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The Schmooze Of Settlements, Boycotts and Political Theater
Watching an actor burst into tears during a monologue, Hamlet marvels at how the performer inhabits the scene so deeply — if only he could evoke such dramatic feelings in real life, Hamlet reasons, he might save his kingdom. Thus inspired, Shakespeare’s hero rewrites the script of a play that dramatizes what’s wrong with his…
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Life Apples, Honey — and Israel — in My California Backyard
Libi bamizrach va’ani b’sof ma’arav. “My heart is in the East, but I am in the farthest West.” Those were the sentiments of Yehuda Halevi, the Jewish-Spanish physician and poet who lived in the 11th and 12th centuries. They are also mine. However, while for Halevi, “East” represented the Land of Israel, for me it…
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The Schmooze Bereaved Parents Urge Peace Action
As Israel and the Palestinians come together in Washington, talk is cheap. Everyone has something to say for or against the meeting. One of the more unusual groups putting forward a more carefully considered opinion than most is the Parents Circle-Families Forum, an organization that consists of families who have lost a loved one in…
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Life On ‘Ma’am’ — and Israel’s Sage Approach to Honorifics
Natalie Angier doesn’t like to be called, “Ma’am.” The honorific was the subject of this recent article that Angier — a Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer and the author of several books including “Woman: an Intimate Geography” — published last weekend in The New York Times. The article’s subtitle reads, “Defenders of the honorific say it…
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Food Cooking With the Spices of Israel
“When it comes to Israeli cooking today, it’s not your mom’s kitchen anymore,” according to Ronit Madmone. She and her husband Shuli should know. As owners of Whole Spice, a large spice store in Northern California, a wholesale spice business and an online spice shop, the native Israeli couple keeps up on cooking trends in…
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The Schmooze Angel Investors Help Jewish Business Owners
Jew Crew, Bangitout, JDate. Now, add Tribe of Angels to the list of Jewish social networking websites. An online forum where Jewish investors “can share their interests and expertise with entrepreneurs and vice versa,” Tribe of Angels is the brainchild of Cleveland-based technology consultant Paul Allen, who launched the site in 2004. The site doesn’t…
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The Schmooze ‘Sesame Street’ Goes to Palestine
The American administration is about to jump-start peace talks aimed at the creation of a Palestinian state in the framework of the two-state solution, but it seems that the “Sesame Street” star Grover is way ahead of the game — he’s already visited Palestine. In a segment now on the “Sesame Street” website, Grover and…
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The Schmooze In Israel, Cubism of a Different Sort
Crossposted from Haaretz New cottage neighborhoods in west Rishon Letzion symbolize the suburbanization of Israel. The process can be found in stretches between Hadera and Ashdod, where middle-class residents chase their dream of a high quality of life near cities. The most visible traits of this phenomenon are conformism and uniformity: the same furnishings, the…
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