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Happy Birthday Tel Aviv?

Amy York Rubin | Posted 05.11.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Tel Aviv, Jews, Israel Palestine Checkpoints, Gaza, West Bank, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel Gaza, Ramallah, Israel, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, World News, World News
Amy York Rubin

Trying to achieve peace in Israel without addressing the past is akin to trying to find a cure for cancer by treating the symptoms without ever considering why the cancer developed in the first place.

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Passover Tells a Story Familiar to Both Muslims and Jews

Parvez Ahmed | Posted 05.10.2009 | World

Read More: Jews, Islam, Seder, Muslim, Judaism, Passover, World News
Parvez Ahmed

Beneath the headlines that scream conflict are Jewish, Muslim and Christian hearts yearning to build a more hopeful future based on mutual understanding.

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Pharaohs Can't Celebrate Passover

Rabbi Michael Lerner | Posted 05.10.2009 | World

Read More: Jews, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israelites, Passover Seder, Egypt, Palestinians, Hamas, Seder, Moses, Israel, American Jews, Passover 2009, Hebrews, Passover, World News
Rabbi Michael Lerner

Observing Passover, the holiday celebrating the liberation of Jewish slaves from Egypt roughly 3,200 years ago, has become a problem for many Jews this year.

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Passover Facts: 6 Things You Didn't Know About Passover

David Weiner | Posted 06.17.2009 | New York

Read More: Jews, Jewish Holidays, New York-New York, Judaism, Interesting Passover Facts, Passover Seder Haggadah, Passover Traditions, Kathmandu-Nepal, Seder, Kosher Coke, Seder Dinner, Haggadah, Passover Seder, Kosher for Passover, Nepal, Interesting Facts About Passover, Abraham Lincoln, World's Largest Seder, Coca Cola, Passover Facts, Passover, Gefilte Fish, Passover Holiday, Facts About Passover, Fun Passover Facts, Passover Coca Cola, New York News
David Weiner

If you want to impress your Jewish friends with some cool Passover facts, or if you need some good lines to break the ice with at your Seder, this is for you.

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'Blessing Of The Sun:' Jews Perform Sun Ritual For First Time In 28 Years

AP | MARK LAVIE | Posted 05.09.2009 | World

Read More: Religion, Jews, Blessing of the Sun, Jews Sun Ritual, Israel, Passover 2009, Jews Sun Blessing, Passover, Tel Aviv-Israel, World News

JERUSALEM — Devout Jews around the world on Wednesday observed a ritual performed only once every 28 years, saying their morning prayers under t...

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Why We Approach the Durban II 'Anti-Racism' Conference with Trepidation

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Jews, Holocaust, Durban 2, Durban Review Conference, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Foreign Affairs, Anwar Al-Sadat, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, Amnesty International, Iran, Durban Process, Apartheid, Libya, World Conference Against Racism, Bahai, UN Human Rights Council, Africa, Durban, Zionism, Anwar El-Sadat, Durban Ii, Durban 2009, Israel, Zionism Is Racism, Durban Conference, Advocacy, World News
Rabbi Abraham Cooper

Despite cosmetic changes to the Durban conference, there is every reason to believe we are in for yet another hate fest. Let's hope that this farce will not generate new tragedies.

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West Side Story: The Original Spanish Version

Louise Mirrer | Posted 05.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jews, Hispanics, Religion, Musicals, Latinos, Ghettos, Spring, Obama, Rebirth, New York City, Seder, Easter, Catholics, West Side Story, Last Supper, Muslims, Inquisition, Passover, Renewal, Spanish, Entertainment News
Louise Mirrer

The opening of the current hit revival of West Side Story so close to Easter and Passover is a good reminder of the twists and turns of both theatrical and world history.

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Surge in Economic Refugees Will Test Community Resources

Debórah Dwork | Posted 05.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economic Refugees, U.S. Economy, Jews, Unemployment, World War II, Nazis, Economy, Politics News
Debórah Dwork

The U.S. is on the verge of one of the largest "economic" refugee movements since the start of World War II and our nation is woefully unprepared for the fallout.

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A Passover Seder Haggadah Supplement

Rabbi Michael Lerner | Posted 05.04.2009 | World

Read More: Religion, Jews, Network of Spiritual Progressives, Haggadah, Progressive, Tikkun, Hebrew, Jew, Jewish, Judaism, Seder, World News
Rabbi Michael Lerner

For Ethically Sensitive Jews and our non-Jewish allies. (You don't have to be Jewish to create or attend a seder -- or to adopt the approach to spiri...

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Christopher Hitchens and the Killer Jews

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 05.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Jews, Christopher Hitchens, Jewish, Rabbis, Anti-Semitism, Shabbat, Slate, Judiasm, Talmud, Living News
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

To read Hitchens these days is to be transported to an alternate universe where religious Jews are often terrorists inspired by racist Jewish ideology that is fomented by their Rabbis.

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Meat Week

Varu Chilakamarri | Posted 05.02.2009 | Style

Read More: Jews, Vegetarian, Relationships, French Food, Vegan, Indian Food, Impact of Eating Meat, Marriage, Cooking, Jewish, Vegan Living, Food, Eating, Meat, Passover, Barbeque, Style News
Varu Chilakamarri

Most of my male friends took his side. "Let him have his meat!" they cried, as if Meat Week stood for something more in the great power dynamic between men and women.

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J Street Threatens AIPAC Because Of 'Generational Anxiety:' Ezra Klein

The American Prospect | Ezra Klein | Posted 05.01.2009 | World

Read More: Aipac, Jews, J Street, Israel Lobby, Foreign Affairs, Obama AIPAC, The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, J Street Aipac, James Besser, Walt and Mersheimer, Jewish Americans, Israel, Advocacy, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, World News

James Besser asks why the major Jewish groups have responded to J Street with so much more fury and fear than, say, the formation of Americans for Pea...

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The Mideast Conflict in 27 Words or Less

Bradley Burston | Posted 04.30.2009 | World

Read More: World, Arabs, Middle East Conflict, Israel, Cancer, Media, Palestinians, Jewish, Jews, Israel-Palestine, World News
Bradley Burston

There are two sides in the Middle East conflict: Jews and Arabs who want compromise, and Jews and Arabs who want to demonize and eradicate their neighbors.

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Israel 30 Years Later: Searching For Peace With The Next Sadat

Jonathan Peled | Posted 04.26.2009 | World

Read More: Jews, West Bank, Gaza, Israel-Palestine, Foreign Affairs, Anwar Al-Sadat, Arabs, Egypt, Anwar, Anwar El-Sadat, Israel, Menachem Begin, Israel-Palestinian Conflict, Egypt Israel Tensions, Advocacy, World News
Jonathan Peled

Today, Arab leaders interested in committing themselves to peace with Israel must not ignore one of Sadat's most overlooked accomplishments: understanding the need to secure support from the Israeli public.

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Most US Jews Open To Palestinian Unity Gov't That Includes Hamas: Poll

Inter Press Service | Jim Lobe | Posted 04.25.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Jews, Foreign Affairs, Fatah, Hamas, Us Jews, J Street, J-Street, Palestinian Unity Talks, Israel, American Jews, Advocacy, Religion, Inter Press Service, World News

WASHINGTON, Mar 25 (IPS) - Contrary to the views of the likely incoming right-wing government of Israel, most U.S. Jews favour peace negotiations wi...

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Bill Cosby Forgot Mental Illness

Pius Kamau | Posted 04.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Talking-Cure, Jews, Racial Struggles, Psychotherapy, Social Justice, Mental Health, African American Mental Health, Talking Cure, Mental-Health, Bill Cosby, Blacks, Blacks and Jews, Civil Rights, African Americans, Living News
Pius Kamau

Two taboo subjects exist for black Americans: male gay sex and mental illness. The refusal to discuss them has had devastating results.

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An Inconvenient Truth About Iran

Eberhard Kronhausen and Phyllis Kronhausen | Posted 04.25.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Jews, Holocaust, Judaism, Iran Jews, Iran, Israel, Iran Israel, Islamic Republic of Iran, World News
Eberhard Kronhausen and Phyllis Kronhausen

Breaking through this obsession of the Iranian leadership with the destruction of Israel will not be nearly as easy a task as our own "best and brightest" seem to assume.

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Jerusalem Isn't Just for Jews

Hammad Hammad | Posted 04.25.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Islam, Israeli Settlements, Jerusalem, West Bank, Judaism, Christianity, Old City, Israel, East Jerusalem, Jews, Judiasm, World News
Hammad Hammad

Treating Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem as foreigners who entered Israel is astonishing, since it was Israel that entered East Jerusalem in 1967.

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Is God Stupid?

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 04.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Abortion, Single Mothers, Unemployment, God, Imprisonment, Unemployment Rate, The Envirinment, Dropout-Rates, Prayer, Black, Faith, High School Dropouts, Aids, HIV/AIDS Africa, Pope Benedict, Karl Marx, Islam, Jews, Episcopalians, Jesus Christ, Christianity, Green News
Michael Henry Adams

Wouldn't benevolent God be more likely to be like your mother or grandmother, than like most of our fathers? It's not that I am an avowed atheist, no...

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Gaza and "Crimes" of Status

Tom Farer | Posted 04.22.2009 | World

Read More: Gaza Strip, Israel Gaza Operation, Jews, Holocaust, Hitler, Gaza, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Gaza War, Israel, Arab-Israeli Conflict, World News
Tom Farer

Since citizens of Gaza are not free to enter and leave at will, they are in a condition fairly described as detention. To use a harsher but still accurate word, they are "imprisoned."

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German Muslims Show That Fear Of Rising Anti-Semitism Is Misplaced

Huffington Post Contributor | Mehmet Daimaguler | Posted 04.12.2009 | World

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Jews, Turkey, Holocaust, Anti-Semitic, Germany, Israel, Europe, German Muslims, World News

Berlin -- There is fear that anti-Semitism is rising among Europe's Muslims, transforming Europe into the new center of hate against Israel. But Europ...

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Too Expensive and Lonely to be Jewish

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 04.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Synogogue, Jews, Jewish-Day-Schools, Rich Jews, Secularism, Jewish Day Schools, Jews With Money, Cost of Kosher, Keeping Kosher, Kosher, Religion, The Bachelor, Jewish Dating, Shul, Jewish School, Yeshiva University, J-Date, Living News
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

The two most urgent priorities of the American Jewish community are making Jewish life more affordable and fixing the broken Jewish dating scene.

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Iran's Jews Caught Between Words And Reality

The Daily Star | Posted 04.03.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Anti-Semitism, Jews, Iran, Gaza, Jews in Iran, Iranian Jews, Jews of Esfahan, Iran Jews, Iran Jewish Community, World News

At Palestine Square, opposite a mosque called Al-Aqsa, is a synagogue where Jews of Esfahan gather at dawn. Over the entrance is a banner saying: "Con...

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The Hot Illiterate Nazi (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 03.21.2009 | Comedy

Read More: David Cope, The Academy Awards, Jews, Kate Winslet, The Reader Satire, Funny Videos, The Reader Parody, Sara Benincasa, The Reader, The Oscars, Illiterate Nazi, The Illiterate Nazi, Benincasa Reader, Hot Illiterate Nazi, Comedy News

Last minute movie parodies are a staple of the week leading up to the Oscars, but this one's pretty great. The original trailer for "The Reader" m...

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The Woman Who Cried Wolf

Laurence Leamer | Posted 03.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Ma, Anti-Semitism, Jews, Palm Beach, Jewish, Madness Under the Royal Palms, Leamer, Media News
Laurence Leamer

When you write a controversial book that exposes an island of privilege as it has never been exposed before, you can't expect a love fest. But the response to my book has gone far beyond that.

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