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ONE YEAR AND ONE DAY AGO,

according to the Hebrew calendar, more than

1 million Israelis were streaming by the sim-

ple wooden casket that contained the re-

mains of Yitzhak Rabin. The previous day,

two hollow nine-millimeter bullets had

slammed into his body. They were gleefully

placed there by the smiling 25-year-old Yi-

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gal Amir. The law student, an observant Jew,

used Jewish law to justify what's been called

the most traumatic single Jewish event in

centuries.

This week, we remember that moment.

For most of us, it was a time when fear, anger

and trauma riveted our Jewish hearts and

souls. The following opinion essays — one

from the left and one from the right — each

have disturbing conclusions. Then we look

at the role of Leah Rabin, a controversial fig-

ure who has understandably not let go of

"that night" in Tel Aviv, one that has irrev-

ocably shifted the course of modern Jewish

history.