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A number of months ago I read in The Jewish Week an article where a well-known sociologist shared that the Conservative movement’s membership has halved over the last 20 years. This past weekend, I found out one reason why.  In your article, “Conservative Ruling Tips Scales on Cooked Fish” (Dec. 7), I realized that perpetual […]

The prospect of President Obama appointing Sen. John Kerry as secretary of state and, especially, former Sen. Chuck Hagel as secretary of defense is making many leaders in the pro-Israel community very worried, and with good cause. It’s true that activist supporters of Israel can be fickle about their affections. George Shultz was viewed with […]