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Tom Friedman Vs Israel

Jason Maoz writes: Thomas Friedman, the New York Times foreign affairs columnist, proved once again last week that despite his non-stop insistence that he has Israel’s best interests at heart, he relishes nothing more than slinging mud at Israel and … Continue reading

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The Jewish Annotated New Testament

The New York Times reports Nov. 25, 2011: SAN FRANCISCO — Growing up Jewish in North Dartmouth, Mass., Amy-Jill Levine loved Christianity. Her neighborhood “was almost entirely Portuguese and Roman Catholic,” Dr. Levine said last Sunday at her book party … Continue reading

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Las Vegas Jewish Federation

Tom Ficara emails: Hi Luke: Sorry for the delay in getting back to you but we are receiving so much information on Elliot Karp’s bad behavior from his various stops along the Jewish Federation trail that we are simply overwhelmed. … Continue reading

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Make Heather Pink’s Dreams Come True

Click here for her Amazon.com wish list. I met Heather Pink and her boyfriend Andrew Parker in Tampa Bay between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur of 2005. We were at the “Tampa Show”, an informal gathering of Shakespeare scholars. I … Continue reading

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Failed Messiah Profiled

Samuel G. Freedman writes in the New York Times: Leaders of the Chabad movement declined to speak on the record about Mr. Rosenberg, but in general, they say he has exaggerated the degree of messianism in the movement and that … Continue reading

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