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Iran's Nuclear Program: Crunch Time

David Harris | Posted 09.29.2009 | World

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David Harris

Iran has been caught in yet another act of deception. Faced with the prospect of being outed by the U.S., Tehran's leaders informed the IAEA of a second uranium enrichment facility.

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US Jews protest Catholic document on salvation

AP | RACHEL ZOLL | Posted 09.21.2009 | Home

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NEW YORK — Major Jewish groups and rabbis from the three largest branches of American Judaism said Thursday that their relationship with Roman C...

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Remembering My Battle Against Fundamentalists

Jim Luce | Posted 08.06.2009 | New York

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Jim Luce

Our biggest accomplishment was standing up for those torn down by the TV evangelists.

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Germany and Turkey: Similar in Crime; Different in Penance

Harut Sassounian | Posted 06.20.2009 | World

Read More: Turkey, Germany, Holocaust, American Jewish Committee, Armenia, Armenian Genocide, Israel, Ajc, World News
Harut Sassounian

I could not help but make a mental comparison between the remorseful way the German Federal Republic has reacted to the Holocaust and the Turkish government's incessant denials, lies and distortions of the Armenian Genocide.

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Hundreds Protest Anti-Semitic Environment In Venezuela

Jewish & Israel News | Posted 03.06.2009 | World

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Hundreds rallied in front of the Venezuelan Consulate in New York to protest the vandalizing of a Caracas synagogue. The rally, organized on short ...

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The Jewish Reaction to the Pope's Welcoming Back Holocaust Denying Bishop: Disproportionate!

Rabbi Irwin Kula | Posted 03.05.2009 | Living

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Rabbi Irwin Kula

How is it that the view of some cranky powerless bishop evokes calls of a crisis in Catholic -Jewish relations, despite the revolutionary changes in Church teachings regarding Jews since Vatican II?

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Major American-Jewish Organizations may no Longer Back Turkey in Congress

Harut Sassounian | Posted 03.01.2009 | World

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Harut Sassounian

American-Jewish organizations, which had for years supported Turkey's agenda on the Armenian Genocide in the U.S. Congress, were incensed by Turkish condemnations of Israel.

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Eric Alterman: 'The Israel Lobby,' Neocon Pundits "Bad For The Jews"

The Nation | Eric Alterman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Today's topic is the paradox--or one of them, anyway--of American Jewish political behavior. No, it's not that hoary old cliché that they "earn like ...

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