NYJW Opinion

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A Jewish Duty: Creating A More Representative Judiciary

Of all the wisdom and political theory from the great Thomas Paine that has endured perhaps some of his wisest words were those he imparted on the eve of the American revolution: “Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must… undergo the fatigue of supporting it.” (The American Crisis, Number IV: Philadelphia, September […]

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Limits To Openness

Students looking to make Hillel bend to their own thinking call themselves activist (“Chipping Away At Israel’s Legitimacy,” Editorial, Dec. 20). Zev Jabotinsky and Harriet Tubman were activists. The students in question are thinking only of their wants, not those of Jewish peoplehood. Hillel is an all-inclusive, non-denominational group with members on both left and right. Debate is […]

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Backs Hillel Against Swarthmore

I strongly agree with The Jewish Week’s view that Hillel has every right, actually a duty, not to permit its Swarthmore chapter to invite anti-Zionists to speak in its name (“Chipping Away At Israel’s Legitimacy,” Editorial, Dec. 20). I would go one step further, however. Freedom of speech presupposes a free “marketplace of ideas” in […]

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NYJW Opinion

A Jewish Duty: Creating A More Representative Judiciary

Limits To Openness

Backs Hillel Against Swarthmore

Mandela And Israel

Every Move A Gamble

Defying The Court, Protecting The Sinner

It’s Jewish Education, Stupid

When Metaphor Fails: Iran-Holocaust Connection Misguided

Equal Under The Law?

Moses And His Flare Of Anger

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