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New York Times columnist Tom Friedman told The Jewish Week Tuesday that he regrets writing in his Dec. 13 column (“Newt, Mitt, Bibi and Vladimir”) that the standing ovation Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received in Congress this year “was bought and paid for by the Israel lobby.” “In retrospect I probably should have used […]

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Since May 2010, “$200K Chump,” who claims to be “an average full tuition paying parent at one of the local Bergen County yeshiva day schools,” has been sparking lively, often heated, exchanges on his “Bergen County Yeshiva Tuition” blog. With no-holds-barred tirades against “legacy” [established] schools, “Winthrops” [wealthy benefactors], “admins” [yeshiva administrators] and “leeches” [those […]

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