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After a week of tense exchanges between U.S. and Israeli officials, both sides appear to be pulling back from the brink. But that doesn’t mean the issue that sparked this confrontation — new Jewish...

Too high a price
Israel apologized Wednesday — and rightly so — for disrupting Vice President Joe Biden’s peace mission to the region by announcing authorization for 1,600 new homes in east Jerusalem. When the No...

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Son of Hamas leader helps Israel, inspires hope
It takes a lot to strike out against your father — especially when he’s a founder of Hamas. But that’s exactly what Mosab Yousef did. For more than a decade, Yousef, son of Hamas founder Sheikh H...

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Four strikes and you’re out
Three strikes and you’re out” may be a baseball term — and one too well known to the Pirates — but it factors into international politics as well. In three consecutive years, 2006, 2007 and 2008, ...

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When praying is dangerous, state must step in
This paper has previously taken up the cause of Women at the Wall, a group of pious Jewish women who want nothing more than to peacefully worship their God at Judaism’s holiest site — the Western ...

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Morality first in Eitam debate
As Jews, questioning things is part of our cultural DNA . The most common question of the week may certainly be, “why haven’t the plows come through our street yet?” Recently, though, another sle...

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Demand real justice
When Republican senatorial candidate Pat Toomey met The Chronicle staff last week, he made it clear he opposed trying Guantanamo detainees in civilian courts — either here in western Pennsylvania,...

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In defense of Jewish heritage claims
JERUSALEM — Imagine if someone forbade you from seeing your loved ones or banned you from visiting the graves of your grandparents. Imagine they told you that you have no right to come to your f...

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Learning outside of class: Jerusalem teaches student to be grateful
TEL AVIV — My classmates and I just took a day trip to Jerusalem, and all I could think about was finding my favorite quote in the city, printed in a hallway outside of the Western Wall, and s...

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The vital center and Modern Orthodoxy
NEW YORK — Another month, another round of recriminations in the Modern Orthodox community. Two months ago it was a breakaway rabbinic organization established, in part, to promote decentraliz...

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Local NIF supporter explains his stepped-up support
Our family, like many others in Pittsburgh, contributes to the United Jewish Federation’s annual fund drive and supports the New Israel Fund to sustain democracy and human rights in Israel. This w...

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Hezbollah gains a toehold inside U.N. Security Council
NEW YORK — Sheik Hassan Nasrallah is not likely to take a seat at the U.N. Security Council’s horseshoe table, but the Hezbollah terrorist organization he has led since 1992 now has a toehold ...

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Tel Aviv is fun, but writer came for Israel
TEL AVIV — It has been 13 days since I arrived in Tel Aviv for my semester abroad, and I can safely say that this experience so far has been entirely different than the Taglit-Birthright trip ...

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J Street, ZOA should strive to find common ground
With J Street Pittsburgh, the local chapter of the nation’s liberal Zionist organization, set to kick off its operations here next week with a celebration, now is a good time to talk about common ...

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