Daniel Treiman
By Daniel Treiman
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Life If You’re Bored by Holocaust Denial….
Holocaust denial may be big in the Muslim world, but it’s not the only kind of Jew-targeting denial that’s popular. There’s 9/11 denial. And then, of course, there’s Temple denial. The Jerusalem Post reports: The former mufti of Jerusalem, Ikrema Sabri, has made the claim that there never was a Jewish temple on the Temple…
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Life In Other Jewish Newspapers: Gonzo Judaism, Hippies Reject Boycott, Scarier Than Skinheads
ATTACK AFTERMATH: The New York Jewish Week gauges the state of interethnic relations in the ultra-Orthodox stronghold of Lakewood, N.J., following a brutal attack on a rabbi. MORE JEWS, PLEASE: Pennsylvania’s Franklin & Marshall College tries to up its Jewish enrollment, Brooklyn’s Jewish Press reports. GO GONZO: New York’s Rabbi Niles Goldstein explains his “gonzo…
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Culture Yid Vid: Arlen Specter, Funnyman
The Chicago Tribune’s Josh Drobnyk has the story: Arlen Specter, the 77-year-old Pennsylvania senator and former Philadelphia district attorney, doesn’t exactly exude humor. But apparently he’s got a knack for stand-up comedy. The five-term senator won second place in the annual D.C.’s Funniest Celebrity contest last night, finishing behind an editor for the satirical newspaper…
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Life The Case Against Dividing Jerusalem
I believe that Israel’s long-term survival hinges on reaching a settlement with the Palestinians (and that achieving such a settlement is, not insignificantly, also a vital interest of the United States). I believe this will necessarily involve sharing sovereignty over Jerusalem. I recognize that doing so involves profound risks for Israel, but I think that…
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Life In Other Jewish Newspapers: Shame on Rabbinate, Woody-esque Frenchwoman, Irangeles vs. Carter
SUKKAHS UNDER ATTACK: Two sukkahs at universities in Northern California were vandalized, one defaced with anti-Israel slogans and the other burned. The good news, San Francisco’s J. notes, is that the latter desecration may not have been the result of bias: The vandals “may just have enjoyed burning things.” SHAME ON THE CHIEF RABBINATE: “In…
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Life Like Father Like Son: JPod Takes the Reins at Commentary
Neocon scion John Podhoretz is following in his father’s footsteps. Podhoretz will succeed Neal Kozodoy as the editor of Commentary, the magazine that his father, Norman, shepherded from the left to the right and shaped into one of the country’s most influential conservative journals. Commentary doesn’t wield the influence it once did (as our Alana…
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Life We the Israelis
Ha’aretz’s Shahar Ilan offers a fascinating and thorough look at efforts to draft a constitution for Israel.
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Life Is Joe Torre Headed for the Forward?
If manager Joe Torre gets canned following the Yankees’ pathetic post-season, he can work for the Forward. Or at least that’s what our associate publisher told the New York Post. The Post queried a slew of New York employers as to whether they’d hire the Yankees manager, including our very own David Drimer. He told…
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