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Letters week of Sept. 23, 2010

Where Are All the Voices Raised in Protest? The Roma of France are being deported, and the European Union has raised a protest citing how it is a violation of international law. But if there are any voices that should speak the loudest, it should be Jewish ones. Yet what do the numerous Holocaust and human-rights advocates have to say?...

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A Soldier's Reflections

An Afghani Rosh Hashanah

By:

Avi Behar, JE Feature

Who would have thought that Afghanistan would be a place of unity for Jews? A few weeks ago I came across a flyer posted in the local chapel with times for services for every Christian denomination possible. A few hours later a thought of "Hey, why not" came across my mind. So, I walked and took a second glance. To...

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Take the Reins of the Education System -- and Pull Very Hard

By:

Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

On Sunday, Oct. 3, Central Park will become the staging area to kick off a new movement in educational reform. Dubbed the "Ultimate Block Party," our aim is to draw attention to what concerned scientists are calling the educational equivalent of "global warming." The young children in our preschools and primary schools today are the workforce of 2040, and all...

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When Hate Takes Over, the Results Never Turn Out Well

By:

Barry Morrison

With the passing of summer, the election campaign season is in full gear, and with it partisan and cynical attacks, and too often, mean-spirited rhetoric. This rhetoric can divide our nation, harm the democratic process and even lead to violence. This phenomenon is not new. Shortly after the 2008 presidential election, an Anti-Defamation League report, "Rage Grows in America," warned...

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After the Darkness of Deportation, a Bright Life

By:

Ed Lion

Shortly after Yom Kippur 70 years ago, my father, grandparents and some 6,000 other Jews were deported from the border region of southwest Germany to internment camps in southern France. For the next 18 months, my father, Kurt Lion, endured deprivation as he nursed his ailing parents first in the Gurs, and later in the Rivesaltes camps. His father, Philip,...