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Greek Rememberance Provides Grand Opportunity February 22, 2012 9:24 am

Greek Rememberance Provides Grand Opportunity

In the wake of the economic drama now playing out in Greece, the annual Commemoration of the...
Marie Colvin, American Journalist, Gives Last Report Before Death in Syria (VIDEO) February 22, 2012 8:29 am

Marie Colvin, American Journalist, Gives Last Report Before Death in Syria (VIDEO)

Marie Colvin, an American journalist working for the UK based Sunday Times was killed in Homs,...
French and American Journalists Killed in Syria February 22, 2012 8:15 am

French and American Journalists Killed in Syria

USA Today/AP – A French photojournalist and an American working for a British newspaper...
Israeli Solar Thermal Power Station Built in Spain February 21, 2012 11:19 am

Israeli Solar Thermal Power Station Built in Spain

An Israeli company has constructed a gas turbine solar thermal power station in Spain, the...
London Anti-Israel “Checkpoint” Pelted With Water Bombs (VIDEO) February 21, 2012 10:55 am

London Anti-Israel “Checkpoint” Pelted With Water Bombs (VIDEO)

A wild scene broke out on the campus of London’s School of Economics on Monday. A mock...
International Inspectors in Tehran With World Watching February 21, 2012 1:49 am

International Inspectors in Tehran With World Watching

Bloomberg – United Nations investigators begin two days of meetings in Iran today,...
Hitler’s Lost Son with French Mistress Fought Against Germans in World War II February 20, 2012 10:58 am

Hitler’s Lost Son with French Mistress Fought Against Germans in World War II

It turns out that claims by Jean-Marie Loret, that he was the son of Adolph Hitler, may have...
Iran and Europe Need Each Other, Iran Foreign Minister Says February 20, 2012 9:03 am

Iran and Europe Need Each Other, Iran Foreign Minister Says

JPost – Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Salehi took a conciliatory tone on Tehran’s...
Poland and Israel to Hold Historic Air Force Joint Exercise February 20, 2012 8:43 am

Poland and Israel to Hold Historic Air Force Joint Exercise

Israel Hayom – Joint drill, involving simulated aerial combat and navigation exercises,...
British Foreign Secretary: Nuclear Iran Not Same as Cold War February 19, 2012 12:59 pm

British Foreign Secretary: Nuclear Iran Not Same as Cold War

JPost – While encouraging Israel to give Europe’s latest round of sanctions a...
Turkish Earthquake Victims Get Help From a Friend, Israel February 17, 2012 10:03 am

Turkish Earthquake Victims Get Help From a Friend, Israel

In October of last year a devestating earthquake in Van, Turkey left thousands homeless and...
Cyprus and Israel Forge Closer Ties, PM Netanyahu Says Iran Sanctions Not Working February 16, 2012 12:03 pm

Cyprus and Israel Forge Closer Ties, PM Netanyahu Says Iran Sanctions Not Working

Ynet – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias...
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  • Sports Jewish Jordan Big Fan of “Linsanity”

    Jewish Jordan Big Fan of “Linsanity”

    Washington Post – All I can say is I’m ashamed I didn’t think to call Tamir Goodman myself, to ask the former Jewish Jordan what he thinks about the Jeremy Lin phenomenon. Goodman, of course, became the subject of an ethnic-fueled media madness during his high school career in Maryland, especially after appearing in Sports Illustrated and then flirting with the Terps. He recently told ESPN 600 in El Paso that he had 700 media requests in the first week [...]

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  • Arts and Culture Book Reviews Race, Religion and DNA

    Race, Religion and DNA

    The Wandering Gene and the Indian Princess: Race, Religion, and DNA By Jeff Wheelwright W.W. Norton and Company, 260 pages, $26.95 “From breast cancer to secret Jewish rituals, hidden links signify unlikely kinships in this meditative exploration of the science of racial connectedness,” read Publisher’s Weekly’s review of “The Wandering Gene and the Indian Princess”. A vibrant young Hispano woman, Shonnie Medina, inherits a breast-cancer mutation known as BRCA1.185delAG., which is a genetic variant characteristic of Jews. The Medinas knew [...]

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  • Arts and Culture Personalities High End Jewish Whisky Society Bottling Rare Single Cask Malts

    High End Jewish Whisky Society Bottling Rare Single Cask Malts

    If you’re an avid whisky drinker, you might want a membership. Joshua Hatton and Jason Johnstone-Yellin, well known whisky connoisseurs, have partnered with Seth Klaskin, to form the Jewish Single Malt Whisky Society. “Joshua and I started as whisky bloggers.  He actually had the name Jewish Single Malt Single Whisky.  As bloggers, we started to build a lot of contacts within the whisky industry and we started to build these relationships. Neither one of us gotten into blogging thinking we [...]

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  • Arts and Culture Blogs A Sneak Peek at “Footnote,” Israel’s Oscar Nominee

    A Sneak Peek at “Footnote,” Israel’s Oscar Nominee

    In his latest film, Israeli writer-director Joseph Cedar has created a drama of personal controversy. He explores spirit, resilience and responsibility. “Footnote” tells the story of a father, embittered by his life and angered by the success of his son. That son, though publicly applauded, is in turn challenged by the not-fully-formed third generation—his son. The story of “Footnote” is universal, told here within the confines of a single family. Eliezer and Uriel Shkolnik (Shlomo Bar Aba and Lior Ashkenazi), [...]

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  • Music Rock and Roll Feminism Straight Out of Brooklyn

    Rock and Roll Feminism Straight Out of Brooklyn

    Tablet – The brainchild of former Titus Andronicus guitarist Amy Klein, Permanent Wave is three things in one: a “combination between activism, a show-booking entity, and a production company,” says Sophie Weiner, who’s involved in all three. A feminist rock collective, or call it what you want; its bands are not the kinds of acts that you are likely to see at the Grammys anytime soon. Here’s what a Permanent Wave-sponsored show looks like in practice: A loud electro thump [...]

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  • Arts and Culture England’s Other Jubilee: 60th Jewish Book Week

    England’s Other Jubilee: 60th Jewish Book Week

    Spectator – There are two notable diamond jubilees this year: the obvious one and Jewish Book Week (JWB). The festival opened last weekend and will run at Kings Place in London until Sunday evening, when David Aaronovitch and Umberto Eco will end proceedings with a discussion about the latter’s novel, The Prague Cemetary. JBW is a celebration of literature; but, as one might expect, Jewish identity is central to most events. Yesterday afternoon saw Dennis Marks and Michael Hofmann debating [...]

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  • Blogs Book Reviews Thinking, Fast and Slow – A Must Read

    Thinking, Fast and Slow – A Must Read

    I must recommend Daniel Kahneman’s book, Thinking, Fast and Slow. I was won over at the very start when he describes his conversations with his late friend and collaborator Amos Tversky in the Rimon restaurant in downtown Jerusalem, just off Ben Yehudah. Ah, the memories flooded back of the many times I sat there for a quick lunch. But unfortunately it was one year before them; otherwise I might have become a wiser man. The Israeli Nobel Prize winner for [...]

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  • Book Reviews Judy Blume’s “Most Autobiographical Character”

    Judy Blume’s “Most Autobiographical Character”

    Tablet – Sixty-five years ago this winter, in 1947, a fifth-grade girl found she was suddenly the new kid in school, longing for home and for people she knew. She had moved temporarily from the suburbs of New Jersey to the shores of Miami Beach with her mother, brother, and grandmother, who had lost relatives in Dachau just a few years before. Her father, a dentist, stayed behind in Elizabeth for work. His plan was to fly south for special [...]

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