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05-05-2000

THE HOUR: Invoking Jewish Tradition

Invocation of "the Jewish tradition" on behalf of this political stance or
that is a common feature of Jewish political debate. Sometimes, the
citations have so obviously been pasted on after the argument's been
developed as to trivialize the process. Often, the citations are of very
general hortatory language or broad injunctions -- "care for the widow and
the orphan" -- used to justify...

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