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Messinger: Jewish Service Must Be Real Service

Focus on needs, not college applications, says former NYC pol
By Allison Hoffman | 2:00 PM Nov 12, 2009

Ruth Messinger, the former Manhattan borough president and Democratic mayoral challenger to Rudy Giuliani, had the good fortune of going to an elite private school (Brearley) and an even more elite college (Radcliffe) but she credits a much humbler venue with giving her the earthy edge she needed to become a New York City pol: ...

Daybreak: Two States, and Exiles

Bibi's speech, kosher Google, and more from the morning papers
By Hadara Graubart | 9:11 AM Jun 15, 2009

• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu endorsed a two-state solution for the first time, but attached conditions that have left Palestinians unsatisfied, to say the least. [WP]
• While generally praising President Obama’s Cairo speech, The New Yorker’s Hendrik Hertzberg agrees with André Aciman that “a mention of the eight hundred thousand Jewish refugees from Arab ...