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March 28, 2012
Embattled but resolute, Beinart responds to his critics
In the last two years, the ideas of Jewish journalist Peter Beinart have been at the center of the conversation over how American Jews should relate to Israel today.
Former J. editor needs kidney transplant
Marc Klein needs a kidney. Suffering from polycystic renal disease, the former editor of j. will have to undergo dialysis soon unless a kidney transplant becomes available. That’s why he is going public with an outreach effort launched through the S.F.-based Jewish Community Federation.
Opinion: Amos Oz inspires J Street conference in Washington, D.C.
“The Palestinian-Israeli conflict is a pure tragedy of Greek proportions…because it is a clash between right and right…between two nations who have never known another homeland.”
Sheldon Adelson on Newt: ‘He’s at the end of his line’
Sheldon Adelson, who with wife Miri, has given more than $15 million to the Newt Gingrich Super PAC Winning Our Future, said Monday he believes Gingrich is “at the end of his line” regarding the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
French lawmakers pay condolence calls in Jerusalem
A delegation of French political leaders visiting Israel paid condolence calls to the families of the children and rabbi killed in the attack on a Jewish school in Toulouse.
Opinion: Synagogues must reach out to ‘the uninspired’
A few months back I saw \”Moneyball,\” a film about a creative reimagination of Major League baseball. In my favorite scene, Billy Beane, the legendary general manager of the Oakland Athletics, challenges his scouts to think differently about the game if they are to have any chance at success. Beane declares, “Adapt or die.” These words haven’t stopped echoing in my head.
U.S. Treasury levels new sanctions against Iran
The U.S. Treasury Department imposed additional sanctions against Iranian engineering firms linked to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, and individuals and companies linked to the Iranian state shipping line.
New Haggadahs: Reform version, novelists’ take and Ethiopian flavor
Leading a seder for the first time this year? There’s an app for that.
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