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All too commonly, we read about a man who refuses to grant his wife a Jewish writ of divorce (a “get”). We are told her story, culminating in her demand for a get and a plea to help pressure the recalcitrant husband to grant it. As for the man’s version of events – they do […]

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The American Studies Association has voted to boycott Israeli academic institutions. As an American historian who worked closely with American studies colleagues in graduate school and then for two years while teaching at Harvard’s History and Literature program, I am not surprised by this “politically correct” assault on academic freedom, basic logic, and democratic decency. […]

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The development of the massive gas fields off Israel’s coast in the
Mediterranean (“Energy Promise In The Promised Land,” Dec. 20) holds the
potential of energy independence for the State of Israel; unfortunately it
also highlights the ways in which the political impediments inherent in the
running of the country can hamper legitimate technological and economic
progress. Israel currently spends […]

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