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The Schmooze Natalie Shows Off Aleph to Israeli Relatives
She may be an Academy Award-winning actress and many men’s dream Jewish woman. But she is also a new mother, and like all new moms, Natalie Portman, wants to show off her baby to friends and family. That is just what Portman did last week on a trip to Israel. Ynet reports that the actress…
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Opinion Recognition of Suffering, Far Too Late
Israel is definitely making progress on the subject of the Armenian genocide. In late December, during the Knesset’s first ever open-door debate on the issue, nobody was reported to have questioned whether the deliberate killing of 1.5 million Armenians in 1915-’16 should be called a genocide, nor whether the Ottoman Empire was the guilty party,…
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News Reporters’ Roundtable: Ron Paul Backlash; Top 11 Stories
In this week’s podcast, host Josh Nathan-Kazis is joined by Forward opinion editor Gal Beckerman and Washington correspondent Nathan Guttman to discuss recent stories about racist newsletters published under Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul’s name in the 1980s. Then the group turns to the continuing clashes in Israel over ultra-Orthodox gender segregation. Finally, Dave Goldiner…
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Culture Israeli Modern Dance Goes Global
In Neve Tzedek, the old Yemenite neighborhood of Tel Aviv, sounds of prayer from small synagogues in Ottoman period buildings are almost drowned out by the hubbub from bustling cafes and noisy tourist groups exploring alleyways and passing refurbished buildings outfitted with ground-floor galleries and small shops selling the newest fashions. It’s a surprise, though,…
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Fast Forward Ron Paul: I Am No Anti-Semite
Texas Congressman Ron Paul, who is leading the polls in advance of next Tuesday’s Republican caucuses in Iowa, denies allegations that he has promoted anti-Semitism, saying that this would be “a betrayal of my own intellectual heritage.” “Any kind of racism or anti-Semitism is incompatible with my philosophy,” Paul said in an interview with Haaretz,…
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Fast Forward Israel Can Use Natural Resources in the West Bank
The High Court of Justice has authorized Israel to exploit the West Bank’s natural resources for its own economic needs by rejecting a petition against the operation of Israeli-owned quarries in the territory. In its ruling, issued on Monday, the court adopted the state’s position: that no new Israeli-owned quarries should be established in the…
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Opinion Time To Reach Out to Hamas
It is easy to despair of diplomacy. The Mideast peace process is moribund, homegrown grassroots forces sweep the region and topple familiar old allies, America retreats from Iraq leaving the fires it ignited still aflame, and even the region’s weakest and most indulged leaders, Mahmoud Abbas and Benjamin Netanyahu, turn their backs on compromise, defying…
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Israel News Ron Paul’s Success Has Some Worried
With polls predicting a comfortable second-place finish — or even a shot at first — for Ron Paul in the nation’s first GOP presidential test in Iowa, the Texas libertarian is laughing all through the cornfields, and Jewish activists are starting to worry. Once disregarded as marginal and unimportant, Paul, a staunch opponent of American…
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