Daniel Treiman
By Daniel Treiman
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Life When Sushi Chefs Strike
First came the day without spring rolls. Now things have escalated into a sushi strike. Have Israel’s woes no end? Listen to the BBC’s great audio report here. Once again, hat tip to Jewschool’s “Rooftopper Rav” for keeping an eye on Israel’s Asian food crisis.
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Life In Other Jewish Newspapers: Leno’s Jewish Joker, Baltimore’s Kosher ‘Crab,’ London’s Phallus Fracas
PARTY POOPERS?: Israel is gearing up to celebrate its 60th birthday. But some Israelis think the money that is going to the extra-special gala celebration could be put to better use. The New York Jewish week has the story. ‘ANTISEMITISM 2.0’: The Jewish Week searches Facebook, YouTube and other popular interactive Web sites for antisemitism…
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Life Something’s Happened — That ‘Something’ Is the Occupation
Ha’aretz editorializes in response to an investigative broadcast that exposed abuse of Palestinians by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank: This time, it was regular soldiers in the Kfir Brigade. They exposed their backsides and sexual organs to Palestinians, pressed an electric heater to the face of a young boy, beat young boys senseless, recorded…
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Life Obama on Iran, His Pastor, Brzezinski, What Being ‘Pro-Israel’ Means to Him and Other Issues That Give Some Jews the Willies
Barack Obama met with Jewish leaders in Cleveland and spoke at great length on a number of topics that have sparked Jewish anxieties about his candidacy. The JTA has the transcript.
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Film & TV Natalie Portman Says She and Scarlett Johansson are the ‘Hot Knishes’
Natalie Portman speaks at length with the Times of London about a variety of topics, including her dating patterns, why being an only child made her career possible and why Stephen Fry was her all-time favorite co-star. She also touched on her Jewish identity. Asked whether her ethnic background has been a stabilizing influence, she…
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Life Hillary Wins Israel
Hillary Clinton may be losing primaries and caucuses left and right, but she apparently has a small reservoir of support among Democrats living in Israel. Democrats Abroad has released the results of its “Global Presidential Primary,” and in Israel, Clinton managed to edge out Obama, with 190 votes to his 159. Unfortunately for Clinton, Israel…
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Life Yid Vid: Rahm for Veep
Rep. Rahm Emanuel of Chicago is used to being a Democratic power-broker. But this campaign season, the man who led the Democratic effort to take back the House of Representatives has found himself sitting uncomfortably on the sidelines. On the one hand, he was a key aide to President Clinton, a post that launched his…
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Life Sticks and Stones…
JTA reports: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Israel a “filthy germ” and a “savage beast.” Speaking of Hezbollah terrorist chief Imad Mughniyeh, who was assassinated last week, Ahmadinejad said Israel was behind the death of this “righteous man.” “The West created a dark and filthy germ known as the Zionist regime, which has attacked the…
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