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Rabbis Uncensored

Crediting Camp Romance for Future Generations

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What Torah Teaches About Privacy

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The universe of Paul Celan, one of the central poets of the 20th century, continues to expand for English-speaking readers, thanks to certain enterprising translators. This year saw the publication by Sheep Meadow Press of the demanding Snow Part , rendered by Ian Fairley. Now the intrepid American Poetry Review , based here in Philadelphia and considered by many to...

Columns

They Will Decide Their Own Fate

Israel's security will be affected more by its own voting than by our election

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Jonathan S. Tobin

American Jews have spent much of the past year tying themselves in knots debating which of the presidential candidates is the stronger supporter of the U.S.-Israel relationship. To the last week of the campaign, Republicans continued to argue that Barack Obama's protestations of sympathy for the Jewish state were faked. Their last-ditch efforts centered around Obama's appearance at a 2003...

Editorials

Post-Election Agenda for Jewish Advocacy

The end of the marathon presidential election race this week (though the final results were not known as this page went to press) puts a period on a fascinating campaign that held the nation's attention for more than a year. But the election of a new president and Congress is not the end of politics or public policy. On the...

Kvetch 'N Kvell

Letters week of Nov. 6, 2008

The Political Campaignof Fear Must Be Derailed After seeing the Republican Jewish Coalition ads and looking at its Web site, I have changed my registration from Republican to Democratic. Jews have been the victims of lies, distortions, and vehement, deadly hatred. For a Jewish organization to contribute to any kind of fear-mongering and to the sordid smearing of a decent...

Columns

70 Years After: Real Meaning of Kristallnacht Becomes Clear

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Mitchell Bard

Imagine that you are 9 years old, sleeping soundly in your warm bed. Before going to sleep, you went through the normal bedtime ritual of brushing your teeth and washing your hands and face. Your mother came in to read a story. When you wake up, you'll eat breakfast and then go to school like you do every day. But...