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PSALM 151
Every death before mine Absorbed, builds the bone Of a skeleton, my own, Flesh shall not confine Long enough to suit me — I wish I had the time Of a redwood tree — Samuel Menashe ——— Born in New York in 1925, Samuel Menashe enlisted in the Army in 1943 and fought in the…
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CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
Jews for Clark: As retired general Wesley Clark campaigned at a large synagogue in south Florida this week, one of the grassroots groups supporting his campaign, “Jews for Clark,” was spreading the word about the general with an e-mail message that raised some eyebrows at Clark’s campaign headquarters in Little Rock. The e-mail message puts…
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Hammer Time
The brilliance of “The Hebrew Hammer,” an edgy, often shocking jewploitation action film, is not just that it will do anything to get laughs, but that it often doesn’t seem to know how far it is actually going. Any film that begins with the dedication “To all my Jewish brothers and sisters who have had…
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Forward Editor To Join Mideast Forum Online
Forward National Editor Ami Eden will be participating in a week-long online book discussion on “Wrestling With Zion: Progressive Jewish-American Responses to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.” Visit amieden.com on Monday December 8 to view the discussion, which will also feature Steven I. Weiss and Pinchas Shapiro of protocols.blogspot.com, Brad Pilcher of justanotherrant.blogspot.com, and Daniel “Mobius” Sieradski…
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Seeking Mameloshn Down South
The following essay is an abbreviated version of the introduction to “Yiddish South of the Border: An Anthology of Latin American Yiddish Writing,” edited by Alan Astro and released by the University of New Mexico Press. In the ever-popular “The Joys of Yiddish” (1968), Leo Rosten offered the following definition for Ladino: “Ladino, or Judesmo,…
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Israel Rules ‘Treason’ Label Rude But Legal
Israel’s attorney general has declined to bring incitement charges against 250 rabbis who signed a religious ruling branding liberal opposition leaders as traitors for their role in the Geneva Understandings. The decision not to prosecute was hailed by Orthodox leaders in Israel and the United States, many of whom were vehemently opposed to the peace…
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How DeMille Created a Sanctuary Out of the Exodus
In 1923, a year before Charlton Heston was born, Cecil B. DeMille shot his original version of “The Ten Commandments.” In its day, it was the largest, most popular project ever put on film. With a price tag of $1.48 million, it was also the most expensive. Following its glittering premiere — 80 years ago…
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U.S. Relations Are Top Priority for Syria
JERUSALEM — During his recent interview with The New York Times, Syrian President Bashar Assad raised the possibility of normalization between his country and Israel. But he was really sending a message about the sour state of relations between Washington and Damascus. When asked to explain what he meant by “normalization” with Israel, Assad replied,…
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‘The Ten Commandments’ Turns 80
Upon its debut 80 years ago, Cecil B. DeMille’s “The Ten Commandments” was hailed by The New York Times as the most “wonderful spectacle ever put before the public.” The silent film’s first half recounted the events that led up to Mount Sinai; its second melodramatically recounted what happened when ordinary men and women lost…
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Envoy Says Antisemitism Threatens France
In a dramatic admission, the French government’s newly-appointed liaison to the worldwide Jewish community is saying that Paris underestimated the scope of domestic antisemitism and finally has decided to respond appropriately. While Jewish community leaders have expressed alarm about the growing antisemitism repeatedly during the past three years, French officials have consistently downplayed the wave…
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Still Dreaming
Drunk from his bachelor party, still in jeans and flannel shirt, Jack plops onto his bed and falls asleep. He snores. Soon he’s dreaming of tomorrow’s chupah, his white-veiled Rachel being led down the aisle by her father, Wisconsin’s goat-cheese king. Stainless-steel vats of curds roll onto the bima, and speckled sheep leap oh-so-Chagallesque over…
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