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28 Nov

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Israel and I: A Love/Hate Relationship

The Donald Trump victory is not only highly distressing to me as an American; it is troublesome because it portends to render peace in my beloved Israel more distant than ever.

10 Feb

Religion, U.S. Politics

Catholic Candidates, Voters and Contraception

By Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil From the announcement of President Obama’s controversial new contraception policy, to Rick Santorum’s unexpected triple-win on Tuesday—Catholics have determined this week’s news...

08 Dec

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Why the Israeli Ad Campaign Matters

May 8, 2012
By Sala Levin
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by Erica Shaps Last week, the Israeli Ministry of Immigration Absorption’s now-cancelled ad campaign directed at bring Israeli expatriates in American back home took the American...

23 Sep

Culture, Food, History

Jane Ziegelman on Food and the American Story

June 4, 2013
By Sala Levin
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97 Orchard, by Jane Ziegelman, tells the story of five immigrant families living on Manhattan's Lower East Side at the turn of the twentieth century....

10 Mar

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Lessons for Germany’s Turks from France’s Jews

March 10, 2011
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By Symi Rom-Rymer In the midst of cheering crowds and booming music at an auditorium in Düsseldorf, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told his Turkish...

10 Mar

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Lessons for Germany's Turks from France's Jews

March 10, 2011
By Symi Rom-Rymer
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By Symi Rom-Rymer In the midst of cheering crowds and booming music at an auditorium in Düsseldorf, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told his Turkish...

10 Dec

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People of the Book: Jewish Bialystok and Its Diaspora

May 8, 2012
By Symi Rom-Rymer
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By Symi Rom-Rymer The story of Jewish Eastern European immigration is a familiar one. Even if one never had the chance to know their relatives from...