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Jewish Liberation From The Ghetto: Excerpt From "Emancipation"

GlobalPost | Michael Goldfarb | Posted 11.13.2009 | Books

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Michael Goldfarb GlobalPost An excerpt from Michael Goldfarb's new book, "Emancipation: How Liberating Europe's Jews from the Ghetto Led to Revolutio...

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The British Supreme Court and the "Jewish Question"

Eric Lurio | Posted 11.12.2009 | World

Read More: Great Britain, Jews, Religion, Greatbritain, Citizenship, Jewish Culture, World News

The "Who is a Jew?" question is a thorny one, which has been bedeviling Israel since it's inception.

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The British Dare to Determine Who Is a Jew

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Citizenship, Jewish Culture, Jews, Britain, Alan Dershowitz, Politics News

The chutzpa of British judges. They are trying to alter the identity requirements of a three-and-half thousand year old faith that is the precursor of Christianity.

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Remembering Kristallnacht in Berlin: The Story of Hans Riess

Stefan Sirucek | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

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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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Hillary Clinton: US Wants Israel To Stop Building West Bank Settlements 'Forever'

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 11.04.2009 | World

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CAIRO — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton defended the U.S. stance toward Israeli settlement building to worried Arab allies on Wednesda...

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Elie Wiesel Appears With End Times Pastor John Hagee, Hagee Trashes Obama

Max Blumenthal | Posted 10.30.2009 | Media

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During an unofficial panel of bloggers and activists at J Street's conference, I criticized Wiesel and Oren for associating with Hagee. Why is Wiesel palling around with Hagee? Why did I "mock" Wiesel?

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Soupy Sales, Rod Serling -- Prophets Who Raised a Generation

Bradley Burston | Posted 10.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jews, Television, Soupy Sales, Haaretz, Entertainment, The Twilight Zone, Music, Comedy, Rod Serling, Minorities, Entertainment News

This was an era when the original Mad Men ruled the collective unconscious, when a gleaming pastel future, and, by extension, a lavishly sterile present, were held up as ideals and goals.

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Writer Eli Tauber Tells Stories Of Jews Saved In Bosnia

GlobalPost | Posted 10.26.2009 | World

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By Nicole Itano SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina -- In 1941, when Sarajevo's Jews were being rounded up and sent to concentration camps, Dr. Muhamed Ku...

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Shabbat Elevator Ruling Reignites Debate Over Lifts

AP | TIA GOLDENBERG, Associated Press Writer | Posted 10.26.2009 | World

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Arabs and Jews Together for Peace

James Zogby | Posted 10.26.2009 | World

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Sunday, representatives of over three dozen Arab American and American Jewish organizations met in Washington to make clear their shared commitment to a comprehensive Middle East peace.

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Israeli Police Raid Temple Mount

AP | MATTI FRIEDMAN | Posted 10.26.2009 | World

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JERUSALEM — Israeli police firing stun grenades faced off Sunday against masked Palestinian protesters hurling stones and plastic chairs outside...

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Ulmer to Jews: I Meant It as a Compliment!

Lauren Weber | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jews, Stereotypes, Demint, South Carolina, Ulmer, Orangeburg Times and Democrat, Jewish People, Politics News

Jim Ulmer may have thought he was praising Jews for their uncanny ability to become rich. But his recent op-ed about Senator Jim DeMint was the kind of compliment that leaves a bad taste.

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Dovish Jews? They Love Israel? Excommunicate Them

Bradley Burston | Posted 10.21.2009 | World

Read More: Zionism, Anti-Semitism, Jews, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Turkey, Israel, Palestine, Bradley Burston, Goldstone, Michael Oren, World News

We don't need them. They'll never see things our way, no matter what. Let them go. It's a new Israeli approach which borrows from the very worst of our aging instincts.

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Glenn Beck Compares Fox News To Jews During Holocaust (AUDIO)

Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

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Leave it to Glenn Beck to take things too far. On his radio show Tuesday Beck drew a rather over-the-top analogy between, of all things, Fox News and ...

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

AP | Posted 10.04.2009 | World

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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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Back to the Future -- The Tension Over Tense

Larry Gellman | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

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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Kaparot: Yom Kippur In Crown Heights (PHOTOS)

Posted 09.28.2009 | New York

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Photographer Matt Rodigheri has been documenting the Orthodox Jewish community in Crown Heights for a year. Kaparot, or "Atonement" is a custom per...

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A "Liberal Jew" Responds to Norman Podhoretz

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

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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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Muammar Gaddafi: Whole World Is Plotting Against The Jews

TIME | Michael Elliott and Romesh Ratnesar Friday, Sep. 25, 2009 | Posted 09.25.2009 | World

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Given your experience in dealing what the United States offered in return for giving up your [nuclear] program, what advice would you give to a countr...

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Irving Kristol's Alliance With Anti-Semites

Max Blumenthal | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

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The story of one of Kristol's most momentous maneuvers, the brokering of a tactical alliance between Jewish neoconservatives and openly anti-Semitic evangelicals, has been omitted from his obituaries.

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Rosh Hashanah Around The World (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Ami Cholia | Posted 09.17.2009 | World

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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Have the Jews Left the Synagogue?

Rabbi Leah and Rabbi Perry Berkowitz | Posted 09.16.2009 | New York

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You can't practice Judaism with your grandfather's heart but must approach these days with a new, fresh, different and vibrant style that speaks to someone who lives and struggles in the 21st Century.

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Norman Podhoretz's Jewish Question

Jonathan Weiler | Posted 11.12.2009 | Media

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It's Podhoretz's larger ethical vision that is most relevant to his incapacity to understand why the vast majority of Jews don't see things the way he does.

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Hamas Leader Denies Holocaust, Objects To UN Plan To Teach Gaza Children About Holocaust

AP | DIAA HADID | Posted 10.16.2009 | World

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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — A Hamas spiritual leader on Monday called teaching Palestinian children about the Nazi murder of 6 million Jews a "war c...

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US Jews protest Catholic document on salvation

AP | RACHEL ZOLL | Posted 09.21.2009 | Home

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NEW YORK — Major Jewish groups and rabbis from the three largest branches of American Judaism said Thursday that their relationship with Roman C...

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