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In Other Jewish Newspapers: Thanking David Duke, Giants’ ‘Rabbi’ Speaks, Indigenous for Israel
HAGEE THE ‘STALKING HORSE’: The Philadelphia Jewish Exponent’s Jonathan Tobin argues that critics of John Hagee are using the controversial pastor as “a stand-in for the smear that the tens of millions of Christian conservatives who love Israel are closeted Jew-haters.” FLIP-FLOP FOR FREE SPEECH: The proprietor of D.C. literary hub Politics and Prose is…
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The Ethiopian Divide on the Falash Mura
The contentious debate over the immigration to Israel of the Falash Mura — Ethiopians who claim descent from Jewish converts to Christianity — is pitting the two Ethiopian members of Israel’s parliament against each other. Even as Israel’s government has declared an end to the mass-immigration of the Falash Mura, Ha’aretz reports that Mazor Bahyna…
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Yid Vid: Colbert on Israel’s New National Bird
For an even more learned take on the hoopoe, see Jonathan Rosen’s op-ed in The New York Times. Hat tip: Jewlicious
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Escape From Iraq — After 55 Years in Captivity
YNet has this incredible story: Fifty-five years after she was abducted from her family’s home in Baghdad by her Muslim neighbor and forced to renounce her Judaism, Hannah Menashe managed to flee Iraq and find her way to one of Israel’s European embassies. Her long, exhausting journey is finally coming to an end these days,…
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In Other Jewish Newspapers: Hamptons Eruv Hullabaloo, Filling Aipac’s Coffers, Britain’s Jewish Beauties
HAMPTONS ERUV HULLABALOO: A proposal to erect an eruv in tony Westhampton Beach, N.Y., has prompted an ugly backlash from some quarters. The New York Jewish Week has the story. HILLEL’S SUPER SAYING: Iron Man, Batman, Will Smith’s “Hancock,” Adam Sandler’s Zohan — this is the season of the “reluctant superhero,” Rabbi Simcha Weinstein writes…
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Chabad in Trouble?
Writing in The Jerusalem Post, former Chabad emissary turned media personality Rabbi Shmuley Boteach expresses concern for the current state of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement: Chabad is by now the most effective Jewish educational organization in history, and no movement works harder for the Jewish people or caters to more unaffiliated Jews. But success has brought…
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Jennifer 8. Lee Auditions for the Jews
Jennifer 8. Lee, the New York Times reporter famous for having a number for a name, is promoting her new book, “The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food.” Given the Jewish predilection for a certain East Asian cuisine, Lee decided that she wanted to hit the Jewish book fair circuit. But…
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What if Bush Decides To Attack Iran on the Way Out of Office?
Ha’aretz’s Ari Shavit poses the following hypothetical: In November, after Senator Barack Obama becomes president-elect of the United States, outgoing president George W. Bush inflicts a severe blow on Iran. That could take the form of a naval siege, the flexing of American military muscle, or even an all-out air strike targeting Iran’s nuclear program….
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The Olmert Affair: Israelis May Be Disgusted, But Some Arabs Are Impressed
Israelis may be disgusted by the scandalous allegations swirling around their prime minister, but, on the bright side, the mess is garnering kudos for the Jewish state from some usually hostile quarters. The Jerusalem Post reports: Over the past week, the corruption case against Olmert received wide coverage in the mainstream Arab media, prompting an…
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With Friends Like These…
Ha’aretz reports: Nazis against anti-Semitism? As bizarre as that sounds, a group of Germans which calls itself “National Socialists For Israel” launched its Web site in support of Israel. “Stop the hatred of the Jewish people,” the Web site reads. “The Jews are a healthy, strong nation.” The organization – whose members have yet to…
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Thomas Friedman Suggests a Jordanian Option
Thomas Friedman of The New York Times writes: When I reported from Israel in the mid-1980s, the big debate here was whether Israel’s settlement-building in the West Bank had passed a point of no return — a point where any serious withdrawal became virtually impossible to imagine. The question was often framed as: “Is it…
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