Noel Rubinton
By Noel Rubinton
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News Michael Douglas Makes Debut — as Unlikely Pitchman for Judaism
With a mother who wasn’t Jewish, along with his two non-Jewish wives, actor Michael Douglas’s newest part as a Jewish role model sounds at first like a case of nontraditional casting — or a serious case of chutzpah. Nevertheless, the secularly raised eldest child of Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas has just completed his first barnstorming…
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News Donald Trump Scares New Hampshire Jews — and Bernie Sanders Disappoints
HOOKSETT, N.H. — They abhor Donald Trump, by and large, as a demagogue. And as primary day nears, many feel conflicted in sorting out their feelings about Bernie Sanders’s single-minded assault on widespread inequality, and Hillary Clinton’s record on a wider range of issues that have drawn their support. With only 10,000 Jews making up…
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News Michael Douglas and Natan Sharansky Make Odd Couple on College Pro-Israel Road Show
Talk about your odd couples: actor Michael Douglas, winner of last year’s Genesis Prize, kicked off a three-college speaking tour with Jewish Agency chairman Natan Sharansky on Thursday night at Brown University. The choice of Douglas for the Genesis Prize, whose stated aim is to recognize excellence and achievement by an individual who can serve…
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