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...denying the Holocaust. The idea that tens of thousands of Eastern European Jews would choose to move to the impossibly harsh environment of an increasingly violent Palestine in the two years after World War II out of anything but a perception of dire necessity reminds me of another myth - albeit a Zionist one - with which I was fed growing up: that Israel's Jewish majority was ensured when hundreds of thousands of Palestinian Arabs had "miraculously" chosen to up and leave their homes in 1948, answering the call by Arab leaders promising that they would come and drive...
...their swank Manhattan apartment. He expatiates about democracy and integrity, but bullies their housekeeper and routinely engages in extramarital affairs. Moreover, in recent years, even his literary work has fallen off. He begins to plagiarize himself and rehash stale clichés. But what matters most to him, albeit unconsciously, is maintaining his lofty public image. Essentially, he becomes a parody of himself, an actor in the part of Murray Thwaite...
...Deepening ties between the two biggest democracies in Asia is part of Abe's efforts to chart a new direction for Japan's foreign policy, one less consumed with the U.S. and more embracing of Asia - albeit selectively. "With [former Prime Minister] Junichiro Koizumi, the U.S. was Number 1, Number 2 and Number 3," says Takako Hirose, a professor of South Asian politics at Tokyo's Senshu University. "I think for Abe, Asia is more important...
...history, student life has suffered and only began to improve tangibly over the last few years. Aging dining halls were renovated. Lamont was made into a 24-hour library with a café. A pub is being built. Hilles was turned into student group office space, albeit an inconveniently located...
...Keshet can now claim a victory, albeit of the ?three opinions? variety. The law and standards committee, the movement?s highest legal body, passed three teshuvas, or interpretations of Jewish law. The contradictory opinions are possible because a teshuva only identifies a legitimate interpretation, not the legitimate interpration. Rabbis and seminaries can now make their own choices without fear of contradicting Conservative interpretation. (The Committee could have passed a more powerful prohibition on gay rights, but declined to, after months of private negotiation...