Israel is now stuck between Iraq and a hard place; those in the administration who most uncritically support Israel don\’t know what they\’re doing, and those who have better ideas are more critical of Israel.
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Any organization\’s program and operational decisions should stem from the philosophy, beliefs and vision that are its reasons for being in the first place. These basic values, however, are often assumed, yet rarely articulated.
Leaving Gaza also made sense morally, said Daniel Sokatch, executive director of the Progressive Jewish Alliance.
\”For Israel to remain a democratic and Jewish state, it cannot occupy and control millions of Palestinians indefinitely,\” he said.
Eleven years ago, at ceremonies marking the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, misunderstandings between Poles and Jews ran so deep that even a rabbi\’s desire to say the Mourner\’s Kaddish reportedly disturbed some Polish politicians
Democratic districts on Los Angeles\’ Westside and in the Valley, next week\’s primary will not only determine the Democratic winner but also the person who will almost certainly win in the fall\’s general election. And Jewish voters, who are overwhelmingly Democratic, will play a key role in the outcome.
Critics say that starting in the mid-1990s, the JCRC slowly began losing its voice and shirked a core mission: to be as visible and forthrightly active as possible.
The Hadera Democratic School, which receives funding from both public and private sources, was the first of its kind in Israel. Since its founding in 1987 in this city about 60 kilometers north of Tel Aviv, 23 other schools have opened around the country based on its model of democratic education, in which student participation and choice is emphasized.
Lieberman\’s defense of the war stands in sharp contrast to the Jewish majority. A recent American Jewish Committee poll indicated that 70 percent of Jews now oppose the administration\’s Iraq policies, although that number was considerably lower in Lieberman\’s Orthodox community.
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