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American Jews respond to Pakistan floods
We hope you saw an item in last week’s Chronicle about Federation-supported relief effort for the flood victims in Pakistan. The American Jewish World Service and Jewish Joint Distribution Committ...
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A nation’s image is a fickle thing
Countries can work for years, decades even, to build a respectable name for themselves in the view of the world. Like a house of cards, though, one false move can have the process topple to the gr...
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The wrong fight
How regrettable that CNN host and Newsweek columnist Fareed Zakaria felt the need to return an award presented by the Anti-Defamation League to protest ADL’s opposition to a proposed mosque near...
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The Jewish wedding that wasn’t
The bride wore a stunning strapless, silk organza Vera Wang wedding gown, enhanced by a swirling ball skirt with a silk tulle diagonally draped bodice and accented by an embellished belt. The groo...
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‘Rape by deception’ charge rings false
It’s a Saturday night in a Pittsburgh bar. A young, well-dressed man approaches a woman and orders her a drink. They strike up a conversation and the spark of chemistry is lit. By night’s end, th...
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Soothing ties with Turkey
On May 31, Israel and Turkey — two countries that, until then, had been fairly close allies — were forced to take a step back. If you’ve read The Chronicle in the past few months, you know what we...
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opinion
<i>Photo by Arianna Jeret<br> The shofar, blown on the High Holy Days, is seen as a call to action.</i> Shofar is wake-up call to honest assessment — for ourselves and for Mideast
NEW YORK — With the advent of Rosh Hashana, reflection and introspection dominate our thoughts as we are called upon to examine our lives and focus on improving ourselves both as human beings ...
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A test of American and Jewish values
We fortunate American Jews are living in a golden age. By “golden age” I mean the free and full observance of Judaism coupled with unlimited participation and achievement in a majority non-Jewish ...
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<i>Cliona Campbell</i> Anti-Zionists plumb new depths: Cliona Campbell’s story
It’s very rare that you come across someone deserving of the title “hero” — or “heroine,” for that matter — but I just did. Cliona Campbell is a 19-year old student from Cork, in Ireland. She is s...
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<i>Sholom Rubashkin</i> Rubashkin’s sentence inappropriate for crimes of which he was convicted
Sholom Rubashkin was the vice president of America’s largest kosher meat plant, Agriprocessors, located in Iowa. Rubashkin provided kosher meat to Jews throughout much of the country seeking to co...
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It’s amazing what you can find in your desk
Not long ago I was clearing out my desk (no, I wasn’t fired). I do that once in while to get rid of items long since forgotten — gum bands, old agendas — and make way for new papers and items I’d ...
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Direct talks are needed to advance peace
NEW YORK — In the history of the State of Israel, never have there been preconditions for face-to-face peace talks. While it was not obligated to do so, the Israeli government last November or...
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Dancing at a death camp — is it ever OK?
By now, the video of Holocaust survivor Adolek Kohn dancing with his daughter and grandchildren at Auschwitz has gone viral. So has the debate. Central to that debate, which is raging far and wide...
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Saturday, 04, 2010
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Regional Selichot Service 7:00 PM
The four Eastern Suburban congregations wi...