Emily L. Hauser
By Emily L. Hauser
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Music Israeli Band Shmemel Urges Aliyah — to Berlin
Still shows Israeli woman with a sign that reads “We left for Berlin.” / Shmemel “Berlin” is a very catchy tune, half-way between pop and hip-hop, performed by Israeli band Shmemel — and anyone who sees Israel as the Jewish homeland and/or can hum “Jerusalem of Gold” should probably give it a good hard listen….
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Opinion 9 Years Later, Here We Go Again in Gaza
A woman cries as Israeli soldiers evict Jewish settlers from Gaza in 2005 / Getty Images Even as war continues to rage, August will mark the ninth anniversary of Israel’s unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. Dubbed a “disengagement” by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, the retreat was greeted enthusiastically by the institutional Jewish community. A…
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Opinion ADL Needs To Drop Thane Rosenbaum Right Now
Thane Rosenbaum / Getty Images So. Can we talk about Thane Rosenbaum? You probably already know that Thane Rosenbaum — who likes to talk about being a human rights professor — wrote an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal arguing that the Gazan noncombatants are fair game in this war, because “they” voted for Hamas…
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Opinion May Gaza Victims’ Memories Be a Blessing
Courtesy of namesonwall.tumblr We read names. We say names out loud, and hold their souls on our breath. We record names with ink and carve them into stone; we raise them in national squares and on city streets. When lives are lost, those left behind do what they can to ensure that the names –…
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Opinion Where’s Jewish Fury Over Tariq Abu Khdeir Beating?
Tariq Abu Khdeir is hugged by his mother following his beating in East Jerusalem / Getty Images I have no idea what Tariq Khdeir was doing on the day he was savagely beaten. I have no idea if — like the American high school student in my own home – Tariq woke up late and…
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Opinion Auschwitz Selfies? No Big Deal, IMHO
Teenagers, selfies, and the Holocaust — you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone over the age of 30 who doesn’t have some thoughts on all three. Last week, though, the world was granted the chance to think about all three at the same time. It was reported in various places that some Jewish teenagers, while in…
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Opinion Why Does U.N. Love Israeli Caves? ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’!
Jesus Christ Superstar filmed in Israel’s Beit Guvrin Bell Caves / Youtube What makes a place so special that it might be considered the inheritance of all humanity — a World Heritage site, as it were? If you were to consult UNESCO’s list of World Heritage criteria, you would see that the international body that…
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Opinion Would Israelis Be Kidnapped If Not For Settlements?
Jews gather for a mass prayer for the release of three Israeli teenagers / Getty Images On Monday the New York Times reported that the recent abduction of three Israeli teens in the occupied West Bank has raised a “hushed debate [within Israeli society] over the conduct of Jewish settlers.” While I think it’s fair…
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