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Remembering Kristallnacht in Berlin: The Story of Hans Riess

Stefan Sirucek | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sachsenhausen, Jews, Nazi Germany, Hans Riess, Nazi, Holocaust, November 9, Sa, Joseph Goebbels, Crystal Night, Eyewitness, Synagogue, Kristallnacht, Germany, Charlottenburg, Jewish, Memoir, Brownshirts, Adolf Hitler, Night of Broken Glass, Kindertransport, Berlin, Nov 9th, Ss, Gestapo, Politics News
Stefan Sirucek

The reason November 9 -- the day the Berlin Wall fell -- is not a national holiday in Germany, is that it also marks a much darker anniversary: Kristallnacht, the so-called "Night of Broken Glass."

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Billionaire Philanthropist Michael Steinhardt Condemns Jewish Leadership

Steven I. Weiss | Posted 11.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Jewish Culture, Philanthropy, Birthright Israel, Birthright, Taglit, Jewish, Michael Steinhardt, Business News
Steven I. Weiss

Click here to watch in High Definition (HD) Billionaire philanthropist Michael Steinhardt delivered a bold speech indicting Jewish leadership for n...

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J Street Again

James Zogby | Posted 11.02.2009 | World

Read More: Pro-Peace, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, J Street, Pro-Israel Advocacy, Arab, Jewish, Middle East Peace Process, Israel, Peace, Arab-Israeli Conflict, World News
James Zogby

In the 1990s, when we came together, we only did it at the behest of the White House, and Israeli and Palestinian leaders on the White House lawn validated the effort. This time is different.

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The Philip Roth Reader: What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been

Karen Stabiner | Posted 11.02.2009 | Books

Read More: Suburbs, American Fiction, The Breast, Goodbye Columbus, The Philip Roth Reader, Jewish, Philip Roth, Bestsellers, The Humbling, Books News
Karen Stabiner

In the summer between my freshman and sophomore year in college I got a postcard from a boy in my sociology class. It read something like this: "Please, read Goodbye, Columbus right now."

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Nursing a Memoir to Publication: Finding a Niche, Defining a Life

Monroe Price | Posted 10.29.2009 | Books

Read More: Yale University, Memoir, Vienna, Jewish, Yale, Holocaust, Refugees, Books News
Monroe Price

When I wrote this book, Objects of Remembrance: A Memoir of American Opportunities and Viennese Dreams, there was a question of genre: Was this a Holocaust or refugee book?

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Great Houses of New York: The River Club, the Best Address, Part III

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 10.31.2009 | New York

Read More: New York, Muriel Siebert, The Dakota, Emily Post, Robert Moses, The Berkshire, Tennis, The East River Drive, River House, Town and Country Magazine, Vincent Astor, The Osborne, Debutante, Rockefeller, Bridge, William De Rham, Jewish, Vanderbilt, One Sutton Place South, Discrimination, Whitney, The River Club, E. T. Williams, Wasp, Augusta Owen Patterson, Co-Op Board Bias, 10 Gracie Square, African Americans, Martin A. Siegel, L James B. Stewart, Latinos, Robin Duke, Angier Biddle Duke, New York News
Michael Henry Adams

Except for having no golf course, the River Club at 447 East 52nd Street is as close to a country club as one could find in the middle of New York City.

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Goldstone Criticizes UN Council on Human Rights

Alan Dershowitz | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Goldstone Report, Security Councel, United Nations, Richard Goldstone, Israel, Hamas, Jewish, UN Human Rights, World News
Alan Dershowitz

The author of the infamous Goldstone Report is now trying to distance himself from the way in which the report is being used to single out Israel for condemnation.

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Mayim Bialik's Latest Role: Green Mom

Avital Binshtock | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green

Read More: L.A., Holistic, Disposable, Children, Green Parenting, Babysitter, Waldorf Education, Diapers, Neuroscience, Strollers, Mothering, Eastern Europe, Actress, Medicine, Sitcom, Trend, Family, Research Professor, Materialism, Replacement Level, Nanny, Home-Schooling, Body, Nbc, Caregiver, Planet, Husband, Los Angeles, Sierra Magazine, Sustainable, Ucla, Reform Judaism, Health, Judaism, Population, Vegetarian, Homemade Hygiene Products, Bedsharing, Discipline, Earth, Liberal, Potty-Training, Cleaning Products, Cloth, Tolerance, Holistic Moms Network, Cats, Acting, Southern California, Kids, Celebrity, Stay-at-Home Mom, Mayim Bialik, Hollywood, Elimination Communication, Jewish, Tikkun Olam, Religion, Water, Fast Food, Slings, Environment, Mom, Shtetl, Blossom, Green News
Avital Binshtock

We know her as Blossom, that spunky adolescent on that eponymous sitcom. But since the series ended in 1995, Mayim Bialik, now 33, has truly blossomed.

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Tikkun Olam -- Choosing Between Two Candidates

Nancy Cronk | Posted 10.09.2009 | Denver

Read More: United States Senate, Michael Bennet, Andrew Romanoff, Colorado Senate, Jewish, Tikkun Olam, Mike Miles, Hillary Clinton, Ken Salazar, Barack Obama, Denver News
Nancy Cronk

Ken Salazar, like Mike Miles, believed in "tikkun olam" (Hebrew for "saving the world"), but he also had great marketing. Lesson learned! But what about Bennet and Romanoff?

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Leaked Ahmadinejad Diary Proves Iran Prez Is Jewish

Katie Halper | Posted 10.08.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Leaked Diary, Holocaust, Holocaust Denial, Iran, Yiddish, Bob Dylan, The Forced War, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, David Irving, Achmadinejad, Holocaust Deniers, Jewish, The Holocaust, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, David Hoggan, Achmadinejad Jewish, Joni Mitchel, Ahmadinejad, Shalom Aleichem, Comedy News
Katie Halper

I attended Camp Havanagila, a Zionist summer camp in the Catskill Mountains, when I was young, and so, it seems, did Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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A Fast For Human Rights In Gaza

David A. Love | Posted 10.07.2009 | Impact

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Gaza Humanitarian Crisis, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Gaza Blockade, West Bank, World, Richard Goldstone, United Nations, Palestinians, Civilian Casualties, Hamas, Israel Blockade, Civil Rights, Humanitarian Aid, World News, Palestinian Authority, Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, Fasting, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israel, Israel Gaza Operation, Jewish, Muslims, Muslim, Impact News
David A. Love

There are many opinions on the Mideast conflict, but one thing is certain: the situation in Gaza is a humanitarian and human rights disaster, and it cannot continue.

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The Guardian: Ahmadinejad Not Jewish, Family Didn't Convert

The Huffington Post | T.J. Ortenzi | Posted 10.05.2009 | World

Read More: Shia, Ahmadinejad Converted, Anti-Semitism, Daily Telegraph, Antisemitism, Jewish, Ahmadinejad Jewish, Iran, The Guardian, Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud Sabourjian, Sabourjian, Israel, Ahmadinejad Jew, Persia, Un, Shia Islam, Ahmadinejad Ancestry, Tzitzit, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Tallit, World News

Just a couple weeks ago, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took to the podium inside the U.N.'s grand hall and suggested that there was a worldwid...

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Anne Frank (VIDEO): Museum Posts Only Known Footage Of Anne Frank To YouTube

AP | Posted 10.04.2009 | World

Read More: Jews, Anne Frank House Museum, Anne Frank Video, Anne Frank YouTube, Holocaust, Wwii, Anne Frank, Amsterdam, Anne Frank Vid, YouTube Channel, Jewish, Judaism, Anne Frank Museum, Bergen-Belsen, Anne Frank Video Footage, Ann Frank Video, World News

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — The Anne Frank House museum in Amsterdam has begun airing the only known video of the teenage diarist on a channel dedi...

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Daily Telegraph: Ahmadinejad Has Jewish Roots

The Daily Telegraph | By Damien McElroy and Ahmad Vahdat | Posted 10.03.2009 | World

Read More: Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ahmadinejad, Ethnicity, Anti-Semitism, Holocaust Denial, Tehran, #Iranelection, Holocaust, Sabourjian, Family Name, Jewish, World News

A photograph of the Iranian president holding up his identity card during elections in March 2008 clearly shows his family has Jewish roots. ...

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A New Year's Resolution

Larry Gellman | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Commandents, Yom Kippur, Right Wing Media, Nazi, Bible, Hitler, Chofetz Chayim, Judaism, Bloggers, Rosh Hashanah, Propaganda, Temple, Right Wing, Obama, Hebrew-Bible, Barack Obama, Michael Gerson, God, Mind.Body.Soul, Jewish, Torah, New Year's Resolution, Washington Post, Repentence, Confession, Hate Speech, Slander, Adolf Hitler, Loshon Hara, Ira Forman, Living News
Larry Gellman

This Yom Kippur there is reason for concern. The politics of rumor, innuendo, and lies -- sinat chinam -- is on the rise in our community and it hurts us all.

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Back to the Future -- The Tension Over Tense

Larry Gellman | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jews, Stocks, Judaism, Retirement, Stock Market, President Obama, Rosh Hashanah, Right Wing, Obama, Media, Democrats, Obama Health Care, Barack Obama, Stress, Internet, Stock Market Crash, Jewish, Health Care Reform, Financial Crisis, Medicare, Tech Bubble, Health Care, Republicans, Worry, Politics News
Larry Gellman

With investments, mob psychology takes over. People get greedy at the top and afraid at the bottom. At the end of the day, they almost always default in favor of sleeping at night.

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Health Care, Immigrants, and the Character of Our Country

Jim Wallis | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Law, Allison Johnson, Debate, Undocumented Immigrants, President Obama, Scripture, Media, Health Care Plan, Immigration, Immigrants, Christians for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Legislation, Immigration Status, Faith Groups, Fact Checkers, Moral Obligation, Public Policies, Immigrant, Immigrant Children, Christian Scriptures, Members of Congress, Values, Pregnant Women, Policy Debate, Health Care Coverage, Moral Priorities, Teaching, Stranger, Safety Net, Health Care, Christians, Public Policy, Fear, Lying, Subsidies, Politics, Community, Basic Human Needs, Medicaid, Congress, Faith Communities, Migrants, Moral Issue, Reform Legislation, Moral Consideration, Compassion, Jewish, Moral Values, Moral Issues, Moral Mandate, Inclusion, Faith Community, Political Feasibility, Health Care Reform, Hospitals, Undocumented Immigrant, Legal Immigrants, Christian, Health Care System, Politics News
Jim Wallis

With an issue like health, the faith community has a unique and important role to play -- to define and raise the moral issues beneath the policy debate.

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An Interview With the Smart and Savvy Jill Zarin

2morrowknight | Posted 10.15.2009 | New York

Read More: Celebrity, Reality TV, Charities, Philanthropy, Parenting, Business, Jewish, New York City, Nonprofit, The Real Housewives of New York City, Cable Tv, Jewish Family, Marketing, Style, Entertainment, Jill Zarin, Shed Media, Bravo TV, New York News
2morrowknight

Long before being a recognizable celebrity, Jill Zarin had a long record of accomplishment that reveals her to be nothing less than a Renaissance woma...

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A "Liberal Jew" Responds to Norman Podhoretz

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jews, Jewish Liberals, Norman Podhoretz, Conservatives, American Values, Neocons, Neoconservatives, Liberlas, Jewish Values, Democrats, America, Jewish, Republicans, Politics News
Abby L. Ferber

The American system did make good on its promises for Jews; this is why so many Jews refuse to support the conservative politics of exclusion and fear. Podhoretz would have us chop down the ladder behind us.

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The Tone of Our Atonement: A Meditation for Yom Kippur

Carol Smaldino | Posted 09.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Jewish Holidays, Yom Kippur, U.N. General Assembly, Humanistic-Leadership, Sin, Atonement, Common Ground, Jewish, Living News
Carol Smaldino

I want to dare to pose the notion of making Yom Kippur a time for softer and longer reflections, about how to make things better, truer, safer for our insides and freer from inner terrors.

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I Will Dominate You, Yom Kippur

Dan Abramson | Posted 09.25.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Yom Kippur, Day of Atonement, Yom-Kippur-Atonement, Kiera-Knightley, High Holy Days, Jewish High Holidays, Jewish, Comedy News
Dan Abramson

You call yourself the day of "Atonement." More like day of "shitty Keira Knightley period piece." Burn.

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Obama Should Publicly Declare Israel's Failure to Honor International Obligation

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 09.22.2009 | World

Read More: President Abbas, President Obama, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Netanyahu, Road Map, Jewish, Settlements, Palestinians, World News
Daoud Kuttab

The summit meeting called for by President Obama on the eve of the opening of the UN general council is both good and bad news for Palestinians.

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Rosh Hashanah Around The World (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Ami Cholia | Posted 09.17.2009 | World

Read More: Jewish New Year, Slidepoll, Jewish Festival, Jews, Religion, Jew, Jewish New Year Around the World, Jewish, Rosh Hashanah, Jews New Year, Rosh-Hashanah, Rosh Hashanna, Rosh Hashanah Photos, Rosh Hashana, Rosh Hashana Photos, Rosh Hashanah Pictures, Rosh Hashanah 2009, What Is Rosh Hashanah, Rosh Hashanah 2009 Pictures, World News

It's that apple and honey time of year again. Starting Friday, Jews around the world will gather at their families' homes and toast to a sweet new yea...

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'How to Be Happy' and Stop Being Fearful

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 09.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Fear, Einstein, Japanese, Art Buchwald, Beethoven’s Fifth, Woody Allen, Steven Hawking, Accidents, Jewish, Dave Brubeck and Bobby Darrin, Cole Porter, Mack the Knife”, “Take Five’, Schwinn, Shakespeare, Leonardo Da’ Vinci, “Warrior Samurai”, Mark Twain, Mazeltov, Living News
Francesca Biller-Safran

Children are naturally prone to curiosity -- but all too often this is replaced by nurture that cautions against everything that is unknown, leading ultimately to a life ultimately not much worth knowing about at all.

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The Great Divide: Rosh Hashanah My Way

Tina Traster | Posted 09.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Baking, Rosh Hashanah, Marriage, Grandmother, Childhood, Challah, Suburbia, Jewish, Tina Traster, Living News
Tina Traster

The sweet yeasty aroma rising from the blessed creation stimulated my salivary glands and my memory. As I reached toward the loaf to tear off an end my husband tapped my hand as though I were an impetuous child: "No," he said, "You've got to wait for it to cool." I really was back in the kitchen with grandma, being taught the virtue of patience.

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