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60 Minutes Exposes Turkey's Oppression of Minority Rights
Harut Sassounian | Posted 12.23.2009 | World
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CBS' 60 Minutes recently featured a devastating exposé on the violation of Greek minorities' rights in Turkey. This may be the first time that a major American TV network broadcast such coverage.
Montazeri's Limited Tolerance of Non-Muslims
Jamsheed K. Choksy | Posted 12.21.2009 | World
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Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri's opinion was characterized by one Iranian Christian clergyman as "rubbing salt into our wounds."
Being Anti-Israel and Anti-Zionist Is the "New Anti-Semitism"
Sharmine Narwani | Posted 12.16.2009 | World
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I get pretty irritated hearing false cries of anti-Semitism against anyone who criticizes Israel, its human rights crimes, or its settler movement.
Responding to Hitchens on Chanukah
Rabbi Michael Lerner | Posted 12.15.2009 | Politics
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The story of Chanukah is a story of resilience and courage. Unfortunately for some, it is also a story of rejecting Western values. This is why that belief is not correct.
Obama Gives Hanukkah Wishes in Hebrew; Birthers Now Claim He Was Born in Israel
Andy Borowitz | Posted 12.11.2009 | Comedy
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Orly Taitz, a leading Birther spokesperson, said today that she had in her possession a birth certificate for Mr. Obama that was issued in Tel Aviv.
Least-Known Jewish Miracles
Mark C. Miller | Posted 12.10.2009 | Comedy
Almost everyone is familiar with the story of the miracle of Chanukah. So much emphasis is given to the miracle of Chanukah, however, that we understandably lose sight of the multitude of other miracles.
Jewish Voices of Color Must be Heard
David A. Love | Posted 12.09.2009 | World
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As we enter this holiday season, Jews around the world will celebrate Hanukah. The Jewish community is a diverse one, a multicultural and multiracial assemblage, by no means monolithic, representing millions of people throughout the world.
Hipsters, Hasidic Jews Fight Over Bike Lanes In Williamsburg
Posted 12.09.2009 | New York
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The war over Williamsburg has taken yet another turn. In response to last week's removal of bike lanes in the traditionally Hasidic neighborhood in...
The Talented Miss Highsmith: The Worst Person Who Ever Lived Makes for a Great Biography
Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 12.07.2009 | Books
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She drank a quart of gin a day. She considered robbery worse than murder. No wonder Joan Schenkar begins The Talented Miss Highsmith: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith like this: "She wasn't nice."
Welcome To The Tribe, Little Man
Meredith Lopez | Posted 12.02.2009 | Living
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Suddenly, my Reformed upbringing and eight-week study abroad program in Israel seem puny compared to her full-on, by-the-books, hardcore Orthodox ways.
Palin Issues Thankfulnesses List
Andy Borowitz | Posted 11.25.2009 | Comedy
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"I have thankfulness that we live in a country where we have the freedom to speak, even though Todd has never done so actually."
Peace In Arabic
David Suissa | Posted 11.20.2009 | World
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His words didn't smell like propaganda or activism. He spoke for moderate Palestinians like himself, and he spoke from his heart, not from talking points.
Caveat Emptor: Jewish America's West Bank Sell-Out
David Kaufman | Posted 11.18.2009 | World
Just as mainstream American Jewry cried foul during the darkest days of Israel's 1982 Lebanon war, they must begin to do so once again with regards to American Jewish settlers in the West Bank.
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...
The British Supreme Court and the "Jewish Question"
Eric Lurio | Posted 11.12.2009 | World
The "Who is a Jew?" question is a thorny one, which has been bedeviling Israel since it's inception.
The British Dare to Determine Who Is a Jew
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics
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.
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."
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...
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?
Soupy Sales, Rod Serling -- Prophets Who Raised a Generation
Bradley Burston | Posted 10.28.2009 | Entertainment
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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.
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...
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.
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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