthright

By David Wilder

The first time was many years ago. I had just concluded explanations about Yeshivat Knesset Yisrael” which arrived in Hebron from Slobodka, in Lithuania in 1924. The Hebron Heritage Museum at Beit Hadassah features an exhibit about this illustrious Torah-learning academy, nicknamed the ‘Hebron Yeshiva,’ which includes a ‘class picture’ from 1928. As I finished […]

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Will Hezbollah Terrorism Save Israel from Delusional Peace with PA?

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah threatens the US-led "peace talks," saying he will back “Palestine resistance” to ensure that all of the Land of Israel will not remain in Jewish hands.

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A Call to Action: Shut Down the Claims Conference

By Guest Author

After helping themselves to large salaries and allowing fraud to persist under their noses for over a decade, the Claims Conference is too broke to serve the survivors.

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Nothing ‘Reasonable’ about Mideast Divide

By Jonathan S. Tobin

Since a majority of Palestinians cannot envision mutual recognition even after all issues are resolved and they get a state, they see it as merely a pause before the conflict would begin anew.

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The Betrayal of Anthony Weiner?

By Thomas Lifson

History shows that people who become inconvenient to the Clintons, even close friends like Webb Hubbell, do not have happy endings.

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Iran: Can Rouhani Deliver?

By Guest Author

Rouhani's campaign symbol was a giant golden key that symbolized his ability to open locked doors, but now he may find it difficult to deliver on his promise.

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No Rules, No Red Lines, all of Israel Is Up for Grabs

By David Wilder

Everything is up for grabs. Beginning with Hebron, Beit El, and Elon Moreh, onwards to Jerusalem and finally, Tel Aviv, Beer Sheva and Haifa.

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Israel Prepares for Jihadis

By Yaakov Lappin

As thousands of radical jihadis have moved into Syria and the Sinai, Israel is perfecting its ability to neutralize these targets.

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Jews of Pinsk

By Jeremy Rosen

The myth about the idyllic Jewish life if the ghettos of the East is dishonest, manipulative, and a betrayal of the memory of those who lived through it.

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Kerry Must End the ‘Israel-Is-to-Blame’ Game

By Ben Cohen

Unfortunately, Israel, a stable democracy and Western ally, can be relied upon to be cooperative.

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Remembering a Chief Rabbi Who Fit the Title

By Dvora Waysman

His dream was to reach out to every Jew, even the most secular.

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A Jewish Plan to Make the Best of the Rest of your Summer

By Rabbi Pinchas Allouche

Why would our tradition fill our fun-filled summers with such restricting limitations?

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A Promising Future for Catholic-Jewish Relations

By Lawrence H. Schiffman

Blunt and forthright, he declared that “Due to our common roots, a Christian cannot be anti-Semitic!”

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'Occupied Territories': What about Cyprus, Kashmir, Tibet?

By Douglas Murray

This latest decision tells us nothing about Israel or the West Bank. But it tells us what we need to know about the EU.

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Where's the EU on Tibetan Rights?

By Guest Author

Why aren't you boycotting Chinese entities operating in occupied Tibet?

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US Ambassador to Egypt 'Muslim Brotherhood Lackey'

By Raymond Ibrahim

There is also widespread belief that Patterson's "meddling" in Egypt's affairs is not limited to General Sisi and the Egyptian media.

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Hypersensitivity

By Jeremy Rosen

I don’t expect thinking Muslims to object to a reasoned critique of Islam.

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Jews under Siege

By Barry Shaw

The future is bleak.

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Dear Anglicans: Please Check Your Own Shtreimels First

By Rabbis Yitzchok Adlerstein and Abraham Cooper

The Anglicans are urging their faithful to “educate the church about the impact of illegal settlements” on the West Bank.

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On Orthodox Insularity

By Rabbi Yaakov Rosenblatt

The words over the yeshiva's main doors used to be in English.

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US Mideast Policy: Looking in all the Wrong Places?

By Rabbi Elchanan Poupko

Kerry’s working with actors who have acted in this movie before, and the script is built around the same elements. But the theater is new.

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Israel’s Effective New Advocate

By Jonathan S. Tobin

Dermer is seen by the left as the worst of all possible creatures: a “right-wing neocon with close ties to the Bush family.”

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An Equitable Division of Duties, Lapid Edition

By Meir Indor

Instead of giving new young couples some time in public housing until they’re ready to move forward, they want to give away the apartments to people who have been reaping the benefits for years.

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Britain: 'Rape Jihad' against Children

By Soeren Kern

Politically correct Britons are forced to confront the previously taboo subject of endemic sexual abuse of children by predatory Muslim pedophile gangs.

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The Golem Disease

By Jeremy Rosen

The super hero myth is dangerous because it is an excuse for inaction and fantasy.

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Nelson Mandela and Zionism

By Ben Cohen

Mandela once wrote that Jews, in his experience, were far more sensitive about race because of their own history.

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Improving the NYPD while Protecting our Cops

By David G. Greenfield

It is already illegal to conduct bias-based profiling, and there is no need for legislation that will make the job of police officers that much harder

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It’s Israel’s Fault

By Isaac Kohn

The thug knew exactly what you are and he went after you anyway, Mr. Anteby.

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The Hero of Tisha B’Av?

By Alan Krinsky

Was the humble Rabbi Zechariah ben Avkulos the real hero of the destruction story?

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Fasting: Exercise in Righteousness – or Just Hunger Pangs?

By Rabbi Eliyahu Safran

Almost every person viewed Yom Kippur and Tisha B’Av in a different light from the minor fasts.

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Satirical, Right Wing Latma to Close by the End of July

By Boaz Haetzni

An appeal to keep the satirical show Latma running.

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I Slept in Hitler's Room and Germany Went Ballistic

By Guest Author

Germany, I sadly found out, was obsessed with Jews.

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92nd Street Why

By Jeremy Rosen

I find it very sad that an organization founded to help Jews retain their identity, should be so insensitive, so unaware Jewishly.

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The Rhetoric of National Disaster

By Dr. Mordechai Kedar

Each side wanted an absolute victory for itself, and total defeat for the other side.

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Syria And Obama

By Gregory J. Wallance

How did we move so quickly from complacency to last-minute weapons deliveries and a possible no-fly zone?

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The Jewish Continuum and You

By Harvey Rachlin

You are a link in a long great chain of people bounded by a heritage that stretches back nearly six thousand years.

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'American Guarantees': Foolish Offers

By Shoshana Bryen

It appears not to have occurred to Condoleezza Rice that Palestinian statehood was incompatible with Israeli security.

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Holy Garments: Reflections on the IDF Uniform

By Rabbi Eliyahu Safran

A Jerusalem chassidic rabbi banned uniformed IDF soldiers from his group’s study halls, synagogues and yeshivas.

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Must a Jewish State Be Zionist?

By Jeremy Rosen

Many Israeli intellectuals seem still caught up in an outdated debate about their identity caused both by their secularism and their left-wing ideology.

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