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Beyond Baker Street: The Legacy Of Holmes
The Science of Sherlock Holmes: From Baskerville Hall to the Valley of Fear, the Real Forensics Behind the Great Detective’s Greatest Cases By E.J. Wagner John Wiley & Sons, 244 pages, $24.95. Five years ago, the Royal Society of Chemistry bestowed an honorary fellowship upon Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous fictional character, Sherlock Holmes….
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Making It Our Own
Late in Naso, this week’s portion from the Book of Numbers, we find Judaism’s most famous blessing. Beginning at verse 6:22, we read the following, in the version of King James: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of…
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Romney Flexes Muscles on Iran
Surging GOP Presidential contender Mitt Romney talked tough to ABC News at a campaign appearance in Tulsa, Okla. yesterday over a recent report about CIA plans in Iran. “The reporting has the potential of jeopardizing our national security,” the former Massachusetts governor said. “Stated quite plainly, it has the potential of affecting human life. We…
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Yid.Dish: Blintz Blitz
Culinary Jew, Bagel and Lox Jew – these are the terms most often used to describe members of the tribe who relate to Jewish life primarily through their stomachs. These foodie Jews connect to their heritage through babka and matzah ball soup, and are likely to feel equally “Jewish” at the kiddush table as in…
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Middle Class Holds Key to 2008
For some interesting analysis of middle class voting patterns in 2006 and what they mean for 2008, check out this report from the centrist Democratic think tank Third Way.
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Norm Coleman Stands By His Man
Senator Norm Coleman of Minnesota stood by his man – President Bush – as the keynote speaker at the Orthodox Union’s annual dinner in New York last night. Having warmed up the crowd with the story of how he grew up in a “liberal Jewish Democratic family from Brooklyn and wound up as a Republican…
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Former CIA Chief Changes Tune on Pollard Story
Did George Tenet threaten to resign as CIA director if Jonathan Pollard were to be released as part of the 1998 Wye River interim peace agreement with Israel? According to news reports at the time, then-Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had insisted on Pollard’s release, and President Clinton was prepared to go along with it…
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A Shavuot Poem
Holaich VeChazaik (Growing Ever Stronger) follow the lines down pages flowing back through ages commentary to makor pasuk, word, letter even to the Pintele Yid echo an ancient shofar blast growing while blowing announcing a Decalogue introducing a dialogue that will never leave mouths debating, deliberating in the din of batei medrush attempting to divine…
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Foxman, Wiesel Upbraid Israel For Pace of Peace Effort
Petra, Jordan — Some of Israel’s strongest supporters chastised the country’s leadership this week for failing to take up opportunities to solve the long-standing conflict with neighboring Arab countries. The criticisms were aired Tuesday at the third annual Petra Conference in Jordan, a meeting of Nobel laureates and distinguished figures who brainstorm together to improve…
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Kosher Slaughterhouse Hit With Lawsuits
Owners of the nation’s largest kosher slaughterhouse have been facing an organized revolt from workers who are unhappy with conditions at the factory — first in the form of a class-action lawsuit against the company, and more recently in a mass walkout by employees during regular working hours. The lawsuit and the walkouts are hitting…
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Power Vacuum Exposes Rifts in WJCongress
The resignation of World Jewish Congress President Edgar Bronfman has left the influential organization in a state of chaos, with conflicting plans and statements emerging from different corners of the now headless body. Bronfman’s departure leaves the WJC without an obvious top decision-maker at the very moment when some of the biggest questions about the…
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