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This Holocaust Memorial Week We Are Writing A Torah
April 14, 2010The Shabbat Tent was filled with song as a group of young Jews gathered to celebrate Shabbat in the desert, during Phish Fest, a music and camping festival attracting thousands of Jews amid the tens of thousands of participants. We lifted a miniature Torah from a hardened plastic box. The parchment was cracked and faded, [...]
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Some Catholic Leaders Will Say Anything
April 12, 2010I mean, one day, the Church is being treated like a bunch of persecuted Jews; the next day, it’s those Christ-killing Jews who are doing the persecuting. My modest suggestion is that the Church stop thinking so much about Jews (hard to do, admittedly, when you’re worshiping a Jew) and start thinking about ways of [...]
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Israel and the Jews of America
March 28, 2010According to a poll by the Left wing J-Street lobby, which generally competes with the Right-leaning AIPAC, US President Barack Obama is 15% more popular among American Jews than Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Obama apparently managed to maintain his popularity among 59% of American Jews, even after the harsh US criticism which followed Israel’s declaring [...]
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Jews That Do Video Contest Winners Announced!
March 23, 2010Leadel.net just announced the winners of its Jews That Do video contest. As hoped, Jews That Do highlighted some unique Jews from around the world, as well as some very talented video artists! Please take a minute and watch the winning videos as Leadel.NET, with partners ROI Community and Jewlicious, present you the winners of [...]
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J Street 2010 Poll of American Jews
March 23, 2010J Street has just released its third annual poll (full pdf results) of American Jewish opinion. It contains some very interesting findings. Considering that the Aipac national policy conference began today and Bibi Netanyahu and every Congress member will be there showing the flag, it’s instructive to know that only 10% found Israel to be [...]
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Happy Passover: Settlers, Immigrants, and the Perversion of Jewish Values
March 21, 2010“You shall not oppress the stranger [immigrant] because you know the soul of the stranger for you yourselves were immigrants in the land of Egypt” (Exodus 23:9) [translation, R.S.] This verse recalls the migration of Jacob’s sons to Egypt during an ancient Israelite famine. It invokes the history of oppression that Jews suffered there as [...]
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Fear and Loathing in Oslo
March 15, 2010Jews in Oslo were taken aback over the weekend when the leader of the local Jewish Community, Anne Sander criticized haredi Judaism, the Chabad movement, the settlements and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman. The remarks came in an interview with the Dagbladet newspaper, on the milieu of the situation between Jews and Muslims in Norway. Only [...]
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Reb Wallace Berman
March 14, 2010A Gut Vokh oyf aykh un oyf kol Yisroel. There is a lot to be said about the possibilities of Jewish film. We’ve heard about kollel guys turning the lens on themselves, Israeli filmmakers orchestrating the visual return of Jews to Poland, or Palestinian filmmakers depicting the society that excludes them. Then there is Wallace [...]
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I RAN TO SEE THE NEW DRONE FLEET BY THE BOYS IN BLUE
February 23, 2010Those geniuses in Israel have done it again. Readers, WE have done it again’
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Finally, a law for the Jewish refugees of 1948-1956
February 20, 2010JPost: Israeli lawmakers are seeking a law that will make compensation for Jewish refugees expelled from Arab countries after 1948 an integral part of any future peace negotiations. … According to the international advocacy group, Justice for Jews from Arab Countries (JJAC), some 850,000 Jews were displaced from Arab countries after the State of Israel [...]
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'Schindler's List' actor takes sons to Shoah memorial
February 18, 2010 -
A Call to Slaughter the Jews
February 15, 2010“I didn’t say ‘slaughter the Jews,’ I just made reference to something that means ‘slaughter the Jews.’” What? Noor Rashid, when Israeli Deputy Foregin Minister Danny Ayalon spoke at Oxford last week, yelled “Khaybar ya Yahood.” According to an article in the Jerusalem Post, he was simply making mention of an historical event. What is [...]
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France fights anti-Semitism with Anne Frank diary in Persian
February 12, 2010 -
The Taboo That Just Wont Shut Up, Chapter 43
January 27, 2010Andrew Sullivan, in a post on the root causes of jihadism, praises a writer for the American Conservative, Daniel Larison, for his bravery in addressing what he sees as a strong connection between terrorism and America’s support for Israel. Larison, Andrew writes, “as often, treads where angels fear to.” How true! How brave it is [...]
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Leadel.net Jews That Do Video Contest
January 25, 2010One Week Left! I love contests that are fun and easy. In that respect Leadel.Net’s Jews That Do video contest scores 100% on both counts. It’s fun and easy because for a video contest, it doesn’t require any superb equipment or spectacular cinematographic skills. The folks at Leadel just want you to feature interesting Jews, [...]