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No One Has a Monopoly on Israel Advocacy
      Federation recently sponsored two lectures from Professor Eyal Zisser, executive director of the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies of Tel Aviv University.
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'Robbed of Files, Young Chinese Lose Their Futures'
He was aiming at a job with an oil company that would pay $735 a month. Then his Manila file disappeared. . . . Now, he earns a base salary of $90 a month as a door-to-door real estate salesman.
      This was the headline of a front page article in the New York Times in late July. Although attention throughout the summer focused close to home on the escalating debate on Health Care Reform and the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, the haunting story from China was one that deserved sharing in 'Dimensions.' Here it is.
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Celebrate Labor Day Op-Ed: by Supporting a New Law
Today, 44 percent of newly formed unions are unable to reach initial agreements, a serious problem the current law fails to address.
      NEW YORK (JTA) — This Labor Day, take a moment to remember people like Lupe Hernandez. When she toured a Jewish family's apartment in the Lower East Side Tenement Museum,
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Swedish Freedom of Speech
. . . from the time of the Napoleonic Wars, when its military prowess had diminished, (Sweden) declared its neutrality in every European conflict.
      For some reason, Sweden has always evoked positive images: tall, blue-eyed, blondhaired, good-looking, fit inhabitants of Scandinavia; modern day Vikings; Nordic. But in addition to their good traits, ethnic Swedes are Aryans, the race that Hitler so admired, and they sometimes exhibit some of the qualities that Hitler encouraged in Germans.
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Of Hamlet and Sticks and Stones
Mature was fine, even senior or advanced in age, but elderly was definitely a no-no.
      Recently I called to mind teaching the Shakespearean tragedy Hamlet and I recalled how he once responded in a semi-satiric, semi-playful manner when someone asked him what he was reading, and he said, "Words, words, words." It was then that I remembered how words had affected me when I was very young.
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Common Questions and Concerns Regarding Divorce
      Some of the most common questions clients ask when considering divorce include: 1.) What are my rights regarding my children? 2.) How will our property be divided? 3.) How expensive is a divorce? The areas creating the greatest anxiety are concerns relating to the custody, parenting time and support of the children.
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