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This week in power: Iran deal and Passover message

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April 9, 2015

A roundup of the most talked about political and global stories in the Jewish world this week:

Nuclear deal
“Clearly unsatisfied with assurances from President Obama about the provisions of the Iran nuclear deal, Israel on Monday listed specific requirements that it declared were necessary in any final agreement,” ” target=”_blank”>wrote Peter Beinart in The Atlantic. But we've made significant progress, argued Ishaan Tharoor in The Washington Post. “When attempting to make a deal with your interlocutor, particularly one where there's a considerable history of grievance and animosity, you can't expect to win a total capitulation,” ” target=”_blank”>wrote David Brooks in The New York Times. “Jews tell the story of the Exodus each generation to understand the fears they feel at that moment. Stories create new ways of seeing, which lead to new ways of feeling and thinking.”

The timing of this year's celebration wasn't lost on some, as Jews and Christians honored Passover and Easter on the same day. “We glimpse the destination from afar for only the briefest of moments, and then we fade back to the earthly Jerusalem, preparing our way once again for the journey. Religious people realize that it is not about arriving at our destination that matters as much as our determination to make the journey, despite life's obstacles, to the place that God calls us to be. This Passover and this Easter, be blessed,”

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