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Elliott Abrams

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Elliott Abrams is the president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington and chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. He spent four years working for the United States Senate and several years in the State Department, where he received the Secretary of State's Distinguished Service Award from George P. Shultz. He has written for Commentary, The Weekly Standard, The National Interest, and National Review (where he is a contributing editor). He is the author of "Undue Process, Security and Sacrifice" and "Faith or Fear: How Jews Can Survive in a Christian America."

Columns and articles by Elliott Abrams

Austrian Amnesia Jun 12, 2007
A Nazi sympathizer ascends, and Austria's past comes back to haunt it.

testing Feb 9, 2006

Reason to Worry Feb 27, 2001
It's no wonder China's rulers are so hostile to Falun Gong. In it, they can see their demise.

Mainline Protestants: Anti-Israel, Pro-PLO Feb 20, 2001
The statement issued by their recent 'Ecumenical Delegation to Jerusalem' is unwaveringly hostile to the State of Israel.

Why Sharon? Feb 7, 2001
Israel's new prime minister embodies the idea that security is achieved through strength and firmness, not concessions.

There Are No Jews in Bush's Cabinet. So What? Jan 4, 2001
American Jews have better things to worry about.

Are Young Jews Moving Toward the GOP? Dec 1, 2000
A Pennsylvania exit poll during this election suggests they may be.

Banishing the Bible from Campus Nov 22, 2000
Colleges are treating evangelical and Orthodox Jewish students like outcasts and bigots for their views on gays and sex

The Reality Principle Oct 19, 2000
The Palestinian leadership has made it clear it is uninterested in peace. Where's the outcry from American Jews?

Joe, Don't Speak for the Jews Sep 21, 2000
The intermarriage hoopla underscores the lesson that Lieberman should steer clear of being a spokesman for Judaism

Religion Starts More Conflicts Than It Resolves Aug 24, 2000
UN summit a dubious undertaking

Intermarriage -- A View From the Bimah Jul 25, 2000
The statistics can come to life during an interfaith bar or bat mitzvah

Russian Jewry Endangered Again Jul 6, 2000
American Jews may think the Soviet Jewry movement is a proud part of the past, but Russian Jews need help once again

Stop Bashing the Pope May 4, 2000
Why John Paul II's papacy has been good for the Jews

Time for a Time-out Apr 6, 2000
The past year has been a bad one for evangelical-Jewish relations. Will the next be better?

A Sad Day for Judaism Mar 2, 2000
A Reform embrace of gay marriage would ignore Jewish law and further divide American Jews

Religious Communities Should Protest Realpolitiks as Usual Feb 3, 2000

Selective Compassion Jan 6, 2000
Jews fought for Soviet Jews and Holocaust restitution--now it's time to stand up for Christian victims

Irreconcilable Difference Dec 6, 1999
There's one conflict Jews and evangelicals shouldn't attempt to resolve