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...misleading because a stronger Israel is very much embedded in the rationale for war with Iraq. It is a part of the argument that dare not speak its name, a fantasy quietly cherished by the neo-conservative faction in the Bush Administration and by many leaders of the American Jewish community...
...state of your own. In the wackiest scenario, it will lead to the collapse of the wobbly Hashemite monarchy in Jordan and the establishment of a Palestinian state on that nation's East Bank. No one in the government ever actually says these things publicly (although some American Jewish leaders do). Usually, the dream is expressed in the mildest possible terms: "I have high hopes that the removal of Saddam will strengthen our democratic allies in the region," Senator Joe Lieberman told me last week. He may be right. But there is also a chance that the exact opposite will...
...your item on efforts by universities to compel Christian student organizations to comply with nondiscrimination clauses and allow non-Christians to be leaders [Notebook, Jan. 13]: Will the schools also go after fraternities and sororities for their single-sex policies? Will colleges insist that Jewish groups be open to Muslim fundamentalists? This policy is a consequence of defining discrimination as making decisions on grounds of race, sex, religion, sexual orientation or ability. Everybody can see that exceptions need to be made. Any ideology-based organization must insist that its members and especially its leaders subscribe to its ideology; otherwise...
...Black Americans would be incomplete without pointing out their great positive effect on women’s opportunity in the academic and corporate spheres. Black History Month itself, initiated by Harvard graduate Carter G. Woodson, who received his doctorate in 1912, has led to similar celebrations of Hispanic, Irish, Jewish, Asian Pacific, German, Italian, Polish and Native American heritages as well as Women’s history...
...called the idea of an academic boycott against Israel an “absolute outrage.”Although Summers and other academic leaders have been outspoken in their condemnation of the anti-Semitic double standard applied to Israel, there is still some support for action to punish the Jewish state...