July/August 1998
A Bimonthly Jewish Critique of Politics, Culture & Society
Editorials
Politics & Society
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American failures in Africa - foreign relations
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Second-hand democracy: human rights workers in Haiti
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Biotechnology: a new frontier of corporate control
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Schlesinger speaks - author Arthur Schlesinger Jr - Interview
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The Web - electronic publishing of business news
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Canary in a coal mine: youth activism and American democracy
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Disowning the future - social conditions of youth
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Killing kids: the new culture of destruction
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Generating meaning and connection in workplace culture - social consciousness
Includes related article on New College of California's commitment to social change
Israel/Palestine
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Facing Israeli violence: a Palestinian woman's personal account - Israel at 50
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Arab citizens of Palestine: little to celebrate - Israel at Fifty
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May 1998 update on the bombing of Palestinian women - Israel at Fifty
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Just say "no" to UJA? A roundtable - United Jewish Appeal - panel discussion on Jewish fund raising group in the US
Judaism
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Fixing the world - American Jews' involvement with charitable projects
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American Jews and the "Torah of money." - spiritual aspects of managing wealth
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Death & what's next - Jewish beliefs and reincarnation
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The Holocaust's life as a ghost - lingering psychological effects
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On suffering - Jewish reflections
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Envisioning Zipporah - wife of Jewish leader, Moses
Culture
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Holiness in Words: Abraham Joshua Heschel's Poetics of Piety. - book reviews
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Abraham Joshua Heschel: Prophetic Witness. - book reviews
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Living Downstream: An Ecologist Looks at Cancer and the Environment. - book reviews
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Letters to a Young Feminist. - book reviews
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Prayers for a Broken World. - sound recording reviews
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