The Precious Right to Vote
The Supreme Court upheld the poll tax, literacy test and residence requirement in l898. Within 12 years of this decision, every Southern state passed laws to disenfranchise Negro vot ers.
JOYCE S. ANDERSON Special to the Jewish Times
      The struggle between voter enfranchisement and voter suppression shoots into the headlines during each presidential election cycle.
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When bad things happen to good computers
We have already seen how someone pulled the plug on our economy - and we thought we were in the best of hands. Not so.
JACK ENGELHARD Special to the Jewish Times
      Well, it finally happened. My computer crashed. All my works in progress - gone! Fortunately, most of my novels are already published and listed on Amazon and elsewhere, so that's good, and as for my journalism, well, that's also preserved here and all over the Web.
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Succot at the Israel Museum
Also on display is a rare Torah scroll fragment from the Book of Exodus. It includes the famous Song of the Sea, widely recognized as one of the most beautiful examples of biblical poetry.
STEPHEN KRAMER Jewish Times Israel Correspondent
      It's a tradition among Jews to visit Jerusalem, site of our ancient Temple, during the annual pilgrimage festivals: Succot, Passover and Shavuot. During this Succot holiday we visited the Shrine of the Book in Jerusalem's Israel Museum.
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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.
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