Diaspora

Jews In The Diaspora Are Not Partial Jews: A Response To A.B. Yehoshua

Carlo Strenger | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Jewish Identity, Jews, Diaspora Jews, Judaism, Individualism, Danny Cohn Bendit, A.b. Yehoshua, Classical Liberalism, Israel, Diaspora, Religion News

I personally do not know what it means to be a complete or a partial Jew; moreover, I reject any demand that I need to live a full rather than a partial Jewish existence.

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Your Wad Is My Bond: Are Diaspora Bonds Worth the Risk for Diaspora Africans?

Dele Meiji Fatunla | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Remittances, Migrant Remittances, Africa, Diaspora Bonds, Diaspora, Emigration, Diaspora Bonds Africa, Diaspora Bonds Success, African Immigrants, Immigration, African Diaspora, World News

Where remittances are often sent in response to family and community needs, diaspora bonds are a direct investment in the economy at the national level. Even though they are being explored for the first time by African governments, the idea of issuing diaspora bonds is not new.

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The Diaspora To The Rescue In Greece... Well, Almost

Gregory C. Pappas | Posted 03.03.2012

Read More: Greece, Greek Orthodox Church, Greek-Americans, Greece Debt Crisis, Diaspora, World News

Watching heart-wrenching stories about destitute Greeks coping with the crisis that has consumed the nation isn't exactly what I had in mind when I journeyed home for the holidays.

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The Jewish American Gut-Check

Rabbi Adam Jacobs | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Israel, Reform Judaism, American Jews, Diaspora, Judaism, Jews in America, Jewish Assimilation, Judaism in America, George Washington and the Jews, Israel Ad Campaign, Jewish Diaspora, Jewish Americans, Religion News

A fascinating thing has transpired in the 63-year-old relationship between the Israeli Jewish population and their brethren in America. The latter have just realized their days are numbered.

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Israel's Ex-Pat Ad Campaign: A Canadian Jew Reacts

Brent E. Sasley | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: Zionism, Israel, Canadian Jews, American Jews, Diaspora, Jewish Identity, Israeli and American Jews, Israeli Identity, Jewish American Identity, Zionism and Judaism, Judaism, Religion News

Perhaps Canadian Jews accept the importance of Israel to their identity more readily than American Jews. Still, Americans should not be surprised by the campaign. It reflects a decades-old tension within Zionism.

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Social Networking Pioneer Dies At 22

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Ilya Zhitomirskiy, Ilya Zhitomirskiy Dead, Social Networking, Social-Networking, Diaspora Co-Founder Dies, Ilya Zhitomirskiy Dies, Diaspora Co-Founder Dead, Diaspora, Zhitomirskiy, Technology News

Ilya Zhitomirskiy, one of the young co-founders behind social network Diaspora*, passed away suddenly on Saturday, TechCrunch has confirmed. No de...

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Philanthropy and Economic Development Boosted by Global Irish Tribe

Reporters Uncensored | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Global Irish Economic Forum, Business Leaders, Donors, Irish Economy, Jobs, Business, Smarter Ideas, Renewal, Dublin Castle, Diaspora, Impact News

By Maura Kelly President Bill Clinton gave the keynote address at the second Global Irish Economic Forum in Dublin Castle Oct. 8. The Forum is an Ir...

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Armenia's Exodus Leaves Behind Villages Inhabited Only By Women

Posted 10.10.2011

Read More: Russia, Russia Immigration, Immigration, Armenia Diaspora, Armenia, Diaspora, Armenia Migration, World News

An estimated 60,000 Armenians are leaving their country each year in search of a better life, and the mass exodus has caused a startling new trend: wh...

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Diaspora Development

Jonathan Lewis | Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: Poverty, Opportunity Collaboration, Economic Development, Diaspora, Haiti, Impact News

Whether infrastructure bonds or direct philanthropy, tapping into the profits from Diaspora-based donor kebab stands is a development idea with a lot of meat on it.

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The Anti-Facebook Revolution

Claire Gordon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Facebook Resistence, Tobias Leingruber, Seppukoo, Gmail, Paolo Cirio, Diaspora, Kickstarter, Lovely Faces, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook. Face-to-Facebook, Trap My Contacts Now, Alessandro Ludovico, Google, Anti-Facebook, Technology News

Facebook is too crowded to be a home and too familiar to be a street. It's an "eternal, illusory party." And some have decided to crash it.

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Collective Creativity: Tapping Into the Irish Diaspora and Beyond

Reporters Uncensored | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Transmedia, Global, Interactive, Sundance Film Festival, Filmmaking, Crowdsourcing, Storytelling, Documentaries, Technology, Irish, Diaspora, World News

By Maura Kelly "IRISH people have a long and proud tradition of creativity. From the poems of Yeats to the invention of Boolean Algebra - the foundat...

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Hope for Haiti's Unemployed

Amanda Lin Costa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Partners in Health, Mit, Unicef, Diaspora, Unesco, Amanda Lin Costa, Greg Elliot, Haiti, The Lone Olive, Mobile Technology, Haiti Earthquake, Illiteracy, Bob Lemoine, Volunteering, Aaron Zinman, Unemployement, Konbit, World News

Great ideas always come out of MIT. This one isn't any different. Konbit is a service that allows anyone to call a phone number in Haiti toll-free a...

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Travel the World Without Leaving Home

Alastair Humphreys | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Food, Travel, London, Cooking, Diaspora, Alastair Humphreys, Ethnic Food, England, Oman, Qatar, Escapism, Travel News

Mulling over why I enjoy traveling, I realized that you don't need to head to the end of the world. This year, I've decided to experiment with exploring the world without leaving home.

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Have Yourself An Elena Kagan Christmas (VIDEOS)

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, Fiddler on the Roof, Rick Lucas, Char Siu Bau, Hoisin Sauce, Mo Shu Pork, Mimi Sheraton, Elena Kagan, Moo Goo Gai Pan, General Tso, Siu Mai, Meet Me in St. Louis, Judy Garland, Diaspora, Kung Pao Shrimp, Shrimp Subgum, Kung Fu Chefs, Cheuk Kwan, Wayne Wang, Chinese Restaurants, Egg Foo Yung, Har Gau, Laemmle?S Royal Theatre, From My Mother?S Kitchen, Judea, Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart, Egg Roll, Christmas 2010, Food News

Should anyone be surprised that this Friday, on Christmas Eve, Laemmle's Royal Theatre in West Los Angeles will host a sing-along screening of Fiddler...

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Ireland Must Now Hit the Reset Button -- A View From the Diaspora

Niall O'Dowd | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Imf, Ireland, Diaspora, World News

There is no great shame in Ireland's situation. What would be shameful would be to forget to remember the failings that caused the entire spiral in the first place.

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FIRST LOOK: The 'Privacy Aware' Facebook Alternative

BBC News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Diaspora Facebook, Diaspora Social Network, Diaspora Nyu, Diaspora, Technology News

Developers have been given their first glimpse of a community-funded and open alternative to Facebook. Diaspora describes itself as a "privacy-awar...

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'Privacy Aware' Facebook Competitor To Launch In September

pcmag.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Diaspora Facebook, Diaspora Social Network, Diaspora Nyu, Diaspora Kickstarter, Diaspora Project, Diaspora, Technology News

Open-source social network Diaspora is set to launch on Sept. 15, the service's creators announced in Thursday blog post. But can it do battle with Fa...

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American Jews Without Israel, Israel Without U.S. Jews

Bradley Burston | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: David Twersky, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Religion, Politics, Jewish People, Labor Party, Haaretz, Jon Stewart, Diaspora, Bradley Burston, Israel, Kibbutz, Judaism, Religion News

Once, long ago, my friend and I bandied the concept of what American Judaism would be like if there were no Israel, and what Israel would be like if there were no American Jews.

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The American Jew's Dilemma

Sara Reef | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jews, Israel, J Street, Diaspora, Jewish Americans, Religion News

Do I have the right to judge or criticize actions which Israel initiates? Within the international community, there is only a small distinction between an American Jew and an Israeli.

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Vijay Iyer's Life in Music: "Striving is the Backstory..." (AUDIO)

Christopher Lydon | Posted 05.25.2011

Vijay Iyer brings rare stuff to jazz piano, starting with a Brahmin Indian name and heritage, and a Yale degree in physics. Gujarati stick dances and ...

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Facebook Alternatives: 9 Other Social Networks You Could Join

Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Online Social Networks, Social Networks, Myspace Privacy, Social Networking Sites, Pipio, Ning, Alternatives to Facebook, Facebook, Slidepollajax, List of Social Networks, Diaspora, Facebook Alternatives, Technology News

Facebook's new, more permissive privacy policy has triggered a backlash among users, who are frustrated by how much and how widely their personal info...

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Diaspora: NYU Students Develop Privacy-Based Social Network

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Network Privacy, Diaspora Social Networking, The Northeast, Nyu Courant Institute, Nyu Diaspora, Diaspora, Diaspora Social Network, Diaspora Nyu, Diaspora Social, Diaspora and Social Networking, Diaspora Anti Facebook Huffington Post, Diaspora Social Media, The Diaspora Social Network, Project Diaspora Social Network, Diaspora Facebook, Nyu Students Diaspora, Facebook Diaspora, Diaspora Social Net, Diaspora Social Networking Site, Project Diaspora Social Networking, Social Network Diaspora, Nyu Student Facebook Diaspora, Video, College News

Amid complaints of Facebook's erosion of personal privacy, a team of students at NYU's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences is developing a soci...

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Jew vs. Jew? Protests, Threats Reach Fever Pitch over Israel

Michael Gould-Wartofsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jewish Politics, Kach, Jewish Community, West Bank, American Jews for a Just Peace, Kahane Movement, Jews Say No, Stand With US, Jewish Voice for Peace, Israel Defense Forces, New York Jews, Americans for Peace Now, Meir Kahane, Zionism, Iran, Gaza, Camp Jabotinsky, Middle East, New Israel Fund, Saeb Erekat, Hebron, Gabi Ashkenazi, New York News, Violence, Friends of the IDF, Goldstone Report, Negotiations, Bibi Netanyahu, Protest, Diaspora, Palestine, Americans for a Safe Israel, Joe Biden, Idf, Waldorf-Astoria, Settlements, Palestinians, Palestinian Authority, J Street, Jews Against the Occupation, Settlers, East Jerusalem, Jewish Defense Organization, Israel, Israeli Apartheid Week, New York News

This week, New York City's Jewish community is riven by protests, counterprotests, and now, threats of Jew-on-Jew intimidation over the question of Israel and the Palestinians.

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Haiti: TPS and the Coming Negativity

Martha St Jean | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Haiti Earthquake, Rush Limbaugh, Haiti Aids, Janet Napolitano Homeland Security, Pat Robertson, Edwidge Danticat, Tempory Protected Status, Haiti, Tps, Diaspora, World News

I encourage Haitians to claim their identity as the posterity of the first black republic, not as descendants of the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. It is not political strength, hurricanes, or earthquakes that define us.

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Tevye From Fiddler Back With Bikel

Thane Rosenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fiddler on the Roof, Pale of Settlement, Lower East Side, Diaspora, Sholom Aleichem, Tevye the Milkman, Theodore Bikel, Yiddish, New York News

Major League Baseball may have its Cal Ripken; but fans of Fiddler on the Roof know of only one Theodore Bikel, the ironman actor.

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