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Listening to Survivors, Learning to Face Life’s Struggles

When people ask me, "How was your trip to Israel?" I tell them it was the most amazing and life-changing 10 days of my life. Which is confusing for some people to hear, coming from a 26-year-old Philadelphia suburbanite. But it is the truth. The experience was all encompassing. We were 38 potential young Jewish leaders from Philadelphia, selected to...

Columns

Look Who's Finding a Voice in New Media on the Right

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Benyamin Korn

Many reviews already have appeared of "The Undefeated," the soon-to-be-released documentary about Sarah Palin's tenure in Alaska. Yet none of them -- even in the Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post or Politico.com -- mentions that nearly all the film's pro-Palin media talking heads are Jews. The dominant meme that Jews as a group are uncomfortable with Palin or her views...

Editorials

No Hope for U.N.

The United Nations is at it again, and it's still two months before the potential showdown over Palestinian statehood. The latest affront comes from the Human Rights Council's special rapporteur on Palestinian rights who posted an anti-Semitic cartoon on his personal blog. The post by Richard Falk featured a cartoon depicting a dog wearing a shirt labeled "USA" and a...

Kvetch 'N Kvell

Letters Week of July 13, 2011

Israeli businesses in the region would be a win-win situation for all and the president's Middle East policies are found to be deficient.

Columns

Upping the Ante: Why We Must Double Our Efforts With Teens

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Lynn Schusterman, Jewish Exponent Feature

For Jen Kraus Rosen, it started in the eighth grade with an invitation from a friend to a BBYO Shabbat dinner. Jen had grown up in a non-Jewish area of Virginia, and the invitation was one of few opportunities she had to experience the warmth and familiarity of Jewish traditions in the company of peers. What happened in the years...