Daniel Treiman
By Daniel Treiman
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Life Shas Condemns Earth-Shaking Gay Sex
Ha’aretz reports: Shas MK Shlomo Benizri blamed gays Wednesday for the earthquakes that have shaken the region in recent months, telling a Knesset plenum debate on local authorities’ earthquake preparedness that government action on homosexuality would do much to prevent the tremors. Benizri said the government should not make do with reinforcing buildings, but should…
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Life Yid Vid: Accessories for Modern Jewish Living
A highlight from the Chabad telethon:
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Life In Other Jewish Newspapers: Saris in Shul, Hating Jerry Seinfeld, Irish Jewry vs. Mel Gibson
THE COMPANY THEY KEEP: The New York Jewish Week reports on the sniping over the various presidential aspirants’ Mideast advisers. And the Anti-Defamation League’s Abraham Foxman expresses annoyance at Jews who are injecting the issue of Israel into the campaign. “I don’t understand why our community is making Israel an issue at this point,” Foxman…
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Life Ha’aretz to Hamas: We’re Not Gonna Take It
The dovish Israeli daily Ha’aretz takes a tough line on the ongoing Qassam fire from Hamas-controlled Gaza in an editorial titled “Restraint is not possible”: If the limited military actions Israel is undertaking in an effort to bring an end to the Qassam rockets will not bring an end to the shooting; if the moderate…
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Life What’s Missing From Jewish Life in Israel? Decent Chinese Food
Reuters reports: Asian restaurants across the country went on a one-day spring roll strike on Tuesday in protest over government plans to rid kitchens of foreign chefs, and said sushi and noodles would be the next items off the menu. The restaurants are angry at the state’s plans to purge Japanese, Chinese and Thai eateries…
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Life Jews and Genes: Who Are We? And How Did We Get Here?
Diana Muir Appelbaum and Paul S. Appelbaum have done a fascinating round-up for The Jerusalem Post of what genetics research reveals about the origins of various Jewish sub-populations. While there’s not much new for people who closely follow news about this area of research, the Appelbaums’ article is great because is puts all the data…
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Life Too Racy for Print, But Kosher for Shul
The JTA reports: The Seattle Times refused to run an ad for a National Council of Jewish Women-sponsored production. The Times said it would not print an ad for the Feb. 24 production of Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues” unless the artwork was altered, according to Lauren Simonds, the executive director of the council’s Seattle…
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Life Michael Chabon Is ‘Over the Moon’
The JTA has a great story fleshing out the recent news that the Coen brothers will be making a movie based on Michael Chabon’s “The Yiddish Policemen’s Union.” “Naturally, I am over the moon about this,” Chabon wrote in an e-mail to JTA. “They are heroes of mine.” All in all, it has been a…
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