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Opinion Holiday Season Underlines Shifts in Judaism as Self-Definition Fades
‘Tis the season once again — the season of the December Dilemma. In its original form, the alliterative allusion is to the challenge of raising Jewish kids in a non-Jewish society. Everyone loves Christmas, right? So how come we don’t celebrate it? But the December Dilemma is dated. A majority of non-Orthodox Jewish marriages are…
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Opinion Why Christmas Is America’s Storybook Holiday for All
Growing up, my family’s Jewish identity was rooted more in what we didn’t do rather than what we did. Keep kosher. Not so much. Observe the Sabbath? Nominally. Regularly attend synagogue? Once a month at best. But boy were we proud, even eager, to abstain from anything and everything that we considered goyish. These included,…
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Food DIY Fortune Cookies for Christmas
Something is special about Wednesday. You may wake up with a warm fuzzy feeling, and perhaps there will be fresh snow on the ground. Smells of sugar and spice might fill your apartment hallways, and outside, all will be quiet. The groceries will be closed, the convenience stores too… and even your Twitter feed will…
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Food Last BBQ of the ‘Goyish Year’
Ari White thought it was time to “show Brooklyn some love”. And he did it on Sunday and Monday — with 2,500 pounds of meat. White’s the pit boss of Bronx-based Hakadosh BBQ, whose “Wandering Que” brings kosher Texas smokehouse pop-ups to street fairs across New York City. But White’s custom-built “BBQ rig” had never…
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Fast Forward Quasi-Nazi Salute Getting Traction in French Media With Anti-Semitic Overtones
(JTA) — To outsiders, they seem like ordinary men striking macho poses for the camera. But there is a dark side to the photos that are appearing with growing frequency in the French media. The men – and less frequently women – are performing the “quenelle,” a gesture vaguely similar to the Nazi salute that some…
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Fast Forward Israel Frees Palestinian Prisoner Whose Hunger Strike Sparked Protests
Israel freed a Palestinian prisoner from jail on Monday, completing a deal agreed earlier this year in exchange for him halting a lengthy hunger strike that almost killed him. Samer al-Issawi stopped his eight-month, on-off fast last April. His confinement had stoked weeks of protests in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Israel convicted Issawi of shooting…
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The Schmooze James Deen Does Jezebel
Ladies and gentlemen! Do you have a question that only a nice Jewish porn star can answer? Then your holiday wish just came true: James Deen will be writing a column for Jezebel answering your queries and concerns, and of course, dishing out knowledge, wisdom and advice. the lovely people @Jezebel have decided to let…
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Opinion Edgar Bronfman, Prince of the Jews
(JTA) — In the coming days, many eulogies will attempt to capture the magnitude of the loss suffered this week by the Jewish community. Really, though, all you need are eight words: Edgar Bronfman was a prince of his people. There are other machers who devote much of their time and money to Jewish causes. But…
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