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Etgar Keret on Making ‘Jellyfish’
Etgar Keret’s unconventional, often surreal and highly entertaining short stories have earned him an international reputation as one of Israel’s best contemporary writers. Now, he’s garnering acclaim as a film director. Keret and his wife, Shira Geffen — a playwright, theater director and actress — co-directed “Jellyfish,” which won the Camera d’Or prize for best…
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Spitzer’s Folly
Our first Semitic president! Such was his ultimate intent. But now we’re shaken to the roots To learn about those prostitutes. His stance of moral rectitude Is shattered — now he’s seen as lewd. This great reformer, this crusader, Has morphed into a dark Darth Vader! He’s laid low by a sin that’s scarlet: Having…
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Warhol’s Chosen People
Will the irony of New York’s Jewish Museum’s fascinating new exhibition, “Warhol’s Jews: Ten Portraits Reconsidered,” on view through August, be lost on most visitors? Probably. I had commented to a friend that Andy Warhol’s 1980 project, a series of 10 portraits (from photographs) of famous (dead) Jews, looks today like the same rip-off it…
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Remembering Abraham Brumberg
PHILANTHROPIST ELLIOTT BROIDY HONORED WITH RAOUL WALLENBERG AWARD “I’ve come here to say todah rabah, thank you,” said Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu, addressing **Elliott Broidy, recipient of the Raoul Wallenberg Award at Gateway’s February 27 anniversary gala at the Waldorf-Astoria. Likud member and Israel’s former prime minister, Netanyahu declared: “We stand in the way of a…
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Dozens of Jewish Super-Delegates May Hold Key to Democratic Race
According to a new survey conducted by the Forward, a disproportionately large share of the Democratic party’s super-delegates are Jewish. Many of them have declared their support for Hillary Clinton, accounting for more than 15% of her current backers. Like the general population of super-delegates, whose support remains fluid, several Jewish supporters of the New…
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Christian Rivalry Burns at Site of Jesus’ Tomb
Jerusalem – With big egos competing for sacred space and urgent claims that a miracle is imminent, Jerusalem’s latest religious conflict has all the makings of a classic Holy City conflagration. All, that is, except for the cast of characters: There is not a single Jew or Muslim involved. Tensions are so bad between two…
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Elder Statesmen’s Push for Mideast Peace Revives Old Worries About Bias
Washington – A little-known group of rather well-known former world leaders is trying its hand at Middle East peacemaking, with a contingent scheduled to visit the region next month on a self-proclaimed mission to “help people understand the urgency of peace.” But as they attempt to help resolve one of the world’s most intractable conflicts,…
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As Acceptance Grows, Gay Synagogues Torn Between the Straight and Narrow
Atlanta – When Gayanne Geurin Weiss and her husband went looking for an Atlanta synagogue to join, they soon found one that had everything they wanted; it was warm, friendly and spiritual. There was just one catch: It was for gay men and lesbians, and Weiss and her husband are straight. Gay and lesbian Jews…
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Jewish Insider Tapped To Be Golden State’s Most Powerful Democrat
Oakland, Calif. – Long before Darrell Steinberg was tapped to become California’s most powerful Democrat, the labor lawyer-turned-legislator developed his political acumen in the Jewish communal world. Steinberg, 48, is set to become the California State Senate’s president pro tem after Oakland’s Don Perata is term-limited out. Steinberg will take his position in December and…
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Race on To Fill Top U.N. Human Rights Post
In a race that is being closely watched by Israel and its allies, a stealth campaign has been launched to influence the selection of the top United Nations human rights official. The current U.N. high commissioner for human rights, Louise Arbour, recently announced that she would step down in June and not seek a second…
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Antisemitism: Up, Down or Both?
The headlines seemed to say it all. “Global Anti-Semitism on the Rise,” one reads, while another proclaims: “Antisemitism Down in the United States.” Over the past month, two separate, major antisemitism studies have been released. One from the State Department described an “upsurge” of hostility and discrimination toward Jewish people across the world. That came…
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