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Ed Koch Sees More American Jewish Support for Obama February 22, 2012 1:23 pm

Ed Koch Sees More American Jewish Support for Obama

Politico – Surveying American Jewish public opinion is notoriously difficult, but Ed...
Americans View Israelis Favorably, Canada the Best February 22, 2012 12:55 pm

Americans View Israelis Favorably, Canada the Best

JTA – Israel is the eighth most-favored country by Americans, a Gallup poll found. Some...
Billionaire Adelson Says He Might Give Gingrich $100 Million February 22, 2012 10:59 am

Billionaire Adelson Says He Might Give Gingrich $100 Million

Haaretz – American Jewish billionaire businessman Sheldon Adelson told Forbes magazine...
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...
President Obama Commits to AIPAC Conference Speech February 21, 2012 3:21 pm

President Obama Commits to AIPAC Conference Speech

Foreign Policy – President Barack Obama will deliver remarks at the AIPAC conference...
U.S. Senator McCain: “There Should be no Daylight Between America and Israel” on Iran February 21, 2012 3:11 pm

U.S. Senator McCain: “There Should be no Daylight Between America and Israel” on Iran

JPost – Just hours after meeting Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, US Senator John...
Jordan King Abdullah to be Visited by 100 American Jewish Leaders on Tuesday February 21, 2012 7:00 am

Jordan King Abdullah to be Visited by 100 American Jewish Leaders on Tuesday

JPost – Nearly 100 leaders of US Jewish organizations will travel to Jordan Tuesday...
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,...
Rabbi Travels to Rome in Support of Cardinal Dolan February 21, 2012 12:01 am

Rabbi Travels to Rome in Support of Cardinal Dolan

Rabbi Elliot J. Cosgrove, Senior Rabbi at Park Avenue Synagogue and the Anti-Defamation League’s...
New Poll: China and Iran Percieved as America’s Greatest Enemies February 20, 2012 5:18 pm

New Poll: China and Iran Percieved as America’s Greatest Enemies

Haaretz – Americans most frequently identify Iran as being the United States’...
U.S. Senators in Egypt as Trial of American NGO Workers Nears February 20, 2012 1:51 pm

U.S. Senators in Egypt as Trial of American NGO Workers Nears

Bloomberg – A delegation of U.S. officials including Senator John McCain met Egyptian...
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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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