Daniel Treiman
By Daniel Treiman
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Life In Other Jewish Newspapers: Grooming the IDF, Scoop Jackson RIP, ‘Lothario Rabbi’ Row
CASH INCENTIVE: Nearly four decades after the first meeting of the Association for Jewish Studies, scholars are taking stock of their rapidly growing field. But, The New York Jewish Week reports, some think the growth of Jewish studies is due in part to the desire of colleges and universities to curry favor with Jewish donors….
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Film & TV ADL ‘Accepts’ Will Smith’s Clarification, JDL Supports Writers’ Strike
So the Anti-Defamation League has finally weighed in on L’Affaire Will Smith, and, I have to say, its statement is a little disappointing. To recap: Will Smith, speaking off the cuff to a Scottish newspaper, suggested — quite reasonably — that Hitler was driven by a “twisted” notion of what he thought was “good.” The…
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Life Ha’aretz: Stop Blocking Conversion of FSU Immigrants
An impassioned editorial in Ha’aretz rails against the Orthodox rabbinate for erecting barriers to the conversion of hundreds of thousands of immigrants from the former Soviet Union who were brought to Israel under the Law of Return: Bitter infighting, saturated with political power plays, deal-making of the lowest form, and strong-arm tactics driven by personal…
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Culture Yid Vid: Chabon Speaks
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon speaks about the controversy surrounding his book “The Yiddish Policemen’s Union,” how he feels about Israel, getting compared to Philip Roth and being a geek. Crackerjack Judeo-Christian reporter Brad Greenberg asks all the right questions (although I do sort of wish he had asked Chabon whether he loves his wife…
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Life Albert Speer’s Son Follows in Father’s Footsteps, Trailed By His Dark Shadow
Hitler’s chief architect, Albert Speer, is remembered, in part ,for his grandiose vision for remaking Berlin’s built landscape along fascist lines. In an irony of history, it turns out that his now 73-year-old son — who has the same name as his father — went on to be an influential urban planner. The younger Speer…
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Film & TV Will Smith Is No Hitler-Lover (and Will Someone Please Get TMZ.com a Subscription to the Forward)
In October, it was Halle Berry. She found herself in the celebrity hot seat, apologizing profusely following an innocent, if clumsy, remark that only the most hysterical among us would view as evidence of antisemitism. This month, apparently, it’s Will Smith’s turn. In a rambling interview published in Scotland’s Daily Record, Smith was quoted as…
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Life Cheryl Hines Is a ‘Nation’
Heeb magazine “Goy Issue” cover-girl Cheryl Hines — who has been consistently brilliant playing Larry David’s non-Jewish wife on “Curb Your Enthusiasm” — confesses: “I’m still not even sure what [goy] means. But I’ve been called that for a while, since I started Curb. Honestly, I couldn’t give you a definition.” Among the other revelations…
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Life Jewish Voice for Peace vs. Susan Sarandon (and Alan Dershowitz)
The New York Post’s Page Six reports: Susan Sarandon outraged the Jewish Voice for Peace group when she crossed its picket line to attend a cocktail party last month in the new Madison Avenue jewelry store of Lev Leviev, a diamond-dealing real-estate mogul who owns the former New York Times building and the Apthorp building…
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