Daniel Treiman
By Daniel Treiman
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Culture First Night Yid Vid: In Israel, Even the Monkeys Celebrate Hanukkah
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Life The New Yorker Goes to Shul
Adam Gopnick of The New Yorker has a nice report on the recently restored Eldridge Street Synagogue. The story features some colorful historical background on the majestic Lower East Side landmark, which was founded in 1887 (making it 10 years older than the Forward): “The synagogue was the first grand gesture on the part of…
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Life Bernard Avishai on Israel’s Other ‘Demographic Problem’
This is Israel’s last chance for peace. If it doesn’t reach a peace agreement now, demography will deal Israel a terrible blow. So argues veteran journalist Bernard Avishai on his new blog. Only, in contrast to Prime Minister Olmert, Avishai isn’t referring to the growth of the Palestinian population. Rather, he is concerned with the…
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Culture On Elvis Presley’s Birthday, The Jewish Elvis Who Stalked Michael Moore
Willard Morgan is Jelvis — “the Jewish Elvis.” True, he’s not the only Jewish Elvis. In fact, he isn’t even the only “Jelvis.” But, it seems safe to say, Morgan is the only Jewish Elvis (or Jelvis, for that matter) who has stalked filmmaker Michael Moore. When he’s not busy channeling “the King” in songs…
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Life In Other Jewish Newspapers: Matisyahu Screams, Longhorns for Israel, Hanukkah ‘Hijacked’
OUR MAN IN MESOPOTAMIA: The Jewish Journal of Boston North profiles Rabbi Andrew Shulman of Malden, Mass., currently the U.S. military’s only Jewish chaplain in Iraq. He counsels soldiers who are far from home, and occasionally helps the military make sense of Judaism. “[T]here’s the time I got called to testify for a soldier stationed…
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Life Scandal at the Shalem Center
A mysterious break-in, embezzlement, nepotism, extremist pasts, lavish spending, internecine fighting, editorial dishonesty, fastidiousness in stapling — these are among the many allegations mentioned in a Ha’aretz exposé about the Shalem Center, the influential Jerusalem-based neoconservative-leaning think tank. The Shalem Center, while leaning decidedly to the right, can claim credit for publishing some of the…
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Life Left-Wing Nudnik Fends Off Suit From Right-Wing Nudnik
Left-wing blogger Richard Silverstein has had a libel suit against him dismissed by a judge, he reports on his Tikkun Olam blog. Right-wing activist Rachel Neuwirth apparently was upset that he referred to her as “Kahanist swine.” With the lawsuit now behind him, Silverstein can now go back to kvetching full time.
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Life California Screaming: Ward Churchill Says Zionism = Nazism
Disgraced former University of Colorado ethnic studies professor Ward Churchill — best known for labeling the victims of the World Trade Center attacks “little Eichmanns” — has found a second life. Since being fired by his university for “serious research misconduct,” Churchill has cultivated a diverse fan base of left-wing extremists, Chicano extremists and Muslim…
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