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Newt Gingrich’s claim regarding a reversal of Mideast policy calling Palestinians an “invented” people and opposing a two-state solution, all of which contradict the views of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the majority of the Israeli people, are clearly aimed at securing the vote of American Jewry in the coming presidential election (Editorial, “Truth And […]

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In “A Time Of Zealots” (Editorial, Dec. 16) you state “Chanukah is the festival brought to us by Jewish Zealots. It was the military victory of guerrilla fighters and rogues against Greek repression.” You even cite The Book of Maccabees as your proof text. What you fail to mention, and is perhaps the most salient […]

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Yes, non-Orthodox and Orthodox are going in opposite directions, but not for the reasons the letter writer states (“Nothing To Discuss,” Letters, Dec. 16). Some haredi Jews in Israel believe that their young men should be exempt from the military service in the Israel Defense Forces that is necessary to protect Israel from its many […]

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