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Spectator – My Husband, the Rabbi

The first time the word \”rebbetzin\” appeared in The New York Times was in 1931, in a review of a book about Yiddish theater. The term stood untranslated; the reviewer and his editors assumed that readers would understand the meaning.

Editor’s Corner – Junk Science

\”Both sides ought to be properly taught,\” President George W. Bush told reporters in Texas Aug. 1, \”so people can understand what the debate is about. Part of education is to expose people to different schools of thought…. You\’re asking me whether or not people ought to be exposed to different ideas, and the answer is yes.\”

It’s Time to Change

It\’s not the birth of the prehominid that scientists have named \”Toumai\” that marks the beginning of our moral evolution, but rather the birth of Adam and Eve.

Keys to the ‘Kingdom’

"The ideals that form the moral compass of Western civilization, the belief that every human being has value, the belief that no one is above the law, the belief that how each of us treats our fellow human beings matters — these were all the gifts of the Jews."

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