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Opinion Why Losing Jon Stewart Hurts the Middle East
Jon Stewart and Bassem Youssef on “The Daily Show” / Youtube Jon Stewart quitting “The Daily Show” is bad for the Jews. It’s bad for the Muslims. It’s bad for the entire Middle East. If you want to know why, just watch this clip of the real Jon Stewart joking around with “Egypt’s Jon Stewart,”…
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Opinion The Missing Voices in Mideast Policy Debate
The session on “Strategy and Security in the Middle East” at last year’s AIPAC policy conference was like many other such discussions in organized Jewish life. There was a moderator and three “distinguished” experts, forced to sit on the high, spindly chairs favored by event organizers but often awkward for guests to mount. There was…
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Israel News Walking in a Soggy (Holy City) Wonderland
A rare winter storm eased away from Israel on Thursday, leaving behind a coating of the white stuff around Jerusalem and power outages, but little serious damage. As the snow turned to icy rain, cold-phobic Israelis ventured out Thursday after many cowered inside the day before. One man who works at a convenience store off…
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Fast Forward Israel’s Region More Dangerous Than Ever
Israel’s region has never been more dangerous, the European Union’s new foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, said on a visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Mogherini made the statement on Friday in Jerusalem, during her first official trip outside the union since she was appointed in August High Representative of the European Union for…
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Life How Yemenite Jewish Performer Enchanted New York City
Sarah Osnath Halevy // Copyright Forward Association Welcome to Throwback Thursday, a weekly photo feature in which we sift 116 years of Forward history to find snapshots of women’s lives. This magnetic image depicts a moment of ecstatic passion of the Yemenite Jewish multi-talented singer, actor, dancer and mime Sarah Osnath Halevy. Occasionally titled a…
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The Schmooze Jon Stewart Calls U.S. ‘Oprah of Middle East’
Youtube Everyone wants peace in the Middle East. That’s the easy part — saying it. But then, how to achieve it? Jon Stewart may have the answer. On Tuesday night’s “Daily Show,” Stewart opened a segment on the conflict between Israel and Hamas by showing clips of American leaders who “all want to see peace in…
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The Schmooze Celebrities Tweet the Middle East — With Controversial Results
(JTA) — First, there were the celebrity tweeter and deleters. As the Israel-Gaza conflict continues to spark a proxy war on Twitter and other social media, numerous celebrities are getting themselves caught in the crossfire. Earlier this week, both singer Rihanna and basketball player Dwight Howard alienated partisans on both sides by tweeting the #FreePalestine…
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Fast Forward Martin Indyk Says Israeli Settlements Killed Middle East Peace Talks
Martin Indyk, the former chief U.S. envoy for Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts, said Israeli settlement activity caused the Palestinians to walk away from negotiations. Indyk, who quit his post as peace envoy last week after the breakdown of talks, blamed settlement activity for the failure in an interview published Thursday by The Atlantic. “The Israeli attitude…
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