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Former Forward Hand Max Gross Schlubs It Up for All of New York to See
Former Forward hand and “From Schlub to Stud” author Max Gross is flaunting his schlubby ways on WCBS for all of New York to see. Now, some might be surprised to tune into WCBS and see a schlubby young man with a wild red Jewfro talking up a book with a subtitle like “How to…
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Jews Swim Like Fish: Gold and Silver for U.S. and an Israeli First
Jews are making waves at Beijing’s Water Cube these days. Jewish swimmers Jason Lezak and Garrett Weber-Gale were half of the U.S. 4×100-meter freestyle men’s relay team that won the gold today, smashing records along the way. “I knew I was going to have to swim out of my mind,” [said]( (http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/08/11/sports/0811-SWIMMINGRELAY_3.html ‘said’) anchor Lezak,…
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Olympic Fever Makes Iranian Swimmer ‘Ill,’ But a Countryman Hugs an Israeli
Politics broke the surface of Oympics swimming yesterday when Iran’s Mohammad Alirezaei pulled out of the men’s 100m breaststroke heats, and the Olympics, just minutes before he was due to compete against Israel’s Tom Be’eri. According to Iranian’s state-media reports, Alirezaei fell ill and was carried to a Beijing hospital. But Iran has a history…
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First Olympic Shabbat: Silver Jew, Bronze Bust and an Act of Violence
Across Beijing today, TVs were tuned to the first day of Olympic competition. While most people here were cheering for China, I was cheering for fellow American and fellow Jew Sada Jacobson, who won the silver medal in the women’s fencing individual saber event, after besting Russian, Ukrainian and Cuban competitors. Jacobson is a member…
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As the Games Begin, Telling Applause and Infectious Excitement
Ditan Park in central Beijing was once where the Emperor would make sacrificial offerings to please the gods at the Temple of the Earth. Tonight, the red walls and clipped lawns again became a place of ritual celebration — this time, to gaze up at two massive screens broadcasting the Olympic opening ceremony. At 8…
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Unterzakhn, Part 22
Below, read this week’s installment of Leela Corman’s new graphic novel, “Unterzakhn,” which is being serialized in the Forward. (Or, to start at the very beginning, click here). CLICK FOR LARGER VIEW
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Beijingers Holding Their Breath, and Not Just Out of Anticipation
The sky here today is a blinding white. No puffy clouds, no patch of blue. No bright sun. Beijingers will tell you this is normal humid summer haze. China Daily ran an article today under the headline “Air is fine, let the Games begin.” The piece quotes from yesterday’s press conference with the International Olympic…
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Barring Joey Cheek, Hailing China’s ‘Untainted’ Africa Policies
Beijing is all about Yao Ming today. He is on the front page of every Chinese newspaper, shown raising the “sacred” Olympic torch high as he trotted through the Forbidden City’s Duan Gate Wednesday, under the stoic gaze of that other national hero, Mao Zedong. There he is again on television, in all his 7-foot-6-inch…
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Out and About: Israel’s Adam Yekutieli Puts a Fresh Spin on Street Art
There isn’t much about Adam Yekutieli’s street art that is immediately distinguishable as Israeli, and in fact his fanciful and compassionate drawings and phrases go against much of what most would recognize as Israel’s characteristically macho culture. Yekutieli is best known by the street tags “Know Hope” and “Please Believe” — phrases that line the…
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Kosher Chinese: Jewish and Asian Currents Find Harmony in Opera
Presiding over a table stuffed with every imaginable Chinese delicacy, Stewart Wallace appeared very much the Jew at ease: cracking jokes, expertly wielding chopsticks and savoring every bite, his curly hair bobbing about. But this was a Saturday night ritual with a difference: Wallace’s dining companions were mostly Chinese musicians, the main language was Mandarin…
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Bad Samaritans
Hitler, the Germans, and the Final Solution By Ian Kershaw Yale University Press, 400 pages, $35. A recent news item in The New York Times highlighted the matter of collective indifference. Time-lapse pictures from a security camera showed a woman collapse onto the floor of a Brooklyn hospital waiting room. Though there were a number…
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