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Gratitude, Grit, and Miracles: The New Facts of Jewish Life in America

Jews have rarely lived among neighbors who regarded their lives as valuable as anyone else’s — who would risk their own lives rather than look the other way.

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The Temptation of the Inferior “Imperial Judiciary”

This status quo is not sustainable. Either the President will retain his role as the chief of the executive branch, or he will not. Either the Supreme Court will retain its position as the Supreme Court, or it will not.

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