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Now remind us again why Israel is going to hold new elections two years earlier than scheduled? Of course we realize that few coalitions last the full four-year term. But with Israel facing so many critical issues — increasing violence from Palestinians, European governments advocating for a Palestinian state, troubling relations with the White House […]

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I hope Gary Rosenblatt’s column, “My Dinner With The Rebbe” (Nov. 28) will encourage others to find out why it is that Chabad has such a love for a fellow Jew. But we don’t have an exclusive on this. Learning Chabad chasidut is the gateway for every Jew to reach the same place. Commack, L.I. […]

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At the recent JOFA conference, Rabbi Asher Lopatin is quoted as calling for
an “anti-Chofetz Chaim revolution” (“Orthodox Feminists Address `Power Imbalance,’” Nov. 28),
implying that the writings of Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan (best known as The Chofetz Chaim) are somehow responsible for
the communal absence of speaking out when called for. I hope that this quote
is incorrect, […]

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