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Rabbis Uncensored

Why Not Grasp Great Gift That Comes Each Week With Shabbat?

By:

Elaine Katz

Why are some people able to accept a gift gracefully and others do not know how?

Columns

Obama's Response to Iranian Nukes Is Far From Serious

By:

Gary E. Erlbaum and Benyamin Korn

Supporters of President Barack Obama may take comfort from his newfound push for tighter United Nations sanctions against Iran. And surely American Jews should support any and all pressure against the nuclear weapons program -- finally acknowledged by the International Atomic Energy Agency -- of the messianic regime in Tehran that loudly proclaims its intention to destroy the State of...

Kvetch 'N Kvell

Letters Week of Nov. 29, 2011

Is this twosome really open to all ideas, as they suggest? And many more heroes were honored at a synagogue ceremoney than an article made apparent.

Editorials

Facing a Choice, Again

Sixty-four years after the United Nations voted to partition Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab entities, a two-state solution appears nearly as remote a possibility as it did when the Arab world rejected it the first time around.

Editorials

A Hearty Thank You

We Jews are no stranger to the notion of giving thanks. The observant among us recite such blessings many times each day, beginning with a morning prayer thanking God for enabling us to wake up. For others, prayerful thanks come somewhat less frequently, perhaps with a blessing over a Shabbat meal or a Shehecheyanu, expressing appreciation for having reached a...