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  Europe’s Jews Pick Up the Shards After Paris Terrror

  After the Paris terror attacks, Jews in Europe are taking stock of where they stand. Here’s 6 voices of hope and fear from a continent on edge. ‘One Common Enemy Unites Them: Us Jews’ By Charlotte Knobloch The attacks in Paris have filled us all with tremendous shock and sadness. In the past few months…

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  Danny Maseng’s Hashkiveinu – Track 9 sample

  By Abigail Pogrebin Jan 26, 2015 | < 1 min read
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  Why I Fled Argentina After Alberto Nisman Scoop

  Argentine journalist Damian Pachter after arriving in Tel Aviv on January 25 / Haaretz So here they are, the craziest 48 hours of my life. When my source gave me the scoop on Alberto Nisman’s death, I was writing a piece on the special prosecutor’s accusations against President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, her (Jewish) Foreign…

  By Damian Pachter (Haaretz) Jan 25, 2015 | 5 min read

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  Reporter Who Broke Alberto Nisman Story Lands in Israel

  Damian Pachter, the Argentinian journalist who broke the news of the death a week ago of special prosecutor Alberto Nisman, has landed in Israel after fleeing for his life on Saturday. In an impromptu press conference (video here) at Ben-Gurion Airport Sunday morning, Pachter affirmed in fluent Hebrew that he was being followed and believed…

  By J.J. Goldberg Jan 25, 2015 | 2 min read
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  Don’t Believe Hype of ‘Anti-Semitic’ France

  A woman holds a sign reading “I am Jewish from France” / Getty Images (JTA) — Three weeks ago, my wife and I were shopping in a Parisian kosher butcher store several miles west of the supermarket where four Jews were murdered on Jan. 9. The shop in our neighborhood was well patronized, with lines stretching…

  By Richard H. Weisberg Jan 25, 2015 | 3 min read
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  It’s Time for the Jewish Megachurch

  Lately, I’ve been speaking at synagogues around the country about emerging trends in 21st century Judaism. I often start with the well-worn joke about a Jewish castaway rescued on a desert island. His rescuers note he’d built not one but two synagogues — why, they asked. “Well,” he replied, “one is the synagogue I go…

  By Jay Michaelson Jan 25, 2015 | 6 min read
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  Reporter Who Broke Alberto Nisman Story Flees

  The journalist who first reported the death of Argentinian special prosecutor Alberto Nisman last Sunday has now fled the country, saying he feared for his life. This is according to reports on Israel’s Ynetnews (English) and Walla (Hebrew) news sites, based on tweets on the online Argentinian Journalists’ Forum. The journalist, Damian Pachter of the…

  By J.J. Goldberg Jan 25, 2015 | 3 min read
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  I Don’t Want To Be Jewish Anymore

  The Seesaw is a new kind of advice column in which a broad range of columnists will address the real life issues faced by interfaith couples and families. Read the discussion and vote below for what you think is the best response to this particular quandary. You can email your own questions, which will remain…

  Jan 24, 2015 | 5 min read
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  After Abdullah: What’s Next for Saudi Arabia?

  King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, who died January 23 at age 90, leaves behind a legacy of monumental proportions for his kingdom, the region and the global economy. For that reason, his death leaves a cloud of uncertainty over all three realms. He leaves the country in the hands of an elderly successor, his half-brother…

  By J.J. Goldberg Jan 24, 2015 | 5 min read
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  How King Abdullah Set Stage for Saudi Reforms — and Opening to Israel

  Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud passed away on January 22 leaving a legacy of cautious, gradual reform in his own country and a key strategic relationship with the United States that, during his reign, at times was stretched almost to the breaking point. He also left his mark on the strategic landscape…

  By Hussein Ibish Jan 23, 2015 | 6 min read
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  ‘We Should Not Give Up Making Our Countries Better’

  When Charlie Hebdo’s headquarters were attacked, we spent hour after hour listening to the news, checking the Internet, calling our loved ones to share our feelings and sense of loss for the disconcerting assault to two of the most crucial European values: the sanctity of life and the freedom of expression. In Italy, the situation…

  By Rossella Tercatin Jan 23, 2015 | 2 min read