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The Schmooze British Holocaust Denier To Lead Tour of Nazi Sites
Controversial British Holocaust denier and “historian” David Irving (to call him a historian, sans quotations, seems a tad irresponsible) will lead a group of British and American tourists on an “unforgettable journey” next week to Nazi sites in Germany and Poland. Needless to say, Irving’s trip hasn’t gone over well. “For Holocaust survivors, the planned…
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The Schmooze Gay Tourist Robbed, Left Naked at Israel Intersection
Criminals apparently got the memo that Tel Aviv’s now hot with gay tourists, as the Forward recently reported. According to JPost.com, a British traveler was lured into a robbery with promises of sex, then left stranded — and naked — at a Tel Aviv intersection by a male perp. Though reports of the crime just…
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The Schmooze The Western Wall’s Advertising Woes
Ever since 1967, Israel has grappled with the problem that its de-facto borders are out of sync with most of the international community’s view of where its territory starts and finishes. Normally, the ramifications are political. But now, it appears that they are also impairing the country’s tourism efforts. The Israeli Government Tourist Office just…
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Life Oscar Nominations Aside, ‘An Education’ Makes Me Cringe
This week’s Oscar nominations have been kind to the Nick Hornby penned film “An Education,” which netted honors for acting, writing, and even Best Picture. The film tells the story of a bright middle-class schoolgirl in a humdrum town in mid-century Britain, who falls into an affair with a cultured, attractive and winning older man…
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Opinion If America Sneezes, Israel Gets Pneumonia. What Happens When America Gets Pneumonia?
You may or may not have noticed this story on the front page of The New York Times. Its main point is that the dizzying growth of our national indebtedness poses a threat not just to America’s economic health and future but to its role in the world. Even if you don’t much follow global…
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News Barak Warned To Leave England Ahead of Possible War Crimes Suit
Ehud Barak, the Israeli defense minister, was warned by Israeli government attorneys this week to leave England and head home after Palestinians filed suit for an international arrest warrant on war crimes charges. Barak decided to ignore the warning and continue his visit, according to reports in Haaretz and Ynet/Yediot. He was scheduled to meet…
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Life A Chief Rabbi Who Deserves the Title
Ha’aretz has a nice profile of British Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, a real treasure for British Jewry and Britain as a whole. He is, as the Ha’aretz article demonstrates, a rare figure, an Orthodox leader who speaks and writes on issues of universal import — and has garnered the admiration of his non-Jewish countrymen. (One…
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Life Olympic Logo Rorschach Test
An article in today’s New York Times reports that the newly-unveiled — and wildly unpopular — logo for the 2012 London Olympics has, among other things, been compared to a swastika. But not all have seen grounds for charging antisemitism. Daniel Finkelstein of the London Times sees embedded in the design the word “zion.”
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