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Israeli Diplomats Boycott Elaborate Fourth of July Celebration
American diplomats in Israel held their July 4 celebration Wednesday. It took place at the Herzliya home of U.S. Ambassador James Cunningham and was, by all accounts, an elaborate affair. But at least one hawkish lawmaker — World Likud chairman Danny Danon — decided to boycott the event in protest of U.S. pressure on the…
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Targets at Wimbledon: Women Who Grunt
Months after a highly ranked tennis player was forbidden from playing in Dubai because she is an Israeli Jew, women’s tennis is back in the news. This time, the debate isn’t about nations, but instead, the noises women make on the court, and why they are irksome. Michelle Larcher de Brito, 16. a fierce competitor…
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A Gender-Bending Parenting Experiment Gone Wrong
Even at a moment when I’m still transfixed by all those photo montages of Michael Jackson’s transformation from black boy to pale-skinned, snip-nosed mutant, this story from an English-language newspaper in Sweden called The Local, caught my eye. It’s about a young Swedish couple keeping the gender of their two-year-old child a secret. They don’t…
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Russian-American Lawyer, Imprisoned in Belarus, Pardoned
A Russian-born Jewish lawyer who had been sitting in a prison hospital in Belarus was released from a penal colony yesterday after a lengthy guessing game about his fate and the reasons for his arrest. Emanuel Zeltser, who moved to America during the Soviet Jewry movement, had been sentenced to three years in prison last…
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Madoff Décor: ‘Queens Baroque’ at Home; Austere at the Office
Last week’s color photographs of Hitler’s home got us wondering: Do all dictators have awful taste? North Korea’s Kim Jong Il is well known for his gaudiness and these paintings from Saddam Hussein’s collection of fantasy art look like they’ve been rescued from beneath the bed of a teenage video game aficionado. And now there’s…
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Unrest on the Day of Rest: The Irony of the Haredi Parking Lot Protests
Shabbat is known as the “day of rest,” and the etymology of Jerusalem is often said to be “city of peace.” But this Shabbat in Jerusalem was neither restful nor peaceful. Some 28 Haredi demonstrators were arrested during riots over the opening of a parking lot. Six people were wounded. On Friday night, thousands of…
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Minnesota Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Franken
After a 7-month court battle, the Minnesota Supreme Court today ruled that Democrat (and Jew) Al Franken has won the Minnesota Senate seat formerly occupied by Republican (and fellow MOT) Norm Coleman. Read about it here. Both Franken’s and Coleman’s camps said they would hold press conferences later in the day.
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This Week in the World of Kosher
What goes into making food kosher? The debate over this question has recently raged in America after the poor working conditions at the Agriprocessors kosher slaughterhouse were exposed. The new Magen Tzedek certification has proposed that kosher food follow certain labor and environmental standards, but many Orthodox rabbis have disputed whether kosher certification can encompass…
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‘Billie Jean’ Bat Mitzvah: Indulging in M.J. Nostalgia
A rerun of “American Idol” with Adam Lambert singing Michael Jackson’s “Black or White” reminded me that Michael Jackson is probably one of the hardest artists to mimic well in karaoke. And if you’re going to attempt an M.J. tune, it is generally best to choose one you, well, know. This is one of the…
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The Gloved One’s ‘Jew Me, Sue Me’ Moment
Amid the media scandal-mongering over the untimely demise of Michael Jackson, only a few reports have zeroed in on the Gloved One’s infamous 1995 song “They Don’t Care About Us,” which “outraged” the Anti-Defamation League with its “antisemitic” lyrics: “Jew me, sue me, everybody do me/Kick me, kike me, don’t you black or white me.”…
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The Jewish Jackson Angle: King of Pop’s Kids Are MOT’s
The JTA has the following story: “Jackson kids’ Jewish mother could regain custody,” which notes: Reports are conflicting over whether the Jewish mother of two of the late Michael Jackson’s children will seek custody. Jackson, the “King of Pop” who died Friday of unspecified causes, and Debbie Rowe are the parents of Prince Michael I,…
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