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Monthly Archives: November 2008
‘Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California’
Here is the Amazon.com page for the book and here is the website for the author Frances Dinkelspiel. We did this interview a couple of weeks ago via email. I told Frances to only answer the questions she found interesting. … Continue reading
Posted in Author Interviews, California, Jews
Tagged amazon, hall dances, jewish immigrant, teutonic hall, uc berkeley library, wilshire boulevard temple
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Race and Sports
Listen to the whole thing here. Luke: "How do you feel race is covered by sportswriters?" Santa Rose Press Democrat sports columnist Lowell Cohn: "That’s the hardest question you’ve asked me. I know that African-American athletes feel that they are … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism
Tagged african american athletes, bravery, candor, nfl coaches, resentment, rsquo
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Gays Vs. Blacks
According to this thread, some gay protesters against the passage of Proposition 8 have been using the epithet "nigger." Blacks voted overwhelmingly to define marriage as between a man and a woman. Here’s more: (UPDATE Truth Wins Out’s Wayne Besen … Continue reading
Posted in Blacks, Homosexuality
Tagged dan savage, gay protesters, kathryn kolbert, marriage equality, truth wins out, wayne besen
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American Jewish University’s Celebration Of Jewish Books Festival
Sunday 9 a.m. I step outside and call my friend who’s supposed to be picking me up now. I leave a message. A minute later, he calls me back. "Your call just woke me up. Let me jump in the … Continue reading
Posted in AJU
Tagged alice walker, jewish university, lifelong democrat, oy ve, sharon waxman, vincent bugliosi
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