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Opinion ‘Love Child’ Plot Thickens for Jewish Lawmaker
The plot thickens and the drama continues in the weird case of the Jewish lawmaker who claimed fatherhood of a bikini model — then found out he wasn’t the real dad. A day after a DNA test proved that Rep. Steve Cohen was not genetically related to Victoria Brink, the young woman’s real father said…
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Life 7 Things Jewish Women Can’t Resist
The Internet gives and the Internet takes away. She gave us Jewish women a platform to show the world who we really are through blogging, videos and social and political engagement. And then she gave websites like BuzzFeed the opportunity to cobble together a list of “32 Things Jewish Girls Can’t Resist,” that is so…
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The Schmooze Schindler’s List For Sale on eBay
You can’t Netflix this version of “Schindler’s List.” One of the original lists by Oskar Schindler is up for auction on eBay tonight, the New York Post reported. The only copy ever to be sold on an open market is priced at a whopping $3 million. “Enter US $3,000,000.00 or more” the listing will coach…
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Fast Forward 500-Year-Old Jewish Skeleton Found in Brazil
Brazilian archaeologists unearthed what they said are the 500-year-old remains of a Jewish man in Recife. A report Thursday in the online edition of the Rio de Janeiro-based O Globo described the discovery earlier this month as a perfectly-preserved skeleton of a male adult. The skeleton was found during earthwork in Recife in northern Brazil,…
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Fast Forward Poconos Camp Counselor Accused of Molesting Boy
A counselor at a Jewish summer camp for boys in Pennsylvania was taken into custody after a camper accused him of inappropriately touching him, police said. Camp Dora Golding counselor Chisdai Ben-Porat, 19, of Ottawa, Canada, was charged with indecent assault of someone under 13 years old, unlawful contact with a minor and corruption of…
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Opinion Trayvon Martin, O.J. Simpson and the Remedy for Injustice
What happens when following the letter of the law still leads to an unjust outcome? What is the remedy? What, besides expressing deep outrage, are ordinary citizens to do? The acquittal of George Zimmerman of murder and manslaughter charges in the death of Trayvon Martin left many Americans holding two thoughts that at first seem…
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Fast Forward Aly Raisman Leads Parade of 9,000 Athletes at 19th Maccabiah Games
U.S. Olympian Aly Raisman lit the torch at the opening ceremony of the 19th Maccabiah Games, which features a record number of nearly 9,000 athletes. Thursday night’s ceremony at Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem featured pyrotechnics and performances with hundreds of dancers and popular Israeli singers, as well as electric violinist Miri Ben-Ari. American “X Factor”…
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Fast Forward Nazi-Themed Cafe Turns Up in Indonesia Tourist Town
Authorities in Indonesia are concerned with the opening of a Nazi-themed café that has many tourists and locals alarmed, the Associated Press reported on Thursday. Soldatenkaffee, located the West Java provincial capital of Bandung — a major tourist destination — boasts a red wall of Nazi fame, including a large portrait of Adolf Hitler and…
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