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JERUSALEM­–Though hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons came to Israel last week to promote Muslim-Jewish dialogue, the end of his trip was marred by comments he made likening Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan’s alienation of Jews to Anti-Defamation League National Director Abraham Foxman’s alienation of African Americans. Representing Rabbi Marc Schneier’s Foundation for Ethnic Understanding—for which […]

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Helen Chernikoff’s article, “Meditating on the Margins” (June 22), raises the question about what it takes to nurture and sustain the entrepreneurial projects and visionary leaders holding great promise for the Jewish community. Our experience shows that it certainly takes time and resources to build the capacity that the Jewish Meditation Center and other startups […]

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The blame game has already begun over how Egypt elected as president this week a leader of the Muslim Brotherhood known to be a strict Muslim ideologue seeking closer ties with Iran. Who lost Egypt? That’s the question Bret Stephens asked in his Wall Street Journal column Monday, calling out the Obama and Bush administrations […]

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