October 31, 2008 RSS feed / Columns

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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. More...

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. More...

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. More...

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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! More...

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