No Longer A Role Model

Jewish Week, The, September, 1998

The Jewish Week 09-25-1998 No Longer A Role Model America's current period of introspection, spurred by the presidential sexual scandal and the ever-increasing prospect of impeachment, coincides this year with the Jewish community's annual time of self-examination -- the Ten Days of Awe. Members of Congress must decide the fate of the country's elected leader, guided in part by the sentiments expressed by their constituents.

Although the issue is not intrinsically Jewish, it holds a special poignancy for the Jewish community because the chief protagonists in the national drama include a president considered by many to be Israel's strongest friend in memory, and Monica Lewinsky, who is Jewish, as is the most prominent moral critic in the president's own political...

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