Archive for the ‘Jews’ Category
Time to rethink how we relate to Christians
Jews are known for their intellect, and for legitimate reasons.
January 25, 2012
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Russian Jews Organize Against Iran
Alexander Levin is launching a group to represent Russian Jews worldwide.
January 25, 2012
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Two Jews On The Grey – Video
24-01-2012 17:25 Movie Review – The Grey By Joan Alperin Schwartz It takes a lot for a film to truly scare me.
January 25, 2012
Tags: a-lot-for, a-work-site, audience-least, death-or-die, demon-possessed, heartbroken, masked-maniacs, movie, movie-review-, preying-on-hot, survivors-must, territory, their-territory, very-realistic Posted in: Jews Comments Closed
Russian Holocaust Memorial Removes Mention of Jewish Victims
A total of 15,000 to 16,000 Jews were killed by the Nazis in Rostov-on-Don between August 1942 to February 1943.
January 24, 2012
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Jews at the Oscars, Shatner’s Priceline demise, Rogen and Miller’s tzedakah
The 2012 Academy Award nominations came out and it seems like Billy Crystal will be hosting a big ol' Jewish party, providing traction to those who advance the canard that Jews do indeed control Hollywood.
January 24, 2012
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Josh Fleet: The J-Word: Why Jesus Is Taboo in Polite Jewish Conversation
Though we may not admit it, Jews are fascinated by Jesus. Some are now reclaiming him as a devoutly Jewish sage.
January 24, 2012
Tags: a-couple-generations, are-fascinated, couple-generations, cultural-acceptance-, jesus-some, Jewish, may-not, old-wounds Posted in: Jews Comments Closed
Police: Extremist Jews throw stones at woman putting up posters in tense Israeli city
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police say a group of ultra-Orthodox extremists have attacked a woman who was putting up posters in a troubled town near Jerusalem.
January 24, 2012
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Israeli Police: Extremist Jews Attack Woman
Police: Extremist Jews throw stones at woman putting up posters in tense Israeli city
January 24, 2012
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Russian Holocaust site omits Jews
24 January 2012 Last updated at 08:13 ET A row has erupted in Russia over the replacement of a Holocaust memorial plaque in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don which named Jews as victims. In August 1942 Nazi German troops murdered at least 27,000 people at Zmiyevskaya Balka, regarded as the worst Holocaust atrocity in Russia. More than half the victims were Jews, the Russian Jewish Congress (RJC) says.
January 24, 2012
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Raising a Glass to America
A new book examines the role Jewish immigrants played in opposing Prohibition. Does it say more about Jews or about the broader American culture in which they found themselves?
January 24, 2012
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Two Jews On We Need To Talk About Kevin – Video
19-01-2012 17:36 ‘We Need To Talk About Kevin’ – Film Review By Joan Alperin Schwartz What would you do if you suspected that your six year old son was an evil sociopath?
January 23, 2012
Tags: a-full-blown, a-rage-filled, actors, child, color, does-absolutely, intensely, jasper-newell, kevin, khatchadourian, life, lionel-shriver, tilda-swinton, until-the-day Posted in: Jews Comments Closed
American Jews Slam Dutch Tolerance
When Amsterdam?s chief rabbi insisted last week ??that homosexuality was an ?illness? that could be cured, declaring his view as a ?religious truth? (as if there were such a thing), the city?s Orthodox Jewish community removed him from his duties while they reviewed the situation.
January 23, 2012
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'The Jews of Luthertown Wittenberg', City Hall in Your Neighborhood and College basketball
The Addams Famioly at the PAC
January 23, 2012
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What To Do?
The new exhibit at the Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art, 'The Jews of Luthertown Wittenberg,' documents the lives of 70 Jews during the Nazi era living in the German city of Wittenberg – the place …
January 23, 2012
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Jewish voters to play key role in Florida's Republican primary
The state's nearly 640,000 Jews are just 3.4 percent of Florida's population. But because they vote in extraordinarily high numbers, they are 6 to 8 percent of Florida's turnout, says Ira Sheskin, of the University of Miami's Jewish Demography Project.
January 23, 2012
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Muslim Cleric Probed for Incitement Against Jews
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered Israel’s attorney general to open an investigation into Jerusalem’s top Muslim cleric, who called for killing Jews.
January 22, 2012
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Israeli leader condemns Palestinian Muslim cleric
The Palestinians' top Muslim cleric faced sharp Israeli criticism Sunday for a speech in which he quoted a religious text that includes passages about killing Jews in an end-of-days struggle.
January 22, 2012
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Remembering Polish citizens who rescued Jews during WWII
A major photo exhibit at Nazareth College will pay tribute to those in Poland who helped the Jews.
January 22, 2012
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‘Ethiopian price tag’ attacks outrage Israel’s Ethiopian Jews in Kiryat Malakhi – Racism condemned – Video
19-01-2012 07:01 Thousands of Ethiopians protested in the streets of Jerusalem against discrimination after a recent report in Israeli media that more than 100 families in Kiryat Malakhi had agreed not to sell or rent real estate to Ethiopian Jews. Hate graffiti with the words “Ethiopian price tag” — a reference to right-wing attacks against Palestinians — was spray-painted on walls and vehicles in the town.
January 20, 2012
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Germany marks 70 years since Wannsee Conference
The German president has marked the 70th anniversary of a conference in which plans were coordinated for the genocide of European Jews with the message that Germany must never forget its responsibility for the Holocaust.
January 20, 2012
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After attacks on Jews in N.J., extra security — and anxiety
As Jews in some northern New Jersey communities made their way to synagogue last Shabbat, the scene was slightly different from the typical day of rest.
January 19, 2012
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Two studies say up to 6.6 million Jews in U.S.
More than 6 million Jews are living in the United States, according to two independent studies. The two studies, using completely different methodologies, discovered between 6.4 million and 6.6 million U.S
January 19, 2012
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Egyptian Cleric Calls for the Extermination of Jews
Salafi televangelist Hazem Shuman says the Jews are a cancer
January 19, 2012
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VIDEO: Protest against discrimination of Ethiopian Jews
Thousands of Israelis have taken to the streets of Jerusalem, in protest against what they say is discrimination against Jews of Ethiopian origin.
January 19, 2012
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Ultra-Orthodox Jews and the Modesty Fight
Jewish law holds men responsible for controlling their licentious thoughts about women.
January 19, 2012
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