17 Aug

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Yizkor Education

• August 17, 2011
• By elisniv
• 5 comments

By Adina Rosenthal British historian Sir Ian Kershaw famously wrote: “The road to Auschwitz was built by hate, but paved with indifference,” a sentiment that provides...

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12 Aug

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The AJC, the Supreme Court and Jennifer Rubin

• August 12, 2011
• By Sala Levin
• 1 comment

by Theodore Samets Jennifer Rubin is angry. Really, really angry. What’s got Rubin, one of the loudest right-wing voices on Israel in the United States, with her perch...

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12 Aug

Moment Magazine

From the Archives: My House Shall Be a House Of Prayer For All

• August 12, 2011
• By elisniv
• 1 comment

By Lynne Schreiber From Moment Magazine, December 2005 One day last summer, as my friend Katie and I sat beneath an umbrella at a sidewalk café sipping...

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12 Aug

Culture, topics

Israel Takes on Wikimania

• August 12, 2011
• By Sala Levin
• 1 comment

by Charles Kopel “Education is a human right,” declared Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Sue Gardner to an applauding crowd of six hundred last week in the...

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10 Aug

Religion

A Goy in Jews’ Clothing

• July 27, 2023
• By elisniv
• 7 comments

By Steven Philp Considering the cultural significance of the kippah, it is safe to assume that an individual who chooses to wear one on a regular...

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09 Aug

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Israel Boycotts, Now Organic

• August 9, 2011
• By elisniv
• 1 comment

By Aarian Marshall Something’s afoot in the Park Slope Food Co-op. If you are not a local of bourgeois Brooklyn, if the New York Times Metro Section...

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09 Aug

History, Religion

Why Should Zion Mourn?

• August 8, 2024
• By Adina Rosenthal
• 8 comments

“The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn assembly; all her gates are desolate… and she herself is in bitterness.” These...

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08 Aug

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Strauss-Kahn—Still Bad For The Jews?

• August 8, 2011
• By elisniv
• 1 comment

By Theodore Samets The idea that France was set to have a Jewish president before the United States sounded weird, anyway. Of course, some might argue that...

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03 Aug

Culture, History

The anti-Manischewitz

• August 3, 2011
• By elisniv
• 10 comments

By Adina Rosenthal Move over Manischewitz; Jewish wine is no longer synonymous with the sweet, syrupy stuff used for Jewish ceremonies. The Israeli wine and beer...

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02 Aug

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A Golden Opportunity for Livni

• July 27, 2023
• By elisniv
• 0 comments

By Niv Elis It’s not clear why the Israeli left has shied away from putting economic arguments for peace front and center.  But the recent explosion...

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02 Aug

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Pay No Attention to the Jew Behind the Curtain

• August 2, 2011
• By elisniv
• 0 comments

By Steven Philp Over the past year, more than half of all state legislatures have considered proposals that would prevent judges from consulting faith-based or foreign...

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29 Jul

Culture, topics

Going for Gold at the Jewish Olympics

• July 30, 2021
• By Sala Levin
• 5 comments

Since 1932, the Maccabiah Games have drawn the finest Jewish athletes to participate in a wide array of events.

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