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Opinion Allison Benedikt’s Beinart Moment
An essay published by the web-zine, The Awl, has gotten a lot of attention in our little corner of the blogosphere. It’s called, “Life After Zionist Summer Camp,” and the author is Allison Benedikt, film editor at the Village Voice. I should say before I go any further that Allison is a friend and the…
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The Schmooze Getting Rid of Journalists in Haaretz’s Third ‘Writers Edition’
Author Etgar Keret with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo by Tal Cohen. It’s become a tradition since 2009 that in honor of Israel’s Hebrew Book Week, Haaretz publishes its “Writers Edition.” For this unique edition, all the paper’s reporters disappear and are replaced by well-known Israeli, Middle Eastern, Jewish and Jew-ish authors and poets….
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The Schmooze In East Jerusalem, the Battle Over Street Names Continues
WAFA, the Palestinian News and Information Agency, is reporting that crews from the Jerusalem municipality started working early this morning to remove existing street signs in East Jerusalem and replace them with new ones. The new signs will change the names of streets and locations from their Arab names to Jewish ones. According to WAFA’s…
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The Schmooze Who Is Coming To Israel With Glenn Beck?
Glenn Beck fever is sweeping the Holy Land. The controversial American broadcaster has got Israel talking about the rally he is planning for Jerusalem in August. Last year, he organized a huge event in Washington called Restore Honor, bringing together thousands of conservatives. He’s now planning Restore Courage — a similar concept with a pro-Israel…
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The Schmooze Shakira To Speak at Israeli Presidential Conference
Pop star Shakira is on her way to Jerusalem — not to perform, but to speak about childhood education at a summit organized by Israeli President Shimon Peres. The “Hips Don’t Lie” singer will participate in the Israeli Presidential Conference this month with an eclectic set of guests, who range from Dr. Ruth and Sarah…
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The Schmooze Pro-Israel Screenwriter Founds ‘Mike Leigh Scholarship for Political and Moral Courage’
While visiting the Ma’aleh School of Television, Film and the Arts in Jerusalem this week to co-teach a workshop with fellow Hollywood screenwriter David N. Weiss, Dan Gordon used the opportunity to take his public critique of British filmmaker Mike Leigh one step further. Gordon followed up on a promise he made Leigh in an…
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The Schmooze Facebook Revolutions: The Great Israeli Cottage Cheese Boycott?
While the Arabs are organizing historic political uprisings on Facebook, Israelis are using the social networking website to protest the high price of cottage cheese. Fed up with the nearly NIS 8 price for a 250 g container of the popular dairy food (it accounts for 28% of all cheese sales in Israel), consumer groups…
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The Schmooze Jewish Men’s Clubs Boycott Scotch Whisky
You know things are serious when Kiddush clubs are willing to give up their scotch. The Federation of Amazing and Jewish Men’s Clubs, an affiliate of the Conservative movement, has called upon its North American members (250 clubs; 25,000 individual members) to boycott scotch whisky made in distilleries located in West Dunbartonshire in Scotland. Among…
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