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16 Feb

Let My People Vote!

May 8, 2012
By elisniv
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By Steven Philp Egypt may lack a president, but it is not bereft of direction. Meeting two primary demands of pro-democracy protestors, Egyptian military leaders have...

15 Feb

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The South Sudanese Are ‘The Jews of Our Time’

October 4, 2012
By elisniv
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By Charles Jacobs The stars in Wanyjok’s sky blazed so bright it seemed as though God himself had switched on the lights in the vast blackness....

14 Feb

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The Combative Pacifism and Poetry of Grace Paley

May 8, 2012
By elisniv
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by Amanda Walgrove Grace Paley was a Jewish pacifist accused of having an Irish temper. Armed with a strong Bronx accent and a stronger rhetorical voice,...

11 Feb

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A Revolution By Any Other Name

August 15, 2012
By elisniv
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By Niv Elis For the Czech Republic it was Velvet. For Serbia, it was a Bulldozer. For Iran, it was distinctly Islamic. But nobody has yet...

11 Feb

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People of the Book: Interview with Julie Orringer

May 8, 2012
By Symi Rom-Rymer
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By Symi Rom-Rymer Sitting on a faux cowhide bench with rock music blaring at full volume in a small coffee shop in one of Brooklyn’s hipper...

09 Feb

History, Latest

Czech Out Those Jews: Judaism in the Czech Republic

May 8, 2012
By elisniv
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By Kayla Green How is it possible to judge the attitude toward Jews in the Czech Republic, a country where Jews have in recent history suffered...

08 Feb

Latest, Religion

For Israel, Tough Choices on Egypt

May 8, 2012
By elisniv
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By Steven Philp On Saturday Israeli President Shimon Peres offered a defense of beleaguered Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak, on the grounds that his rule has been...

07 Feb

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Who Says Jews Don’t Have Soul?

May 8, 2012
By elisniv
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By Beth Kissileff No one could have predicted thirty years ago that the cantorial school at Hebrew Union College would one day be named for Debbie...

04 Feb

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The Black Bus

May 8, 2012
By Symi Rom-Rymer
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By Symi Rom-Rymer Anat Zuria has made her career exploring the stories of religious women on the margins of their world. Her latest work, The Black...

04 Feb

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Yoo-hoo, Ms. Rivers!

May 8, 2012
By elisniv
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by Amanda Walgrove As she’d be the first to joke about, Joan Rivers has tough skin. While her 2010 documentary, Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work,...

03 Feb

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The Hypocrisy of Boycotting

May 8, 2012
By Sala Levin
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by Daniel Hoffman Many European and American students are familiar with academic boycotts of Israel, campaigns which emerged in the United Kingdom in the midst of...

02 Feb

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Abraham Yurberg: A Life In Art

May 8, 2012
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By Chelsea Beroza Walking into Abraham Yurberg’s retrospective at Ten43 Gallery is like walking into a moment trapped in time. Yurberg transports us through a lifetime...