Nathan Guttman
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International News
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Israel News
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Arts & Culture
- Talmud vs. Anna Akhmatova
- Transforming the Y
- Against Israeli Anti-Mizrahism
- EnviroJews Avant La Lettre
- Squeezing the Cultural and Historical Juice Out of Love in ‘Jaffa’
- Brutally Frank
Fast Forward
- Schmutz Sandwich Anyone?
- The Doctor Who Had the Chutzpah To Write Music
- Nine Faiths, One Vegan Lunch at Windsor Castle
- High School Reunion
- Creating an Arab-Israeli Dialogue, One Note at a Time
- Saving Pastrami on Rye
The Shmooze
- First Israeli NBA Player Scores Big
- The Pitselech Are Reviving Yiddish
- Jon & Shmuley Plus Another Media Circus
- Is Your Recipe Worth $25,000?
- Hummus Wars
- The L.A. Times: ‘Jewish Guys Heart Shiksas’
Forward Forum
- The Goldstone Standard
- The World That Jewish Veterans Built
- What a Dollar Gets You on Capitol Hill, and What It Doesn’t
- Is Birthright Israel an Intermarriage Panacea?
- Calming the Temple Mount
- A Terrorist Who Was Not Alone
Editorial
U.S. Eases Pressure on Israel, Leans On Palestinians
By Nathan Guttman
Fiscal Challenges Face Federations
By Nathan Guttman
J Street, Now a Player, Inches Toward the Center
By Nathan Guttman
Walk-ins, No-Shows, Boos and Cheers
By Nathan Guttman
A Tight Squeeze: It’s one of the oldest tricks in the book: When planning an event, make sure the room is a little too small for the number of people you are expecting; that way, the room will always be full. But as J Street began its inaugural national conference October 26 at a Washington hotel, the rooms were way too crowded to suspect any deliberate underestimation. Organizers expected little more than 1,000 participants, but as the doors opened, the numbers grew. Walk-ins brought the number of conference participants to 1,500. A huge success for J Street, it was a big problem for those who tried to make it into the breakout sessions packed beyond capacity.Read More
As Virginia, New Jersey Elect Governors, a New Role for Women Pols
By Nathan Guttman
New Jersey and Virginia traditionally are the only states to vote for governor in the year after a presidential election, and so they are considered a referendum of sorts for a new administration in Washington. That’s one reason Democrats are so concerned this year about mobilizing usually reliable Jewish voters in these close races.Read More
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