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Israel’s Ambassador Defends Hagel, Talks Iran On Colbert Show

Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren on Tuesday night defended Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel as a friend of Israel — and dismissed comments the former senator made about Zionist influence on Capitol Hill – during an appearance on Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report.” In a fast-paced segment the U.S.-born Oren matched wits with […]

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Dilution Of Conversion Standards

Rabbi Elliott Cosgrove is not wrong to seek new approaches to the problem of intermarriage, but like many, he fails to acknowledge the dilution of standards that has led to the high rate of interfaith marriage within Conservative Judaism in the first place (“Time to Rethink Conversion Policy,” Editorial, March 1). Intermarriage is a symptom, […]

Bima Revolution

A conference questions the point of the rite of passage, besides profits for the party-planning-industrial complex.

Hagel Should Be Opposed

Of Rothian Proportions

E-Rate Praise

Purim Jokes Go Too Far

Baruch Puts Women Comics In Spotlight

Remembering Oscar Levant

Yehoshua Takes On The Artist

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