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Deracination Chic
Critic and writer Elizabeth Hardwick passed away this week, and the New York Times obituary features a classic quote from the Lexington, Kentucky native: “Even when I was in college, ‘down home,’ I’m afraid my aim was — if it doesn’t sound too ridiculous — my aim was to be a New York Jewish intellectual,”…
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Hitch: The Hanukkah Miracle Is for ‘Credulous Peasants’
“God Is Not Great” author” Christopher Hitchens hates Hanukkah. And Christmas, too. No surprises there. One wonders though, how he feels about Chrismukkah?
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The New Yorker Goes to Shul
Adam Gopnick of The New Yorker has a nice report on the recently restored Eldridge Street Synagogue. The story features some colorful historical background on the majestic Lower East Side landmark, which was founded in 1887 (making it 10 years older than the Forward): “The synagogue was the first grand gesture on the part of…
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Bernard Avishai on Israel’s Other ‘Demographic Problem’
This is Israel’s last chance for peace. If it doesn’t reach a peace agreement now, demography will deal Israel a terrible blow. So argues veteran journalist Bernard Avishai on his new blog. Only, in contrast to Prime Minister Olmert, Avishai isn’t referring to the growth of the Palestinian population. Rather, he is concerned with the…
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A Living Lens: Who’s That With Yitzhak Shamir?
I recently received a note from Elaine Winik of Florida, whose daughter Penny Goldsmith heard me speak in Westchester on October 24. At the end of the talk, Goldsmith bought a copy of the book and sent it on to her mother, who writes: I would like to make one correction. The “unidentified woman” in…
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In Other Jewish Newspapers: Matisyahu Screams, Longhorns for Israel, Hanukkah ‘Hijacked’
OUR MAN IN MESOPOTAMIA: The Jewish Journal of Boston North profiles Rabbi Andrew Shulman of Malden, Mass., currently the U.S. military’s only Jewish chaplain in Iraq. He counsels soldiers who are far from home, and occasionally helps the military make sense of Judaism. “[T]here’s the time I got called to testify for a soldier stationed…
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Scandal at the Shalem Center
A mysterious break-in, embezzlement, nepotism, extremist pasts, lavish spending, internecine fighting, editorial dishonesty, fastidiousness in stapling — these are among the many allegations mentioned in a Ha’aretz exposé about the Shalem Center, the influential Jerusalem-based neoconservative-leaning think tank. The Shalem Center, while leaning decidedly to the right, can claim credit for publishing some of the…
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Left-Wing Nudnik Fends Off Suit From Right-Wing Nudnik
Left-wing blogger Richard Silverstein has had a libel suit against him dismissed by a judge, he reports on his Tikkun Olam blog. Right-wing activist Rachel Neuwirth apparently was upset that he referred to her as “Kahanist swine.” With the lawsuit now behind him, Silverstein can now go back to kvetching full time.
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California Screaming: Ward Churchill Says Zionism = Nazism
Disgraced former University of Colorado ethnic studies professor Ward Churchill — best known for labeling the victims of the World Trade Center attacks “little Eichmanns” — has found a second life. Since being fired by his university for “serious research misconduct,” Churchill has cultivated a diverse fan base of left-wing extremists, Chicano extremists and Muslim…
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A Living Lens: Austin, Texas
Austin is known as the live music capital of the world, so perhaps it shouldn’t have surprised me that the two blog-worthy experiences I had were both music-related. First, I was approached after my shpiel by a beautiful, and beautifully pregnant, woman who announced, “I think I might be your cousin.” (Better than “I think…
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It’s Not Easy Being a Judeo-Christian Jewish Journalist
L.A. Jewish Journal senior writer Brad Greenberg — a self-described “God-fearing Christian with devilishly good Jewish looks” — is taking flak from some commenters upset that a Jewish newspaper would employ a Christian with a name like “Greenberg.” Writing on his God Blog, Greenberg mounts a defense of his employment at the Journal: 1) I…
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