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An encounter at Harvard illuminates the true ignorance of liberal scholars at universities across the country, and the danger they pose to the good fight against terrorism. The professor narrowed his eyes, leaned back in his chair and yawned. "You don't really believe that do you?" I stared back perplexed. "What?" "That there is really some terrorist conspiracy poised against the United States." There was a short silence. I took a deep breath, not sure if he was serious. But when I looked in his eyes, I detected no trace of humor. "Well ... the events of 9/11 would certainly...

The Trauma Of Exile: A Meditation On Tisha B'av By: Avi Davis Among my many travels in the 1980s, I found myself in Istanbul, Turkey on Tisha B'Av eve in August, 1988. Fortunate to have the address of some Jewish friends, I was guided by them to a synagogue in the enclave of Nishantaj on the west bank of the Bosphorus. Access to the synagogue at that time proved difficult. Without my passport ( which I didn't think to bring to a synagogue) or any other form of identification, the guards, barricaded behind double-paned bullet proof glass, at least three...