Daniel Treiman
By Daniel Treiman
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Life Wieseltier vs. Sullivan vs. Kristol: Jew-Baiting, Gay-Baiting, Red-Baiting… Yada, Yada, Yada
Readers of The New Republic know that Leon Wieseltier has an acid pen. But does he also have an itchy trigger finger? Former TNR editor turned top-tier blogger Andrew Sullivan is fuming after Wieseltier, the magazine’s fiercely brilliant and eloquently mean literary editor, accused him of “Jew-baiting.” “To be called a ‘Jew-baiter’ in the pages…
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Life “Israel Is Us” — an Italian Parliamentarian’s Platform
Ha’aretz speaks with Fiamma Nirenstein, an Italian Jewish journalist and longtime resident of Israel who was recently elected to Italian parliament after running an unusual campaign. “I ran for a place in parliament as a representative of the Liguria district. I held rallies in Genoa and other cities in the region,” she told Ha’aretz. “But…
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Life Yid Vid: Orangutans Enjoy Matzo (But Not Too Much, Lest…)
Elsewhere in the Forward-sphere, our bilingual bard, Stanley Siegelman, notes that Passover also has something to offer lovers, children, communists, drunks and Eliot Spitzer.
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Life In Other Jewish Newspapers: Exodus From Cleveland?, Airline Ruins Passover, Hummusexual Punk Rock
KOSHER AT FENWAY: The home of the Boston Red Sox has long been famous for its Green Monster. Now, it’s getting kosher dogs. Boston’s Jewish Advocate reports on what may be the greatest moment for Jewish Red Sox fans since 2007. BRANDEIS DISROBES: Students at Brandeis university get naked for the Earth. Boston’s Jewish Advocate…
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Life Lieberman Volunteers His Services for Republican Convention
The Hill reports: Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), the Democratic Party’s 2000 vice presidential nominee, is leaving open the possibility of giving a keynote address on behalf of Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) at the Republican National Convention in September. Republicans close to the McCain campaign say Lieberman’s appearance at the convention, possibly before a national primetime…
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Culture Koch on Koch on Antisemitism
“A liberal,” Robert Frost once quipped, “is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel.” Ed Koch is not that kind of liberal. The legendary former New York City mayor — who puckishly describes himself as “a liberal with sanity” — has never been shy about standing up for his fellow…
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Life Little-Known Fact: Nazis Lit the Flame of Olympic Torch Relay
Against the backdrop of this year’s tumultuous Olympic torch relay, New York Times polymath Edward Rothstein locates the origins of this peculiar ritual: If you want to know how the Olympic torch really began its “Journey of Harmony,” as the Chinese call its current relay, if you want to see why the torch has had…
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Life Q. Can I Take Off Work for ‘Kasha Varnishka’? A. Yes, But Not During Pesach
The New York Times Ethicist columnist fields a fun Jewish-related question this week. Walter Henry of Downey, Calif., writes to him: Years ago in Seattle I worked for an insurance company with just one Jewish employee, a good friend. He invented Jewish holidays, taking days off several times a year. As the only other employee…
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