By Tammi Rossman-Benjamin
A professor says she was forced to file a federal civil rights complaint because ‘virulent’ anti-Semitism was rampant at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
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By Larry Derfner
There is remarkably little public discussion in Israel about an attack on Iran. People may not talk about it much, but you can be sure they will back a war, Larry Derfner writes.
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By Leonard Fein
Mitt Romney isn’t alone in not caring much about the poor. Despite the growing shame of poverty in America, few leaders on either side of the aisle talk about it.
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By Leonard Saxe
Leonard Saxe proposes that creating a Jewish scholarship fund, supported by a progressive tax. The tax would be paid by organizations that pay salaries above a set amount.
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By Moses L. Pava
In the case of Jewish nonprofits, the owner of the organization is the Jewish community, as a whole, or at least that portion of the community that the organization aspires to serve.
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By David A. Teutsch
There are several things we can do to ease the shortage of first-rate executive directors of Jewish groups. The most important is to make taking on the mantle of leadership more attractive to capable people.
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By Shifra Bronznick
There is nothing wrong with CEOs being well paid if they are doing extraordinary work on behalf of their mission and constituencies. But Shifra Bronznick asks, what are these salaries actually based on?
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By J.J. Goldberg
The New York police admitted using a training video with virulant anti-Muslim messages. Everyone will suffer if militants take over debate over the issue, J.J. Goldberg writes.
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By Shmarya Rosenberg
Want to know where ultra-Orthodox groups in Israel get money? Shmarya Rosenberg writes they are funded by kosher certification businesses and Satmar Hasidim in Brooklyn.
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By Leonard Fein
Ethiopians in Israel are often barred from buying apartments by restrictive covenants. Such tactics were once used against Jews and blacks in the U.S., Leonard Fein writes.
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