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Blog from Istanbul: Turkey and Israel Should Unite

February 15, 2013
By Daphna Berman
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The Peoples of Turkey and Israel Should Work Together By Aylin Kocaman Turkey has sheltered Jews since Ottoman times. The Turkish people have a particular culture and...

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The Latke vs. Hamentash Debate Rages On

March 12, 2022
By Sala Levin
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by Amy Schwartz Which tastes better, the latke or the hamentash? Does the hamentash contain the secret of the universe? Is the latke a threat to...

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Sarah Silverman’s Sister Arrested at the Western Wall

February 11, 2013
By Daphna Berman
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The sister of comic Sarah Siverman was just one of nearly a dozen women who were detained today at the Western Wall for praying while...

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Catholics Respond to Pope’s Resignation

February 11, 2013
By Daphna Berman
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Pope Benedict the XVI’s decision to step down after just eight years as head of the Church has stunned the Catholic world and left many...

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Israel’s New Knesset Sworn In: A Prayer and Other Fun Facts

February 5, 2013
By Daphna Berman
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The 120 members of Israel’s 19th Knesset were sworn in today in Jerusalem. Ruth Calderon, who was on the Yesh Atid list, and became a...

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Burma Peace Talks Begin: A Letter From the Jewish Community

February 5, 2013
By Daphna Berman
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Peace talks between the Myanamar government and ethnic rebels from the south of the country kicked off Monday, as fighting between the two sides intensified...

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I am a Muslim Turk and I Condemn the Jewish Holocaust: Guest Blogger Aylin Kocaman on Altruism in Nature

February 3, 2013
By Daphna Berman
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I am a Muslim Turk and I Condemn the Jewish Holocaust By Aylin Kocaman The world watched the slaughter of 6 million Jews during the Second World...

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Film Review: “The Jews and the Longest Kiss in History”

February 3, 2013
By Daphna Berman
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MOMENT’S FILM REVIEW: “The Jews and the Longest Kiss in History” By Samuel Warshaw Frederique Cifuentes Morgan, a London-based, Parisian-born filmmaker, in Sudan to make a film...

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Watch out DC: Dave Barry is Coming to Town

February 1, 2013
By Daphna Berman
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Fans of Dave Barry in Washington D.C. are in for a treat: the Pulitzer-Prize winning political satirist will be at Politics and Prose tomorrow night...

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Divestment Comes to Brooklyn

January 31, 2013
By Daphna Berman
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An online petition is demanding that the political science department at Brooklyn College rescind its sponsorship of an anti-Israel divestment event. The campaign has received wide...