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Taking part in a panel the other night at the JCC in Manhattan on “Israel, The Jews and The Press: Exploding the Myths,” my colleagues — Clyde Haberman of The New York Times and Sam Freedman of the Columbia Journalism School and the Times — and I felt like we were in a time warp. […]

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Warsaw — The Jews of Poland marked an important anniversary last week, and the world paid attention. The president of Israel came for an official commemoration of the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising; the government of France presented a medal of honor to the last remaining leader of the uprising; Polish television and newspapers offered blanket […]

A veteran of international relief work for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Amos Avgar has a set routine when he leaves for points overseas. He gets a visa, makes his hotel reservations, checks that his inoculations are up to date, does some research and puts a “Lonely Planet” travel guide in his suitcase. And, […]

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