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Culture How Talia Leman Built Charity Empire
Following Hurricane Katrina, donations poured in from concerned folks all around the country hoping to help make things better. They came in all sizes, with big bucks coming from the usual suspects: Wal-Mart, Exxon Mobil, Amaco and Talia Leman. Talia Leman? At the time, Leman was a 10-year-old fifth-grader who lived in Waukee, Iowa, two…
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Culture An Unorthodox Guide To Sexuality
Creating an art exhibit that captures the complexity of changes in how gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex people are viewed is no small challenge. Especially when it is displayed at a rabbinical seminary, where there is a stricter definition of what is considered appropriate than there would be at, say, a Cheslea gallery….
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Fast Forward Michael Applebaum Is First Jewish Montreal Mayor
Montreal has its first Jewish mayor. Michael Applebaum, 49, won a City Council vote to serve as interim mayor for a year, with a promise not to run in the next municipal election, which is slated for November 2013. He also is the first Anglophone mayor in a century of the predominantly French-speaking Canadian city….
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The Schmooze What a Boob! Kardashian Deletes Gaza Tweet
Reality television star Kim Kardashian apologized for tweeting about the Gaza conflict. Kardashian apologized after two tweets in which she first told her followers she was “Praying for everyone in Israel,” and then tweeted that she was “Praying for everyone in Palestine and across the world!” Kardashian later deleted both tweets and issued an apology:…
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Israel News As Rockets Fly, Israel’s Grumpy Old Men Shrug
Emanuel Hatzofe, 84, took his time getting to the shelter of the thick concrete sea wall in Jaffa on Sunday when Israeli air-raid sirens over Tel Aviv warned of incoming rockets from the Gaza Strip. The retired sea captain, once a guerrilla with the pre-state Jewish underground, carried his wooden stool with him, as well…
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Opinion Bad (Election) Year for the Jews
Jews had a bad year in terms of winning seats in Congress, falling from 39 members in both chambers in the 112th Congress to only 32 in the next one. We pretty much predicted this outcome. But with the breakdown of the new Congress by religion, which was carried out by the Pew Forum it…
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Fast Forward Obama Says ‘Preferable’ To Avoid Gaza Ground War
President Barack Obama insisted on Sunday that Israel had a right to defend itself but said it would be “preferable” to avoid an Israeli ground offensive in Gaza. He said persuading Israel not to attack would depend on the success of efforts by Middle East leaders to bring a halt to Hamas rocket fire into…
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Fast Forward Two More Rockets Shot Down Above Tel Aviv
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired two rockets at Tel Aviv on Sunday which were shot down by Israel’s Iron Dome air shield, witnesses and police said. Gaza’s governing Hamas militants said they launched two Iranian-designed Fajr-5 rockets at Israel’s commercial capital, which has come under several such salvoes since cross-border fighting with the Palestinian…
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Fast Forward Freed hostage Edan Alexander says he’s returning to the IDF next month
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