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That campus anti-Semitism thing, you say it’s your birthday

\” . . . Jews are an ethnic group, sharing an ancestry, a heritage, traditions, language, homeland and culture. Not protecting them from anti-Semitism on college campuses means that a national problem may go unaddressed, because colleges and universities need not answer for their conduct . . .\”

Eating Bambi, Zell again, Bergson, broken heart

\” . . . Isn\’t it time that every Jewish child take at least one course in Herzl? If he isn\’t the modern father of the Jewish People, who is? For without Herzl\’s many contributions, the Holocaust would have excluded any chance of a Jewish state in Israel . . .\”\n\n

Zell it, Sam; Cool it, Orit; 40 million Frenchmen

\” . . . In Fairfax High School, I had a brilliant and wise instructor of advanced placement European History who used to say: \’Do not put all your faith in one man. For surely he will disappoint you.\’ And he also said: \’40 million Frenchmen can be wrong\’ . . .\”\n\n

Kaplan, Eshman, Carlin and Tom

\” . . . Yes, there are times when it is a judgment call and a good one to make: Carlin was the exception to the rule. Though he was not Jewish, he was Jewish enough to be included in The Jewish Journal. I enjoyed the article . . .\”

Suissa on the edge, gay marriage, ice on Mars

\” . . . If the phylogenetic journey from bug to man is but the beginning of the beginning of consciousness, whither goeth evolution and destiny? Personally, I believe there is intelligent life on Earth, and that some of its beings walk among us. . . . \”

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