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MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE	CINEMA NON-VERITE
MAINTAINING MEMORY	NO SMALL VICTORY
THE DANGERS OF OPEN WINDOWS	SURPRISE ENDING
ADAM AND EVE IN THE GARDEN OF JERUSALEM	SADNESS OF A SUMMER VIGIL
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE	JEWISH STATE: THE TRUE CONSTITUTIONAL MEANING
ORIGINAL INTENT	JEWISH JOY FOR CANCER CAMP KIDS
UNHOLY ALLIANCE	WAKE UP CALL
PRECIOUS PETALS	FOOD FOR ROSH HASHANA THOUGHT
HAPPINESS IS A WARM SUCCAH	AN IMPRESSIVE, DISTURBING AD
RIGHT VS. RIGHT	COURT-PACKING ISRAELI STYLE
HAPPILYEVERAFTER.COM	HEED THE HEART
RECIDIVIST PARENTS	THE MORTARA AFFAIR REVISITED
SWIMMER IN ISRAEL	MY DAUGHTER'S MORE RELIGIOUS THAN I AM
COMMON JEWISH LANGUAGE: R.I.P.	OUR NEW MIXED MULTITUDE
THE SHOPPING BAG LADIES	BOMBSHELL IN ITALIAN CUSTODY BATTLE
PRO-CHOICE AND THEN SOME	WHAT IS HATEFUL TO YOU
LOVE SWEETER THAN WINE	OF LIBELS AND LABELS
THE JEWS' JEWS	GRANDPA'S LITTLE GIRL
DEAR MR. HOLDEN	AN INFORMED REFORM JEW'S LAMENT
FROM MT. SINAI TO MA BELL	PURIM IN THE VALLEY OF TEARS
KADOSH - THE REAL STORY	NO STRIKE AT LANIADO
THE PARADOX OF CONTEMPORARY FEMINISM	INTERNATIONAL JEW
ORWELL AT THE KOTEL	WESTERN WALLS
PESACH SHENI, 1945	THE MARK OF ZUROFF
MIRRORS OF OUR OWN PRECONCEPTIONS	JUDAISM (C)
THE MAN ON THE BIMA	DEFINING MORALITY DOWN
POINTER FROM THE POPE	GETTING IT. - AHUVAH GRAY AND HER G-D BOX
ARSON'S VARIED USES	DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
A TISHA B'AV MEMORY	WHY ARAFAT WON'T COMPROMISE
LESSONS FROM LIEBERMAN	WHY ARE ISRAELI TEENS SO UNHAPPY?
THE APOLOGIES ARE DEAFENING	WHAT'S A NICE COSMO GIRL LIKE YOU... DOING WITH AN ORTHODOX HUSBAND?
BOOK REVIEW: THE ETHICAL IMPERATIVE: TORAH PERSPECTIVES ON ETHICS AND VALUES	A MODEST PROPOSAL
THE SHOFAR SHOES	JEW ON A TIGHTROPE
YOUR CHARITY AT WORK	WHEN MEDIA BECOMES MALIGNANT
A FLICKER OF HOPE	MAKING CONNECTIONS
THE RABBIS' SECRET	HISTORY HAS SPOKEN, WILL WE LISTEN?
WHAT I LEARNED FROM MY RUN-IN WITH ARAB HATRED	FATAL ADDICTION
NOT ANY BOOK, NOT ANY COVENANT	SUDDENLY SINAI
BLAME IT ON THE JEWS	DEAR SEAN: A FATHER WRITES TO HIS SON ABOUT INTERMARRIAGE
BRONX BOMBER	A LEVEL PRAYING FIELD
BOOK REVIEW: "GO, MY SON", BY CHAIM SHAPIRO (FELDHEIM, 1999)	ENDING THE ASSAULT ON HISTORY
GIFTED	LITTLE BODIES
L'CHAIM IN BNAI BRAK	BLESS PETER SINGER
BIBLE BASHING 101	GETTING IN TOUCH WITH OUR INNER SLAVES
ICE AND FIRE - A DIFFERENT SORT OF HOLOCAUST STORY	THE DISCIPLINED PATH TO FREEDOM
WHAT I IEARNED FROM A JEWISH MOVIE STAR	THE PURIM MERGER: DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED JEWS HELP POWER PURIM CAMPAIGN
THE TRULY JEWISH RESPONSE	POSSESSED BY POSSESSIONS
SMUDGED LENSES	TRUE LOVE
TIRED OF FAST-LANE FORTUNE AND FAME? TRY ALIYAH AND ULTRA-ORTHODOXY	SURVIVORS
LINCOLN'S JEWS	FALLOW FIELDS, RICH TRADITION
WHEN WORLDVIEWS COLLIDE	THE ENEMY WITHIN
PATIENTS' RIGHTS, RELIGIOUS RITES	SHEVUOT CUSTOM-MADE FOR AMERICAN JEWS?
ADDRESSING SAME-SEX ATTRACTI0N	SHAI'S BIG HIT
THE EMPEROR'S NEW JUDAISM	MISSIONARIES IMPOSSIBLE
MESSAGE FROM McVEIGH	REMINDED BY SCIENCE
MESSAGE TO REFORM JEWRY: LEVITICUS IS PART OF THE BIBLE TOO	THE MOST MEANINGFUL RESPONSE
HISTORY ABUSE	JERUSALEM'S BAMBI
GETTING BIBLICAL	PEACE IN OUR TIME
A TRUE JEWISH LEADER	BORUCH HASHEM
DURBAN DEJA VU	CHASSIDIM OFFER SURVIVORS FREE DRINKS, QUIET CONSOLATION
THE JEWISH ANGLE	SOLIDARITY'S DEEPER MEANING
A SAD SERMON	DISSEMBLING BEFORE G-D
MOTHER RACHEL'S YAHRTZEIT	IT WAS TORAH
A LONG, STRANGE TRIP INDEED	FUNDAMENTAL DECENCY
ORTHODOX GET AN EARFUL AT NATIONAL CONVENTION	A LETTER TO MR. GHASSAN ELASHI
CONFESSIONS OF A JEWISH FUNDAMENTALIST	NO SHAME IN ENSURING THE JEWISH FUTURE
WHAT IS A FUNDAMENTALIST?	A HAND, NOT A HANDOUT
LET'S STOP PRETENDING	HIGH TECH HAREDIM
INVISIBLE MATTERS	CHANNELING FOR G-D
MERITING A MIRACLE	WHERE CREDIT IS DUE
TRAPPED IN TIME	HATRED AND HOPE
STAND AND DELIVER	DESIGNER THEFT
VENGEANCE IS THE L-RD'S	BIBLE LIBEL
CROSSING LINES	WHO IS A PERCEPTIVE JEW?
MERCY REDEFINED	FIGHTING IRON WITH IRONY
WELCOMING MY JEWISH COUSIN HOME	BIGOTRY FOR POLITE COMPANY
JOINED AT THE SOUL	BACK TO PEOPLEHOOD
WHOSE ABRAHAM?	WINGS AND PRAYERS
MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS	DESERT VISIONS
TWIN TEACHINGS	A TIME TO CRY"
YES, ERNESTO, THERE IS A JEWISH PLOT	RESCUED FROM THE DEPTHS
STOPPING BULLETS WITH JEWISH BODIES	DEATH AND LIFE
MAINTAINING MEMORY	HEART AND SOUL
GOOD TIMES FOR DEMAGOGUES	WHEN THE WORLD IS TOO MUCH WITH US.
Don't Judge Book By Its Cover	WHY PETS DON'T GO TO HEAVEN
THE CONSERVATIVE TRUTH	SPIRITUAL MISGUIDANCE
LIFE, DEATH AND DIGNITY	SOCIETAL TIME BOMB
A CALL TO JEWISH ARMS	IMPURE INTENTIONS
AGENDA-DRIVEN JEWISH JOURNALISM	CANDLES IN THE WIND
WHEN THE MEDIUM IS A (MISLEADING) MESSAGE	ETHICS AND IRONIES
DEMORALIZED?	ABORTION DISTORTION
TORAH SCHOLARS, IMAGINED AND REAL	MOTIVATORS
Truth Be Told	AS ONE AT THE WALL
SLANDER MOST SUBTLE	SHTREIMELS
WHAT DA'AT TORAH REALLY MEANS	HOLY HOOKS
SADDAM'S BABEL	WHAT'S WITH THE FOURS?
ANIMAL WRONGS	PURIM PRESENT
THE ART OF SLANDER	SEIZE THE DAYS
THE SUKKAH STILL STANDS	OUR MOST BASIC BIRTHRIGHT
TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL	AS A FATHER HAS MERCY
WINGS AND PRAYERS	A TRULY HISTORIC LAWSUIT
A VIEW FROM AFAR	RELIGIOUS PORNOGRAPHY
A TALE OF TWO STUDENTS	WHAT THE NAZIS KNEW
IN DEFENSE OF JEWISH BABIES	PUNISHING PEOPLE FOR THEIR BELIEFS
GOTTA SERVE SOMEBODY	BIAS BUZZING IN THE BACKGROUND
WE'RE ALL RESCUED MINERS	A GREAT, TRAGIC DIVIDE
VULNERABLE AND SECURE	SOLO WRESTLING
GREAT EXPECTATIONS	A VIEW FROM AFAR
ABUSE OF POWER	AN ORPHAN IN SHUL
YTHE REAL ROAD TO JEWISH UNITY	YCOERCION IN THE NAME OF LIBERTY
CONCENTRIC CIRCLES	IT'S ALL IN THE ANGLE
A VISIT, A MEMORY AND A WISH	RIGHT OF RETURN
HATE CRIME	DIRT
RAPPER'S SABBATH	CELEBRATING SUBMISSION
THE MIKE'S ALWAYS ON	A RAY OF LIGHT IN A LION'S DEN
YTHE ELEPHANT AND THE JEWISH COMMUNITY	YA PLACE OUTSIDE ORTHODOXY
HONORIFICS AND HONOR	WHAT'S WITH THE FOURS?
YNOT FEAR BUT FEALTY	A HOLOCAUST STORY OF A DIFFERENT SORT
SOMEONE'S THERE	LAST WORDS
CALEB'S GIFT	YTHE MYTH OF MUNDANITY
TAKE TWO!	THE PROBLEM
THE WALL IS WAILING	DEFINING DEATH DOWN
STAIRWAY TO PEOPLEHOOD	SELECTIVE HISTORY
THE SOUND OF SILENCE	THE ROARS OF CROWDS
WHO IS A BRITON?	THE ATHEISTS' UNINTENDED GIFT
A WORTHY THOUGHT	THE DAILY JEWS
THIRTEEN TIMES TWO EQUALS ONE	WHO WE ARE
WINGS AND PRAYERS	SELICHOS, 1939
THE MATRIX	JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR AND THE JEWS
HOW TO PROMOTE BASELESS HATRED	HOLOCAUST DENIALS
THE NOVARDHOK PARADOX	THE ESSENCE OF GREATNESS
HARDENED CRIMINALS AND NEWBORN BABES	DEAF TO PEACE
HEART AND SOUL	ONE GOOD DEED…
A MALNOURISHMENT OF MODESTY	HOW I SPENT MY SHAVUOT
ELECTION RESULT	WHENCE YOU CAME
THE ART OF GROWTH	FREE SPIRIT
BERNIE, SULLY AND ME	OUR OWN PRIVATE PASSOVER
PIECE PLAN	A THOUGHT ABOUT THINKING
PURIM PRESENT	YHERETICS AND HUMILITY
BLOWING THE NEW KASHRUT'S COVER	UNBEARABLE
HYPOCRISIES, IMAGINED AND REAL	MESSAGE
WEAPONS, AND WEAPONS	PRAY FOR THE GAZAN BOY
TERRORIZED TIMES	UNWASHED POETS AND KASHRUT
THE AUDACITY OF HOPELESSNESS	THE ART OF MENSCHLICHKEIT
'MARRIED' AND THE MOB	MAKING THE CUT
MAIMONIDES' MICROSCOPE	THE MISSING INTERVIEWS
MARRIAGE MATTERS	MOMENTOUS MOMENTS
NO LAUGHING MATTER	COMING TO JUDAISM - Part 1 (of 3)
COMING TO JUDAISM - Part 2 (of 3)	COMING TO JUDAISM - Part 3 (of 3)
UNTRUTH IN ADVERTISING	TANGLED UP IN JEWS
BLESS US	THE JEWISH WEEK'S 'HAREDI PROBLEM'
GOOD THINGS HAPPEN	HORRIBLY WRONG
A WORLD GOING APE	HOW JEWS SHOULD VOTE
ON LOCATION	THE MISSING ETHIC
FROM THE MOUTHS OF MINISTERS	WHAT WOULD HILLEL SAY?
BABY EINSTEIN	THE EGALITARIANISM HAS LANDED
JEWISH WEALTHS	THE WRIGHT STUFF
THE FOUR ANSWERS	DECONSTRUCTING DAYEINU
JEWISH MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER	GOVERNING OURSELVES
ACCIDENTS DON'T HAPPEN	WHAT COUNTS (AND DOESN'T) IN A CANDIDATE
BRAZEN NEW WORLD	WHAT REMAINS
YTHE THIRD WAY	ODDS AND ENDS
TACKLING THE ELEPHANT	DEAR SEAN
TALK TO THE SNAKES	LIONS IN WINTER
TOO MUCH INFORMATION	BLOGISTAN
MODERN MARRIAGE	HOLY PLACES, HOLY LIVES
SEETHING AND THINKING	THE NATURE OF NATURE
SIN AND SUBTEXT	NO. WE'RE SORRY. NOT JERUSALEM.
YA LESSON FROM SMOKEY	RESURRECTION
MUCH ADO ABOUT SHMITTAH	STAR POWER
THE SUKKAH STILL STANDS	MONEY MATTERS
FOOD FOR ROSH HASHANA THOUGHT	THE JOY OF ACCOUNTABILITY
LOST IN SPACE	RABBI FEINSTEIN SPEAKS
INVITATION TO INTERMARRIAGE	RETURNS WELCOME
KIBBUTZ CONVERSATION	CONVERSION CONFUSION
PRIDE AND PUISSANCE	NAME ABUSE
DEAR GRADUATES	AMERICAN IDOLS
OF SLOPES AND HOPES	RECLAIMING ALEINU
CHOSEN	'LET MY SCIENTISTS GO!'
AMEN TO AHAVAT YISRAEL	WHEN 'ABORTION' ISN'T
JEWISH INFLUENCE	THE 'B' WORD
WHEN LIES LURK IN LESSONS	BLOOD OF LIFE
THE MAN ON THE BIMA	A CALL TO ARMS
THE KING AND I	BURNING ISSUE
HEROIC MEASURES	YES, BUBBA, IT'S A JEWISH PLOT
SHABBAT CHAUFFEURS	MORE THAN FEAR ITSELF
MY WHITE HOUSE CHANUKAH	FAMILY AFFAIR
EMBRACING DISCRIMINATION	WINTER HARVEST
RECIDIVIST PARENTS	PARTIAL-BIRTH DISTORTION
PARADES AND PRINCIPLES	CLASSIFIED INFORMATION
ANGER OF THE ATHEISTS	JIMINY CRICKET AND THE JEWS
IS G-D WITH US?	A 'PROPHECY' SADLY FULFILLED
MEDIA MANIPULATION FAR AND NEAR	NEVER ABANDONED
ABOUT THEM 'O'S	SOBERING UP A DRUNKEN WORLD
'THERE IS HOPE FOR YOUR FUTURE'	THE MOST POTENT WEAPONCHOOSING TO BE CHOSEN
AS A JEW	Dip Tinking about HYMAN KAPLA*N
JEWISH STATE, JEWISH STANDARDS	SHAVUOT
THE THIRD HEIR	THE INDIGNITY OF ATHEISM
THE PAST IN THE PRESENT	MIRACLE OF MIRACLES
WHEN DOCUMENTARIES GO BAD	SILENCE OF THE DOGS
KNOWING WHAT WE DON'T	PRIDE AND PRINCIPLE
HAMAN, AHMADINEJAD, AND US	YTHE MINDLESS MAJORITY
AMINO ACIDS AND US	CARTOON VIOLENCE
WE'RE NOT ALONE	OUTREACH AND OVERREACH
SUICIDE WATCH	HEALING AN INJURED PHRASE
WE'RE ALL TRAPPED MINERS	SHABBOS. HOLY SHABBOS
THE BAR MITZVAH THEME TO END THEM ALL	SHEDDING LIGHT ON ANTI-SEMITISM
JEWISH INVESTMENT PLANNING	YTAKING TRADITION SERIOUSLY
WHAT DO JEWISH WOMEN WANT?	THE KIDS ARE NOT ALRIGHT
A LETTER TO KING ABDULLAH II OF JORDAN	MEET THE JEWISH PRESS
CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT	SENSELESS IN GAZA
MESSAGE IN THE MAELSTROM	INTELLIGIBLE DESIGN
GAZA, INTERRUPTED	FUNDAMENTAL FOOLISHNESS
MOURNING IN AMERICA	EVOLUTION OF A THOUGHT
JUST ANOTHER FORM OF INTOLERANCE?	JEWISH MISREPRESENTATIVES
IDEALISM GONE BAD	LISTENING TO STEM CELLS
DECLERATION OF DEPENDENCE	ANATOMY OF A SMEAR
CELLULAR SERVICE	POISON GAS, POISONED WORLD
SLOUCHING TOWARD MESSIANISM	PRO-CHOICE JUDAISM
MR. MAHATHIR'S BRAINS	ARE OBSERVANT JEWS RACISTS?
YNUMBER THEORY	SHE JUST DOESN'T GET IT
SURVIVORS	LEAPING INTO THE ABYSS
JEWS AND JUDAISM	HUMAN BEING
THE DAY OF MY VICTORY - REFLECTIONS ON THE SIYUM HASHAS	CLOSER
'A JEWISH MAN...'	FIGHTING IRON WITH IRONY
BETWEEN	THE SECRET OF THE JEWS
FURY, FICTION AND FACT	OF RITES AND RISKS
THE MODERN ART OF DECEPTION	AN UNHOLY HERITAGE
LE DIFFERENCE	JEW-HATRED ABROAD AND AT HOME
NOT A CHANCE	THE PETA PRINCIPLE
MS. CARDIN'S COMMENDABLE MANDATE	SOULLESS
THE NON-OLYMPIC FLAME	ANTI-SEMITISM IN MANY DISGUISES
SPITTING IMAGE	DAN RATHER AND THE JEWS
TRAINS	SUPER POWERS
VULNERABLE AND SECURE	MOMENTOUS MOMENTS
GREAT EXPECTATIONS	UNDISTINGUISHED JOURNALISM
SUBLIMATING STRIFE	OF MONKEYS AND MEN
HISTORY ON THE HEART	BEE STINGS
A TRUE JEWISH PARTNERSHIP	WORDS INTO WEAPONS
TRINKETS AND TRUTH	THE ROAD TAKEN
TAKING THE PRIZE	CREATURES AND TEACHERS
ARTICLES OF FAITH	A LEAP OFF A CLIFF
JEWS BY ANY OTHER NAME	ABORTION RIGHTS AND WRONG
CELEBRATING SUBMISSION	LISTENING TO ANTI-SEMITISM
THIS YEAR IN FALLUJA	TRUTH MATTERS
A TORAH, NOT A TEMPLATE	CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BEE AND THE SCORPION
THE KARPAS CONUNDRUM - PART 1	THE KARPAS CONUNDRUM - PART 2
BLOOD	THE MAGNIFICANCE IN THE MUNDANE
WHAT'S IN A NAME	ZERO-SUM GAME
WHO WROTE THE BIBLE	DEFACING JEWISH GRAVES
EXAMPLES	LIFE ITSELF
MORE THINGS IN HEAVEN AND EARTH	PUTTING WOMEN IN THEIR PLACE
THE WAGES OF PASSION	#&!%#$% Jew!
MISLEADING TIMES	A RODENT IN THE MIKVAH
MARITAL PROBLEMS	A LESSON IN LOVE
SUKKAH-VISION	THE CONSERVATIVE LIE

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