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Yid.Dish: Brown Rice Singapore Noodles
4 oz rice vermicelli noodles or buckwheat noodles 3 tablespoons soy sauce 1 teaspoon brown sugar 1½ teaspoons Madras curry powder ½ teaspoon black pepper ½ teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons peanut or canola oil 1 lb seitan 1 onion—finely chopped 1 teaspoon finely grated ginger 4 mushrooms—thickly sliced 2 cloves garlic—minced (crushed) 2 cups finely…
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Yid.Dish: Pumpkin Risotto
See the original recipe 6 baby pumpkins-tops cut off and reserved, hollowed out to create a cavity 2 T. butter 2 T. Olive oil 1 shallot chopped 1 clove of garlic-chopped 1 ¾ cups Arborio rice 2 pints boiling vegetable stock 1 cup pumpkin puree ¼ cup of cream 3 T. Mascarpone cheese ¼ cup…
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Bush Says Iraq War Is Good for Israel
In sharp contrast to the growing consensus of Jerusalem’s security and political establishment, President Bush argued this week that Israel’s safety depends on democratization of the Arab world. “If you’re a supporter of Israel, I would strongly urge you to help other countries become democracies,” President Bush declared Monday, in a major address defending American…
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Lobbyist’s Pal Set To Testify In Florida Fraud Case
For two decades, Adam Kidan, failed Long Island businessman and disbarred lawyer, counted embattled super lobbyist Jack Abramoff among his closest friends. But now, as part of a deal with federal prosecutors, Kidan, 41, is expected to testify against his longtime friend in a high-profile federal wire fraud case. Prosecutors allege that the two men…
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Activists Scramble for Answers As Clock Ticks on Iran Nukes
WASHINGTON — Convinced that time is running out on efforts to block Iran’s quest for a nuclear bomb, Jewish organizations are scrambling for effective ways to take action — but they have not had much success. “There really aren’t any good options,” said David Twersky, director of international affairs for the American Jewish Congress. “Everywhere…
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Hillary Clinton’s Hawkish Stance Riling Critics on the Jewish Left
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is coming under fire from Jewish anti-war activists who say that her centrist position on Iraq could cost her the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008. In the latest sign of the growing discontent among left-wing activists, Jonathan Tasini, a product of the Labor Zionist movement, launched a bid to unseat Clinton…
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Boycotts Bloom as Religious Conservatives Wage Battle Over Christmas
Religious conservatives are waging a war against “the war against Christmas” — and depending on which critics you ask, the weapons of choice are unfair boycotts or coded anti-Jewish messages. The campaign seems to be driven mainly by Fox News commentators Bill O’Reilly and John Gibson, although Rush Limbaugh, Pat Robertson and others have joined…
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Spielberg Flick Panned by Israel, Pundits
Less than two weeks before its high-profile holiday debut, Steven Spielberg’s new film is being criticized by Israeli officials and American Jewish commentators for its portrayal of Israel’s response to the murder of 11 of its athletes at the 1972 Olympics. “Munich,” which is slated to open in American theaters December 23, attempts to depict…
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After Slow Start, U.N. Envoy Turns Feisty
To most American Jewish groups, John Bolton is the stand-up guy they had long hoped to see confronting anti-Israel bias in America’s name at the United Nations. To U.N. diplomats, the ambassador is living up to his reputation as a hard-nosed conservative whose contempt for the world body is becoming more visible by the day….
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California Pol Passes on Pro-Rice Letter
Influential Democratic Rep. Howard Berman of California has refused to co-sponsor and sign a letter praising Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for brokering the recent Israeli-Palestinian agreement on the Rafah border crossing. “I was fine with everything about the letter except the last paragraph,” Berman, a senior member of the House International Relations Committee, told…
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Newsdesk December 16, 2005
Sharon Soars in Polls Prime Minister Sharon’s Kadima party will sweep the upcoming Israeli election, a new poll says. A Yediot Aharonot survey Monday said that Kadima, which Sharon formed after quitting the ruling Likud Party last month, is expected to take 41 of the Knesset’s 120 seats in the March 2006 national poll. The…
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