FORWARD EDITORIAL: Hundreds of pastors are expected to openly violate the law this Sunday and preach politics from the pulpit. Faith should be more prophetic than partisan.
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By Jane Eisner
Monica Lewinsky’s coming memoir should fill Jews with dread. She embodies the worst stereotype of a narcissistic princess who wreaked havoc on the nation, Jane Eisner writes.
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FORWARD EDITORIAL: The parties’ platforms reflect their philosophies. Both parties have shifted rightward on domestic issues since 1980, but the GOP has taken a sharper turn.
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FORWARD EDITORIAL: The video deriding Muslims that allegedly sparked violence in Libya and Egypt is crude, mean, and amateurish. Freedom demands it can only be countered with more speech — not violence and certainly not murder.Read More
FORWARD EDITORIAL: It’s an unwritten rule that Israeli leaders stay away from American elections. Benjamin Netanyahu has come perilously close to breaking that tradition.
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FORWARD EDITORIAL: The sorrowful tally of Jewish service members slain in Afghanistan and Iraq has grown to 50. We as a community should mourn their loss and honor their service.
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FORWARD EDITORIAL: Both First Lady Michelle Obama and Ann Romney made eloquent convention speeches. But why did neither one have much to say about working women?
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FORWARD EDITORIAL: If some Americans spend obscene amounts of money to influence the outcome on Election Day, the rest of us deserve to know who they are.
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FORWARD EDITORIAL: bitterlemons was an online venue for conversation about the Mideast conflict. It shut down because there is little room for debate and less hope for peace.
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FORWARD EDITORIAL: Parental consent forms for metzitzah b’peh are necessary. Our Jewish traditions must be flexible enough to protect the health of our children.
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