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A Portrait of the Artist as a (Very) Young Man
According to the London-based Saatchi Gallery’s Web site, painter Freddie Linsky, who has recently shown in Boston and in West Palm Beach, Fla., has dedicated his “whole life” to his art and is a “familiar face” at press viewings held at London’s major galleries. But though Saatchi’s mission is to present work by “largely unseen…
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Online Battles: Thoughts on Video Games
In addiction, the first step is admitting you have a problem. And Josie has a problem. She’s jonesing for Toontown. Toontown is an online multi-player game. The Toons, cute animated creatures, struggle to defend Toontown from the Cogs, soulless corporate robots in boxy business suits trying to turn the colorful town into a dreary gray…
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"Frontline" Producer Honored
ISRAELI-BORN FILMMAKER OFRA BIKEL HONORED WITH CHANCELLOR AWARD “Journalism is our first line of defense against those who will spread lies,” said Alan Brinkley, Columbia University’s provost, at the November 13 John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism dinner. Brinkley was quoting none other than the late NBC News anchor Chancellor. The black-tie event honored…
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Israeli Operations in Gaza Meet Little Resistance in Washington
Washington – As Israel stepped up air attacks on Gaza this week, the Bush administration refrained from blocking any measures or criticizing Israel’s activity. The Israeli Air Force last week renewed the practice known as “targeted killing” against members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group in Gaza. Israeli officials have said in recent weeks that…
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Rural Converts Journey Into Judaism
A rural community described as “far away from everywhere,” Cairo, Ill., boasts 40 churches, 40 blocks and fewer than 4,000 people — and as of earlier this month, it also has 55 brand-new Jews. Dozens of Cairo’s residents — all African American and ranging from toddler to senior citizen — visited a mikveh in Memphis,…
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Decades After Camp David, Resistance to Normalization Endures in Egypt
Cairo, Egypt – The American University in Cairo is a neatly landscaped stronghold of Egypt’s ruling elite, the alma mater of the wife and children of the country’s autocratic and deeply unpopular president, Hosni Mubarak. As a symbol of the ruling class and its close ties to the United States, the university has long been…
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As Torture Debate Heats Up, Jewish Groups Stay Mum
The American Jewish Committee last week became the first, and to date only, mainstream Jewish group to give strong public backing to proposed legislation that would ban the use of torture by American military, intelligence and law-enforcement personnel. On December 10, the AJCommittee’s board of governors passed a resolution expressly condemning the use of so-called…
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CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL: Is That a Prayer Shawl?, Lieberman Draws Fire, Huckabee’s Plan
Is That a Prayer Shawl? It turns out that Mitt Romney wasn’t the only one wearing his faith on his sleeve in Texas earlier this month: One of the former governor’s top Jewish donors has raised eyebrows for showing up at the GOP contender’s speech on faith in religious garb. David Nierenberg, an investor from…
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U.N. Advocates for Gazans
United Nations – The top humanitarian official at the United Nations said he found “shocking” the lack of international attention to the worsening situation in Gaza, which was caused by the Israeli blockade since Hamas took over the territory last June. John Holmes, who serves as under-secretary general for humanitarian affairs and as emergency relief…
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Reform Movement Tries Out Mega-Church Strategies
San Diego – In a darkened room at the San Diego Convention Center last week, nearly 1,000 people clapped, sang and danced to evening prayers, with the words projected on two large screens against a bucolic backdrop of mountain vistas and rolling streams. Featuring a five-piece band and a charismatic, storytelling leader, the evening service…
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A (Jewish) Christmas Tradition
Judaism is a religion that thrives on rituals. We light candles before the Sabbath, recite special prayers before drinking wine and, most inexplicably, eat Chinese food on Christmas. In her forthcoming book “The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food” (to be published by Twelve in March 2008), New York Times reporter…
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