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Opinion Children of Russian Immigrants Move Left
Lately I’ve caught my parents exchanging a certain look — some kind of amused smile, a mixture of surprise and disbelief. Whenever I let slip a reference to an anecdote about Odessan Jews or to a Soviet comedy film or to a Pushkin fairy tale — whatever they fed me throughout my childhood — they…
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Opinion Kiwi Concern Over Anti-Semitic Vandalism
Anywhere else, the desecration of 20 Jewish graves might have registered as a blip, another anti-Semitic act in an otherwise tranquil place with a miniscule Jewish population. But here in New Zealand, the incident has shaken up a nation that prides itself on openness —and sparked an intensive round of national soul-searching. The vandalism itself…
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Israel News Will Upgrading West Bank College Boost Boycott Movement?
A decision by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “strengthen higher education in the State of Israel,” as he put it, may hand the international academic boycott lobby a gift on a silver platter, Israeli analysts say. In September, Israel’s Cabinet approved a controversial plan that will give the West Bank’s Jewish settlements their first university….
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Fast Forward Al Qaeda Boss Lauds Warren Weinstein Kidnap
Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri has called on Muslims to kidnap Westerners, join Syria’s rebellion and to ensure Egypt implements sharia, SITE Monitoring reported on Saturday, citing a two-part film posted on Islamist websites. The Egypt-born cleric, who became al Qaeda leader last year after the death of Osama bin Laden, spoke in a message…
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News Obama and Romney Line Up Lawyers for Close Race
As President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney scramble to come out ahead in the Nov. 6 election, two other men are preparing for a legal showdown that could begin the next day. They are the lawyers who have been tapped by the Obama and Romney teams to navigate any legal challenges to voting procedures…
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Opinion A Blessing at the End
‘Doing Jewish” is a nice little catch phrase, but it doesn’t begin to cover the stunningly diverse ways in which America’s Jews in fact go about the doing of Jewish. The words call to people’s minds, say, the activities of the Anti-Defamation League or of their own local synagogue or Jewish community center, perhaps their…
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News Nanny Stabbing Victims’ Family Belongs to JCC
The Upper West Side family whose young children were allegedly murdered by their nanny on Thursday are members of the JCC in Manhattan, the organization said today. It’s unclear whether the parents, Kevin and Marina Krim, are Jewish. The family has a pool membership at the JCC, according to Erica Werber, the group’s senior director…
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Fast Forward David Stern Will Step Down as Head of NBA
David Stern, who helped remodel the NBA into a global phenomenon and oversaw the ascent of Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan and LeBron James, announced on Thursday that he will step down as the league’s commissioner in February 2014. Replacing Stern will be longtime Deputy commissioner Adam Silver. Stern, who began working for the…
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