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Gen. Amos Yadlin had two pieces of bad news for the Israeli Knesset — and the world — on Tuesday. First, he said the Iranian nuclear facility under construction inside a mountain near the city of ...
We need J Street, too
In the 60-plus years Jews have debated the future of Israel, one thing is clear: We need both the political left and right to have these debates. The issues are complicated, and neither side of th...
In the 60-plus years Jews have debated the future of Israel, one thing is clear: We need both the political left and right to have these debates. The issues are complicated, and neither side of th...
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Plenty of reasons
We’re all for Israelis and Palestinians living side by side in peace. In fact, this paper has long supported a two-state solution, which gives each side the security it needs and the right it dese...
We’re all for Israelis and Palestinians living side by side in peace. In fact, this paper has long supported a two-state solution, which gives each side the security it needs and the right it dese...
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Campus Judaism needs money
Everyone is feeling the pinch of a tough economy, and everybody is forced to make cuts. Some of those cuts, though, hurt more than others. Next week at the University of Pittsburgh, a consortium o...
Everyone is feeling the pinch of a tough economy, and everybody is forced to make cuts. Some of those cuts, though, hurt more than others. Next week at the University of Pittsburgh, a consortium o...
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Proper recognition due
Several years ago, in Morgantown, W.Va., veterans organized a Memorial Day ceremony outside the courthouse there: Nothing surprising, veterans across the country always remember their fallen comra...
Several years ago, in Morgantown, W.Va., veterans organized a Memorial Day ceremony outside the courthouse there: Nothing surprising, veterans across the country always remember their fallen comra...
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Takin’ it to the streets — not
We would have much preferred to picture proud Jews on our front page waving Israeli flags in front of so iconic a Pittsburgh landmark as the statue of the late Mayor Richard Caliguiri. Sadly, that...
We would have much preferred to picture proud Jews on our front page waving Israeli flags in front of so iconic a Pittsburgh landmark as the statue of the late Mayor Richard Caliguiri. Sadly, that...
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Where are the Jews at the G-20?
OK, let’s be frank. The G-20 Summit this week in Pittsburgh is, as we say in newspapers, a dog and pony show. But it’s a good dog and pony show. It’s also a high-profile dog and pony show. With mo...
OK, let’s be frank. The G-20 Summit this week in Pittsburgh is, as we say in newspapers, a dog and pony show. But it’s a good dog and pony show. It’s also a high-profile dog and pony show. With mo...
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opinion
Kristallnacht and beyond: The specter returns
On Nov. 9, 1938, a massive nationwide anti-Jewish pogrom took place during peacetime across the entire territory of the Third Reich. The pretext for this orgy of violence against German Jews was t...
On Nov. 9, 1938, a massive nationwide anti-Jewish pogrom took place during peacetime across the entire territory of the Third Reich. The pretext for this orgy of violence against German Jews was t...
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Partnership, not placards, is the way to answer the BDS movement
Last weekend, Pitt Students for Justice in Palestine hosted a three-day BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) conference at the University of Pittsburgh. This movement was founded in 2005 by a...
Last weekend, Pitt Students for Justice in Palestine hosted a three-day BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) conference at the University of Pittsburgh. This movement was founded in 2005 by a...
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In rebuttal
Israeli studies at Pitt given serious treatment
Assuming that the study of Israel is inadequately represented in the curriculum at the University of Pittsburgh, a recent editorial and a letter to The Chronicle have called for the creation of an...
Assuming that the study of Israel is inadequately represented in the curriculum at the University of Pittsburgh, a recent editorial and a letter to The Chronicle have called for the creation of an...
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What’s really on trial in the Goldstone report?
NEW YORK — The No. 1 priority of any government is to protect its citizens, whether it be from times of economic instability, crime or foreign threats. Stimulus packages and rebates are given ...
NEW YORK — The No. 1 priority of any government is to protect its citizens, whether it be from times of economic instability, crime or foreign threats. Stimulus packages and rebates are given ...
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My summer job led
me to social justice
As I entered the synagogue of the Center for Jewish Life at Princeton University to hear Rabbi Ari Weiss lead a discussion on the Tav HaYosher, an ethical seal for kosher eating establishments, I ...
As I entered the synagogue of the Center for Jewish Life at Princeton University to hear Rabbi Ari Weiss lead a discussion on the Tav HaYosher, an ethical seal for kosher eating establishments, I ...
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Saying goodbye to the Concordia Club
My earliest memories of the Concordia Club are of me as a little girl going to family dinners and parties, excited to know that upon entering the foyer I would be greeted with the warmth and safet...
My earliest memories of the Concordia Club are of me as a little girl going to family dinners and parties, excited to know that upon entering the foyer I would be greeted with the warmth and safet...
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Medieval Sephardic poet shows us how to choose civility
ROCKVILLE , Md. — Having shepherded hundreds of people through Jewish leadership workshops, I am asked frequently why we don’t have better, more competent Jewish leaders — lay and professional — ...
ROCKVILLE , Md. — Having shepherded hundreds of people through Jewish leadership workshops, I am asked frequently why we don’t have better, more competent Jewish leaders — lay and professional — ...
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event calendar 
Saturday, 07, 2009
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Light/The Holocaust & ... 12:00 AM to 12:00 AM
Brundibar. Maurice Sendak and
Tony Kushne...
Night at the Races 7:00 PM Congregation Emanu-El Israel will hold its...
GoodTaste! Pittsburgh 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM GoodTaste! Pittsburgh, the region’s larges...
Designer Days 6:00 PM to 6:00 PM On Thursday, November 5, 2009, from 6-8 p....