The Jewish actors: Larry Blyden
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Blyden Blyden hosted “What’s My Line?”
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Willie, Dylan and “standards”
Amazon Prime streaming brought me Bob Dylan’s latest songbook, Fallen Angels. I flashed immediately to 1978 and Willie Nelson’s Stardust. I don’t know if Willie’s was the first cross-over standards treatment, but it was my first. Willie and Dylan (funny how I think of them, firstName, lastName) both come from the tortured-not-pretty-voice side of musical
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Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsHarry Belafonte continues fighting injustice
Consultation on Conscience focuses on civil rights and nonviolence Rabbi Bennett Miller, left, of Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple continues the discussion with Harry Belafonte after the program as Rabbi Philip Bazeley looks on. Keynote speaker at the Gertrude and Milton Kleinman Consultation on Conscience Harry Belafonte, seated right, is joined by Rabbi Bennett Miller. From
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USABeyoncé fresses on $3,500 of Jewish deli food in Toronto
Beyoncé likes her smoked meat. How do we know this? Because she reportedly ordered a whopping $3,500 worth of it the other night from Caplansky’s Deli in Toronto. The musical superstar must have worked up a major appetite after her two-hour performance at Rogers Stadium Wednesday to make her crave Toronto’s best Jewish comfort food.
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InternationalTrump blasts judge in civil case; pours scorn on media
Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO – Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump on Friday, May 27, lashed out at a San Diego federal judge presiding over a civil suit in which Trump is a defendant, and also heaped scorn upon the news media, particularly representatives of the New York Times
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Donald H. Harrison, Shor M. Masori, USALebanese paper: Hezbollah is digging into Israel
In an article published on Wednesday for the 16th anniversary of Israel’s withdrawal from southern Lebanon, the Lebanese paper Al-Safir detailed the deployment of the Hezbollah terrorist organization on the border – and revealed the Iran-proxy is digging tunnels into Israel. The article, which was translated and exposed by MEMRI (Middle East Media Research Institute),
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Middle EastZOA ‘appalled’ by Sanders’ Dem. platform choices
NEW YORK (Press Release)–The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is appalled by the fact that Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (D–VT) has chosen for his slate of five delegates to the 15-person Democratic Party Platform drafting committee, three figures who are well known hostile critics and even relentless haters of Israel: the academic Cornel
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Middle East, USACOP condemns WHO’s anti- Israel stance
NEW YORK (Press Release)– The leadership of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations (COP) on Friday, May 27, denounced the World Health Organization adoption of a one sided resolution which falsely accuses Israel of actions which prevent proper medical care for Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza. The resolution was based
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International, Middle East, USACIJE winners: Playing children can recharge cellphones
NEW YORK (Press Release)– Nearly 800 students from more than 40 Jewish day schools nationwide presented year-end capstone projects last week, exhibiting their engineering and problem solving skills as part of the CIJE-Tech High School Engineering Program. CIJE Tech Young Engineers conferences were held recently in the 5 Towns, New York, Los Angeles and Southern Florida.
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAJerusalem fire update: immediate danger has passed
By Ken Segel JERUSALEM — I was in Jerusalem on Thursday, May 26, when the fire there raged through numerous communities. A day later, the Jerusalem forest that was ablaze in flames is still smoldering in places, but the immediate danger has passed. Thankfully no one was injured. 10 homes were damaged but not destroyed. More
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Middle EastJewish criticism of Israel is healthy
By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — An old joke has it that when a rabbi who knew both countries was asked to describe the difference between Israel and America, he said: “In Israel they give me advice and ask me for money; in America they give me money and ask for advice.” It was an
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International, Middle East, USAThe trial that may have influenced the Bard
A Second Daniel; A Tudor Intrigue by Neal Roberts; Booktrope, Seattle By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — I was drawn to the title of this book which appeared on a list of books that could be downloaded, and seized the opportunity to read it on my Kindle as I recognized the quote from The
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorothea Shefer-VansonMiddle East Roundup: May 27, 2016
Israel intercepts Gaza-bound supplies for weapons manufacturing (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israeli security forces thwarted the smuggling of a Gaza-bound shipment of supplies used in projectile manufacturing, the Israeli Defense Ministry said Thursday. The shipment, intended for the Hamas terror group, was supposed to be smuggled into Gaza through the Kerem Shalom crossing. It was
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Middle EastConservative rabbis debate proposed reforms
By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — Since I was ordained in 1980, the Jewish community and its institutions have been going through a period of significant change and restructuring. Rabbis and Rabbinical organizations have not been insulated from these transformations. This week I attended the International Rabbinical Assembly Convention in New York City. I
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