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The point is, if you believe only a fool would vote for the Republicans, then how can you trust such a majority to safeguard minority rights?

How did we come to embrace rejectionist labels and sound-bite government?

The argument for releasing Barghouti is that he is a moderate who favors a peaceful solution.

This pragmatic attitude stands in stark contrast with contemporaneous views in both Europe and the Islamic world.

This eternal power of life has kept us going through many generations of trials and tribulations, both in our homeland and in exile.

Every time Israel loosens its grip, there follows a deadly act of terror.

Those who argue that it is immoral to occupy another people and suppress their national aspirations fail to understand that in principle this form of liberal egalitarianism sounds nice; in the context of terrorism it is lethal.

I agree that the best way to oppose free hate speech is with free true speech.

There are rabbinic decisors of stature who disagree with this stringent stance, relying on an attested and respected opinion recorded by earlier authorities that the water is permissible if the organisms in question are not discernible.

From the way world leaders reacted to the death of Yasir Arafat, you could be forgiven if you had mistakenly believed that Mother Theresa had died.

If the Supreme Court sides with the states on this matter, it may take a while but I suspect all states will eventually amend their constitutions to reflect traditional values.

The frightening details of the chemical and biological stockpiles he actually developed could fill books.

Ariel Sharon's landslide victory over Ehud Barak in February 2001 was widely hailed by the right wing in Israel.

Three-and-half centuries isn't much in terms of a people whose history can be traced about 3,000 years further back than the arrival of those 23 Jews in North America.

Clinton's perjury was simply a liar doing what he did best, in front of the American people and America's elected officials.

The proof of the "unadmitted 3 percent" theory can be seen from looking at the late afternoon numbers in the Ohio and Florida exit polls.

Secular Jews never thought a confrontation over the Temple site was worth it. Religious Jews felt that the sheer sacredness of the place rendered it off-limits.

We returned home. People came and people went. But you, Daddy, you never came back.

Just because Arafat will be gone, it doesn't mean the problems will be gone.

How can you not be moved by an absolutely silent congregation of orphans listening intently to the chazan chanting,

America prides itself on extending its civil rights, including that of free speech to racist groups and to their hate speech.

We would represent a mature adult section of society. Sneakers and socks flowing biblical garments and youngsters holding banners were unacceptable.

On September 6, 2002, John Kerry in an op-ed in The New York Times stated that 'I refuse ever to accept the notion that...

Do you consider the Palestine Solidarity Movement's hate speech against Jews and the Jewish state, and in favor of suicide terrorism, "vile" speech or not?

As all Israelis know, Israel has problems like all nations of the world. Still, many students tried to stop me from speaking.

Ah, can there be anything so delightful as the sound of liberals whimpering in the morning? Consider:

While Lebow promoted this populist vision, his shtetl background, his Yiddish, and the religious observance of his youth (which his siblings had not abandoned as he had) were always part of him.

The sorrowful tune was unmistakable; someone was playing taps in a slow yet steady tune. So sad. So haunting.

Could what happened at the University of Pisa happen here? Some might say it already has.

The Likud Party in Israel is in crisis. While presuming to be a "broad tent" for a gamut of political opinion, it increasingly is split along the tectonic lines defined by the Gaza disengagement plan of Ariel Sharon.