Dimensions
Experience and Judgment
JOYCE S. ANDERSON Special to the Jewish Times
      Are you ready for a fast quiz on the background of candidates for President of the United States? Good. Here we go. Who earned a law degree and served in the Illinois state legislature for eight years? Then he ran for the United States Senate. Just two years later, he ran for President of the United States?
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A View of the Absurd
Where have you gone Sandy Koufax?
JACK ENGELHARD Special to the Jewish Times
      The last time I read anything good about Israel (meaning Jews worldwide as well as the nation itself) was when Sandy Koufax pitched for the Dodgers and especially when he sat out the first game of the 1965 World Series because it fell on Yom Kippur. So we have to go back to the 1960s to find anything to celebrate.
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Israel Viewpoint
Is peace possible?
STEPHEN KRAMER Jewish Times Israel Correspondent
      PART I Many Jews in the Diaspora enfold their feelings about Israel in a peace wrapper. They worry so much whether Israel has peaceful relations with its neighbors that they fail to appreciate Israel's viability even without treaties with some of the neighbors.
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Honorable 'Menschen'
By Howard Berger ... and YOU.
      Anyone deserving of an 'Honorable Menschen,' can contact Howard Berger via his e-mail: Howardberger9798@aol.com or by fax: 822-3670. JCC AND THREE SYNAGOGUES PLAN TRIP TO SEE ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC NOV.19 This world renowned symphony orchestra is coming to Philadelphia's Kimmel Center Nov. 19 for a memorable concert.
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