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The Genesis of the Tablet
Blogging about a new illustrated version of Genesis from graphic artist extraordinaire Robert Crumb, Sara Ivry of the online magazine Tablet displays some confusion about her own publication’s genesis. Ivry writes: Crumb relied on Robert Alter’s 2004 translated Five Books of Moses, but tweaked Alter’s prose to make it more colloquial. Alter’s translations have been…
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Iran’s Cartoonish Prexy Pretender on Israel: ‘I Heard the Falafel Is Amazing’
Birthright Israel continues its tear as the world’s leading purveyor of clever Jewish viral videos: Hat tip: Jewish Robot UPDATE: I should add that the Israeli MASA program is giving Birthright Israel a run for its money in this department.
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Getting Cured of the Jews, Plus AIDS’ Role in the Spanish Civil War
Technology is the answer to everything, right? But can you cure yourself of Jews with alcohol and salt? Netbase’s healthbase is a search engine that looks through all the words on the web and finds symptoms, diagnoses and treatments for all the illnesses, syndromes, and sicknesses you might ever hear of. At least that’s what…
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‘The Invention of the Jewish People’ — Let the Furor Begin!
When a far-left Tel Aviv University historian penned a tome dedicated to disputing the historicity of Jewish peoplehood, it — unsurprisingly — caused something of a stir in Israel. Then the book was translated and published in France, where it — also unsurprisingly — was given a prestigious prize. (This prompted the estimable Hillel Halkin,…
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M.J. Rosenberg to Leave Israel Policy Forum
The Israel Policy Forum is losing its most forceful voice in the public debate over promoting Israeli-Palestinian peace. M.J. Rosenberg, who served as the group’s director of policy analysis, is leaving IPF at the end of the month. Rosenberg will join Media Matters Action Network, a progressive organization focused on countering right-wing attacks in the…
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Offbeat Israel: Repentance From Beyond the Grave
We’re in the run-up to Rosh Hashanah, which is the traditional time of the Jewish year for righting wrongs. And there can be no stranger story on this theme than that of repentance from beyond the grave. On August 20, Israeli actor and TV personality Dudu Topaz committed suicide in the Ramle prison cell where…
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Elie Wiesel Interviewed by a Fiery Evangelical
During the 2008 presidential campaign fiery evangelical leader John Hagee got into trouble after a sermon had surfaced in which he suggested that the Holocaust was a divine act meant to drive the Jews to the land of Israel. This sermon led Republican presidential candidate John McCain to reject Hagee’s endorsement and distance himself from…
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High Holidays With AIPAC
For those rabbis still working on their High Holiday sermons, AIPAC has some advice. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee put out its High Holiday Resource Guide — a 22-page booklet packed with ideas about how to talk to your congregation about Israel, Iran and about the importance of getting involved in political action. Some…
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Isaiah Berlin at 100
Commemorations continue apace for the hundredth birthday of the historian of ideas Isaiah Berlin (1909–1997). Born in Riga to a Russian Jewish family, he is being honored by the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting in Toronto (Sept 3-6); a Harvard conference from September 25-26 and other academic events. Yet much remains also for general…
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Thwarted Attempt To Transport Jerusalem Riots Stateside
The streets around the Israeli consulate in Midtown Manhattan had the normal midday rush at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, but there was not a black hat or protestor was in sight. The absence was notable because ultra-Orthodox organizers had called for a protest against the Israeli government at 2:30, across the street from the consulate…
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Forward.com Gets Its First Online Journalism Award Nomination
The Forward ‘s Web site this week scored its first Online Journalism Award nomination. The awards are given out annually at the conference of the Online News Association, which, this year, takes place October 1–3 in San Francisco. Among our fellow nominees in the “Specialty Site Journalism, Small Site” category is PolitiFact.com, a 2009 Pulitzer…
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