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Editor's NoteA Quiet EndingThere’s a chilling moment toward the end of the film “Dead Man Walking” when Sean Penn’s character, death row inmate Matthew Poncelet, is lying on the executioner’s table and being administered a lethal injection. In a reflection in the viewing room glass window, while he barely clings to life,… |
In My OpinionLiberal And Anti-BDSThe other month, I joined 1,200 American rabbis from all states, movements and political viewpoints in signing a letter calling on Christian groups not to endorse BDS — the international boycott, divestment and sanction effort against Israel. The letter was the product of the Jewish Council for Public… |
From This ViewA City UnitedAfter the war in 1945, Roberto Rossellini burst onto the international scene giving birth to the neo-realist movement. Taking place in Rome, his first film in this genre was called “Open City.” (1.) A city that during a war is officially declared… |
Letters to EditorSupport Obama?After four years of the worst economy since the Great Depression and, just as important to the 61 percent who would vote to re-elect President Barack Obama, a person who was mentored by a renowned ultra anti-Semite (the Rev. J. Wright), how could any clear-thinking Jew who was part… |
World OpinionChallenges Face Vatican’s Point Man For Jewish TiesCardinal Kurt Koch, the Vatican’s key representative to Jews, is making his first visit to New York, home to the largest Jewish community outside of Israel. The cardinal, appointed president of the Vatican’s Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews in 2010, has an opportunity, together with Jewish leaders,… |