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May 1, 2009 / Columns

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CIA Closes Secret Overseas Prisons

JOYCE S. ANDERSON Special to the Jewish Times

Days after his inauguration, Barack Obama signed an executive order directing the Central Intelligence Agency to cease using detention facilities in countries outside the United States to interrogate terrorism suspects. More...

Israel Viewpoint

Victory or Defeat

STEPHEN KRAMER Jewish Times Israel Correspondent

The Egyptian narrative of the Yom Kippur War (1973), which the Arabs call the Ramadan War or the October War, is that Egypt crushed the Israeli army. Israel's other main antagonist, Syria, declared that it had won a moral victory over Israel. 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...

Political Cartoon

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A View of the Absurd

The Code

Over at the racetrack, on Sunday, two of us were talking about the Kentucky Derby, me, sipping vodka, and this horseplayer, drinking beer. This man was a professor, also a gambler. His choice for the Derby was a horse coming from Dubai. More...

Chalkdust

Growing Up: Now and Then

PROF. LEO LIEBERMAN, Jewish Times Staff Writer

Growing up how many times did we hear, "Life isn't all fun and games"? We were told repeatedly that we had to prepare for the "real" world when we were grown ups. More...