By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Gideon Levy is arguably the most radical journalist writing in a mainstream newspaper in Israel. Despite my subversive leanings I find it difficult to take most of his Ha’aretz columns. But I’d like to make an exception for the piece he wrote in his paper on November 20. It’s […]
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Middle East, USAAdan Yauch Park, in Brooklyn Heights, was named after the member of the Beastie Boys, the famous hip-hop rock group whose three members were all Jewish. Yauch was the founder of the group and passed away four years ago. The park was vandalized in the last few days with swastikas and graffiti that read “Go
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USAOn Saturday morning, a national online debate began about a Friday night performance of “Hamilton” attended by Vice President-elect Mike Pence. After Pence had been booed by some of the crowd, a cast-member spoke to Pence as he left the theater during the curtain call. “Vice President-elect Pence, we welcome you, and we truly thank
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAThe Rhodes Trust on Saturday released a list of 32 students chosen to represent the United States as Rhodes Scholars for 2017. The Rhodes Scholarships, referred to as “the oldest and best known award for international study, and arguably the most famous academic award available to American college graduates,” by the American Secretary of the
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAThe meeting between former foes President-elect Donald Trump and 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney opened with glad-handing and ended with words of optimism. Mr. Romney emerged from the one-hour meeting at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, saying they had “a very thorough and in-depth discussion.” “We had a far reaching conversation with
President-elect Donald Trump says New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is “totally innocent” in the Deflategate scandal. Trump’s comments, shared in a video clip by TMZ Sports, aired Friday night on FOX News in a one-hour special called “OBJECTified: Donald Trump.” The special was filmed on Sept. 15 at the then-presidential candidate’s home. “He’s a
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Sports & Competitions, USAWhen Donald Trump’s transition team announced on Friday that Rep. Mike Pompeo of Kansas would be the new head of the Central Intelligence Agency, tech site ArsTechnica reported: Pompeo has taken a particularly hard-line stance on how to treat NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. After Snowden’s allies began a campaign to get him pardoned, the entire
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USAEarly one morning, a few weeks after his fifth birthday, George Takei’s parents woke him. They were hurried, packing quickly, and Takei looked out the window. He saw two soldiers marching up his East Los Angeles driveway, carrying rifles with bayonets. The solders stomped up the front porch and banged on the door until Takei’s
During a ceremony in Washington, DC this Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Interior announced it was canceling 15 energy exploration leases on land that is sacred to Native Americans. The Badger-Two Medicine area is an expanse of wilderness stretching along the Montana mountain line that is home to the Blackfeet people. For the last 10,000
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USASharon Jones, the incendiary soul singer who propelled to stardom at an age when most musicians had either hit the big time or accepted the club circuit, has died. The artist’s albums with her backing band the Dap-Kings paved the way for a soul renaissance that influenced singers including Amy Winehouse and Adele. Jones’ death
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorials, USAMost Democratic lawmakers returned to Washington this week in a state of mourning, still reeling from the gut punch they took in last week’s election. One delegation of Democrats, however, had reason for a (restrained) victory lap. In a quiet corner of Capitol Hill Monday afternoon, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid declared himself “elated” at
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USANotwithstanding a resounding Election Day defeat in his U.S. Senate bid, former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke appears optimistic about the future of the United States following President-elect Donald Trump’s appointment this week Steve Bannon, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn and Sen. Jeff Sessions, Alabama Republican, to roles in his administration. Mr. Duke, the
CHICAGO — After attending funerals for slain teenagers, Rep. Danny Davis, D-Ill., always knew there was a possibility that someone close to him could get hurt from gun violence. “It is so unfortunate when these tragedies continue to occur and reoccur and somehow or another our society has not been able to find and exact
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USAThe hit television show” Law & Order SVU” is a national favorite, as the New York City squad investigates sexually based crimes, murders, suicides and assaults. While the show is purely fictional, art is know imitating life. It is being reported that an actress from the show has been found dead. According to Huffington Post,
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