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Who Says Jews Aren't Ballers?

By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler 09:52 29 October in Culture, Latest

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Today marks the New York opening of an interesting new documentary: "The First Basket" chronicles the contribution of Jews to basketball, and you'll be surprised at how large and integral that contribution was. Jordan Farmar, eat your heart out. Here are a couple clips of the documentary: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2axetVvTJw&eurl=http://www.thefirstbasket.com/video.html] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WN6BymwrSPg&eurl=http://www.thefirstbasket.com/video.html] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ncqF52pkJs&eurl=http://www.thefirstbasket.com/video.html] The...

Palestinians Inaugurate National Soccer Stadium

By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler 12:30 28 October in Culture, Latest, Politics

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLpSjDKYlk0] Don't you just love it when a sporting event is used to boil down the immense complexities of geopolitical circumstance to a few simplistic characteristics? It can be a dangerous game, it's true, especially when sportswriters suddenly think they're foreign policy experts. But more often...

Sukkot Question

By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler 11:22 17 October in Culture, Latest, Religion

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This Falafel Was Made For You And Me

By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler 12:22 14 October in Culture, Latest, Politics

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It looks like the international system of governance is finally paying off. I mean, despite reports that the US and its allies are looking to bypass the UN in order to impose sanctions on Iran, we can all rest assured. The international system of dialogue...

Get Wigged Out Like Palin

By Mandy Katz 12:00 13 October in Culture, Latest, Politics

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A mere day after John McCain named his vice-presidential choice, I hatched a clever plan to dress as Sarah Palin for Halloween. Soon after, though, the whole country stole my idea − I even know of one sister-brother pair, still in middle school, planning to...

Break-fast Fantasy

By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler 09:33 10 October in Culture, Latest, Religion

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Hi everybody. Hope you had an easy fast yesterday. We're curious about your break-fast (or breakfast, or break fast, however you want). What'd you have? Was it good? What's the best Yom Kippur break-fast you've ever ate? We know there are some funny family traditions out...

New Voices goes Inside Chabad

By Jeremy Gillick 11:03 06 October in Culture, Latest, Politics, Religion

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Chabad, the ubiquitous Jewish movement best known among American Jews for its outreach on college campuses, is in many ways a mystery. Why, unlike most ultra-Orthodox, do the Lubavitch reach out to rather than reject secular Jews? What do they get when you put on...

Oops Report: French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner

By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler 11:02 06 October in Culture, Latest, Politics

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DrAp5gzdqc&feature=related] French FM Bernard Kouchner almost got Israel into some serious trouble yesterday, when he misspoke and said Israel would "eat" Iran. Reuters reports: "I honestly don't believe that it will give any immunity to Iran ...

Iraqi Shoutout to Jews of Kurdistan

By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler 11:58 02 October in Culture, Latest, Moment Magazine, Politics

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The Jewish Journal reported earlier this week that Iraq's first lady, Hero Ibrahim Ahmed, wife of President Jalal Talabani, paid a visit to the Simon Wiesenthal Center. The First Lady reminisced about her relationships with Jews of her Kurdish hometown, and, according to the Journal, toured...

Sarah Silverman's Great Schlep

By Mindy Gold 10:03 26 September in Culture, Latest, Politics

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgHHX9R4Qtk&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca&border=1] Trying to push American Jewish seniors to vote Democrat, the Jewish Council for Education & Research has enlisted Sarah Silverman as the face of its new hilarious canvassing campaign, "The Great Schlep." Besides Silverman's outrageous tactics (that often flirt with the inappropriate) are talking points...

Topics

Who Says Jews Aren't Ballers?

Palestinians Inaugurate National Soccer Stadium

Sukkot Question

This Falafel Was Made For You And Me

Get Wigged Out Like Palin

Break-fast Fantasy

New Voices goes Inside Chabad

Oops Report: French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner

Iraqi Shoutout to Jews of Kurdistan

Sarah Silverman's Great Schlep

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