Gabe Friedman
By Gabe Friedman
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Culture Meet Maccabi Tel Aviv Star Sylven Landesberg
It is an exciting time to be part of the Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball team. In May, the team shocked the basketball world by winning the 2014 Euroleague Championship. Then in June, coach David Blatt was hired to be the new coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, where superstar LeBron James will play this upcoming season….
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Fast Forward Pro-Palestinian Group Condemns Beating of Jewish Leader at Brooklyn Nets Game Protest
A pro-Palestinian organization expressed ‘horror’ at the attack on Jewish leader Leonard Petlakh during a demonstration after a Nets basketball game at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn Tuesday night — and called for an investigation into the incident. Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), which supports Palestinian causes and often criticizes Israel, was one of the primary…
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Fast Forward Jewish Leader Attacked at Brooklyn Nets Game After Palestinian Flag-Grab Incident
The Jewish leader of a Brooklyn community center says he was beaten by pro-Palestinian demonstrators in front of his children after a Brooklyn Nets game against Israeli champions Maccabi Tel Aviv at the Barclay’s Center. Leonard Petlakh, 42, director of the Kings Bay Y, said protestors shouting “Free Palestine” and “Your people are murderers,” accosted…
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The Schmooze ‘Blowin’ in the Wind?’ With a 13-Pound Book, Not So Much
Be careful, because the latest Bob Dylan book may break your coffee table. A comprehensive collection of Dylan’s lyrics, entitled “The Lyrics: Since 1962,” will be published by Simon & Schuster on October 28. It will consist of about 1,000 pages and weigh thirteen and a half pounds. Only 3,000 copies will be printed in…
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Food Derek Jeter Gets Carnegie Deli Sandwich
The Carnegie Deli in Manhattan has introduced a sandwich to honor Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter. It is called the “Derek Jeter Triple Club Sandwich,” and it is priced at $27.99. The towering sandwich contains a heap of turkey, American cheese, tomato, lettuce and bacon – making it certifiably not kosher. Sarri Harper, daughter of the…
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Culture 8 Facts About Jewish Indiana
1. 17,470 Jews live in Indiana, which is 0.3% of the state’s total population. In 1900, 25,000 lived here. 2. Grammy-winning violin player, Joshua Bell, grew up in Bloomington, where his father was a noted psychologist. 3. In 2013, former governor of Indiana and current president of Purdue University, Mitch Daniels tried to block the…
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Culture 7 Best Scenes From Three Decades of Coen Brother Films
This year is the thirtieth anniversary of the Joel and Ethan Coen’s first film, “Blood Simple.” Since then, the pair have written or directed eighteen of the wackiest, funniest, and most memorable movies of all time. Here are seven of the greatest scenes from the Coens’ impressive catalogue: 1. Fargo – “He’s a little guy,…
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Culture 8 Facts About Jewish Iowa
1. Iowa’s first naturalized citizen from a foreign country, Alexander Levi of France, was Jewish. He was naturalized in 1837. 2. Iowa resident Moses Bloom, who served as mayor of Iowa City from 1873 to 1875, was the first Jewish mayor of a major American city. He was also the first Jew to serve in…
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