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Counterproductive To Snub Obama

As a longtime advocate on behalf of Jonathan Pollard — and one of the first — I find the efforts now underway to try to convince Israel President Shimon Peres to decline the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom in June unless President Barack Obama grants clemency to Pollard to be foolish and, in fact, counterproductive […]

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‘I Like To Attack’

Jewish émigré, member of a powerhouse Brooklyn middle school chess team, learned the game at his grandfathers’ knees.

In The Balkan Countryside

I’m increasingly convinced that if you want to really see another culture, especially in the globalized West, you have to get out of the cities and into the countryside. This is always my advice to friends bound for Europe, where many cities — particularly those once united by empire — tend to look and feel […]

One-On-One Training

French Jews’ Fears Rising

Riding The Hyphen

Value Of Haftorahs

Anxiety In Both Camps As General Campaign Begins

Israel, When She’s 64

‘Second Stage’ For Startups

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