Moranic Statement
Matthew E. Berger
March 13, 2003
A furor over comments by a U.S. lawmaker is highlighting the resurgent trend of blaming Israel and the Jewish community for the impending
war against Iraq.
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iraq
Anti-Semitism Taints Anti-War Movement
Daniel Sokatch
March 13, 2003
We must speak out against anti-Semitism and other forms of racism and bigotry anywhere we encounter them, especially in our own peace and justice community. We cannot accept a peace movement leadership that excludes outspoken opponents of the war because they are also supporters of Israel.
Bombing Follows Thwarted Attacks
Naomi Segal
March 6, 2003
With the United States stepping up military and diplomatic preparations for a possible strike against Iraq, much of Israel was focused this week on when a war might break out and whether it would affect Israel.
Memories of Iraq
Joel Kotkin
February 27, 2003
\”When I left Baghdad in 1951,\” Naji Harkham recalled of the day he left for Israel, \”I left with tears in my eyes. To me, Baghdad was good. I had so many Muslim friends who didn\’t want me to leave.\”
Iraq War Not Just Means to Just End
Rabbi Arthur Waskow
February 27, 2003
A war will also take hundreds of billions of dollars from America\’s own people — from health care for our seniors, schools for our children, healing for the earth. An attack on Iraq will increase the unaccountable power of the oil companies and regimes that have provided money to both the Al Qaeda terrorists and the Bush administration, that have corrupted American politics and robbed American stockholders, that befoul the seas and scorch the earth.
War necessary and just under Jewish Law
Rabbi Irving Greenberg
February 27, 2003
The question is whether our overt war against Al Qaeda should be extended to Iraq.
Israeli Schools Prepare for War
Helen Schary Motro
February 13, 2003
My daughter\’s friend, Hilla, said her 11th-grade social relations class at Herzliya\’s Yovel High School normally focused on familiar
adolescent topics: interpersonal problems, difficulties with exams, the dangers of drinking and driving.
The Jews and Iraq
James D. Besser
February 13, 2003
Ask any rabbi or community relations professional; in Jewish communities across the nation, there is support for the Bush administration\’s Iraq policy laced with healthy doses of skepticism and outright opposition — the whole range of reactions of a worried nation.
Charming? Not the Word for Politics
Leonard Fein
January 23, 2003
Plato described democracy as \”a charming form of government.\” Well, perhaps in ancient Greece there wasn\’t much else to charm away the days.
U.S. Courts Israel to Not Join Iraq War
Leslie Susser
December 26, 2002
During Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz\’s mid-December visit to Washington, U.S. officials went out of their way to try to convince the Israeli delegation that the United States would do all it could to defend Israel, and that there would be no need for Israel to get involved in the war.
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