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English Iranian Press sites continue to find that the word “annihilation” comes in awfully handy …
Here , courtesy of the ever-watchful Elder of Ziyon. Read More »
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פגישת ראש הממשלה עם יונתן ויינברגר
רה”מ בנימין נתניהו נפגש היום בכנסת עם יונתן ויינברגר, המועסק כשליח מסייע של משמר הכנסת. יהונתן קרוי על שם יוני נתניהו ז”ל ועוקב זה זמן רב אחר פועלו של רה”מ. נתניהו התרגש לפגוש את ויינברגר והעניק לו תמונה עם הקדשה אישית. Read More » -
Austrian Jewry gets new leader
VIENNA – With Oscar German slated to be elected president of Austria’s Jewish community on Wednesday evening, a new generation wants to take over the reins. … Read More »Automatically translated from German »
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The Woodman on Radio Days
The better-than-you’d-think-it’d-be American Masters two-part documentary on Woody Allen that premiered on PBS last November portrayed a Woody gone not a little bit soft. Read More »
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One sees so many different types of people at the Kotel. The tourists are from almost everywhere …
One sees so many different types of people at the Kotel. The tourists are from almost everywhere speaking a whole array of languages. No less heterogenic are all the Israelis. Some are there for the first time in their life for a relative’s Bar Mitzvah celebration. Others come as part of a field trip. Read More »
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Meeting the Master: Winslow Homer
We’re kind of getting into a comfortable rhythm with our Meet the Masters art program. We do things usually in two stages: First, we watch the slideshow while I read the script. This is a great, thorough introduction to the artist along with some simple notes on style or technique. Read More » -
Woody Allen was at 92Y last night, with Dick Cavett and Annette…
Woody Allen was at 92Y last night , with Dick Cavett and Annette Insdorf. Insdorf interviewed Woody Allen before a screening of Radio Days , Mr. Allen’s classic depiction of the heyday of live radio. It was the “Funniest, warmest event in some time,” wrote Kenny Herzog . We also learned that Mr. Read More » -
Drawing in Gemara class: fighting the impulse [Humor]
Can you kick the doodling habit? | Photo by Flickr user everything.in.blue (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) I have a confession to make: My name is Arielle Wasserman and I am a doodler. It’s shameful, I know. Read More » -
Matisyahu sings ‘One Day’ with boy fighting cancer
Let’s put the Matisyahu beard saga aside for just a moment. The hasidic performer made headlines this week by granting a wish to a sweet little boy named Luke Weber. Luke, who is currently fighting cancer, went up on stage at the Tarrytown Music Hall in New York and performed the song “One Day” together with Matisyahu. And he rocked it. Read More » -
Repair Interview: Joelle Berman Talks Food Justice and CSAs
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs – which give people the opportunity to pay in advance to receive a season’s worth of produce directly from a local farmer – have skyrocketed in popularity over the last decade. And it’s no wonder why. Read More »
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Jacobs – Echoes of Hitler’s Mufti
Charles Jacobs ..Palestinian Media Watch..PMW the Media..20 February ’12.. “The Hour [of Resurrection] will not come until you fight the Jews,” the grand mufti of Jerusalem told the crowd. “The Jew will hide behind stones or trees. Then the stones or trees will call: ‘Oh Muslim, servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him. Read More »
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Warning From the Holding Company
In my latest for Souciant , I look at the ratcheting up of joint Israeli-AIPAC efforts to press the US into attacking Iran on Israel’s behalf. The pressure is intense, coming from multiple directions, and we US citizens are just letting it happen. Read More »
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New exhibitions at the Museum TIKOTIN
Museum of Japanese Art in Haifa were conducted, these three new exhibitions: an exhibition of bamboo baskets for flower arrangements, an exhibition of Japanese fans and exhibition of ancient samurai swords. Haifa public is invited! Museum of Japanese Art Boulevard, President 89, Haifa. 04-8383554 http://www.hms.org. Read More »Automatically translated from Hebrew »
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Finding Inspiration in Shared Values
Every week I take the same spin through the grocery store. Run past the deli counter, grateful that I don’t have to stop and stand in the seemingly endless line to buy the Empire roast turkey for school lunches. (I love my kids, I just hated waiting in the deli line and am glad that portion of my life is in the past. Read More »
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Casspi acclimating to life as a Cavalier
After a rough start to his current NBA season, Omri Casspi says he is still trying to find his way in the Cleveland Cavaliers Read More » -
My Most Memorable Purim
My most memorable Purim is a scary scene. Me with about 60 quarts of soup and 24 pounds of challah dough, crying like a baby at 2AM. Let me explain. When we moved to Monsey 5 years ago I really wanted to make a splash that first Purim. Read More » -
A Rant About Irresponsible Parents
listen to ‘A Rant About Irresponsible Parents’ on Audioboo Related posts: The Best Way To Blog Is…Your Way When I AM King Of The World…. Three Things You Can Do To Improve Your Writing Related posts: The Best Way To Blog Is…Your Way When I AM King Of The World…. Read More »
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Dialogue
Today in Tablet Magazine, Matthew Kaminski talks with Yale historian Timothy Snyder, a longtime friend of the late intellectual Tony Judt, about Thinking the Twentieth Century , the book they began collaborating on in 2009, after Judt was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease, and worked on until just a few weeks before Judt’s August 2010 death. Read More »
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The Bachelor – Hometown Dates Recap
Kacie B. We are hitting the home stretch and as it is every season around this time, I am reaching my breaking point. I love this show so much that I can’t stand that it’s almost over. By love it of course I mean it is total crap and I am counting down the minutes until it is finally over. We start with Lindzi at her parent’s horse farm in Florida. Read More » - Load More
