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The Unbearable Lightness Of Larry King
Jason Maoz writes for the Jewish Press: Larry King will host his last edition of “Larry King Live” on CNN next week, and the Monitor can only say Good Riddance. King built a reputation and made a fortune as the … Continue reading
Posted in Israel
Tagged bill maher, frank sinatra, good riddance, king jason, larry king live, maoz
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Israeli Film Wins Top Prize At Venice
VENICE (Reuters) – Hard-hitting Israeli war movie "Lebanon" won the Golden Lion for best picture at the Venice film festival on Saturday. Director Samuel Maoz shot almost the entire drama, featuring graphic and disturbing scenes of violence, from inside a … Continue reading
Posted in Israel
Tagged golden lion, israeli film, israeli war, maoz, venice film festival, war movie
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In Praise Of George Will
Jason Maoz writes in The Jewish Press: If George F. Will comes across to some as a starchy combination of ministerial and professorial, he can blame it on his genes: The longtime columnist is, after all, the grandson of a … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Jason Maoz, Politics
Tagged carter administration, intransigence, jewish press, lutheran minister, maoz, philosophy professor
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Israel’s New York Times
Jason Maoz — the most underrated writer in the Jewish media — writes for The Jewish Press: It takes a time like this for the full fury of Israel’s leftists to erupt in the face of their own country and … Continue reading
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Tagged ed pieces, haaretz, jewish media, jewish press, maoz, representative sampling
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Anti-Israel Columnist Charley Reese
Jason Maoz writes: Submitted for your amusement, a tale of two columnists, as different as it is humanly possible to be in their view of the Middle East. First, four quotes from the columnist who is second to … Continue reading
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Tagged columnist charley reese, criminal organization, maoz, palestine liberation organization, state of israel, western democracy
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You Are Not Jewish II
From the May 5 Haaretz: Asher Maoz writes: These are painful statements, but they must be said loud and clear: Two peoples live in this land, both Jewish – they and we. They are the ultra-Orthodox, who see themselves as … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion, Orthodoxy
Tagged asher, conscience, emissaries, family trees, goodwill, haaretz, hush money, investigative committee, jewish state, Judaism, laws of moses, maoz, men and women, one people, status quo, two peoples, whims, willingness, yeshivas, young men
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Sleaze, Equivalence, Bias
Jason Maoz writes for The Jewish Press: Sleaze, Equivalence, Bias (Pictured: Notorious 1982 New York Post headline. Twenty-six years later, the Post, with the exception of its pro-Israel editorial page, is still sleazy.) A few observations on media coverage of … Continue reading
Posted in The Jewish Press
Tagged bomb blast, call girl, clinton campaign, governor of new york, jewish press, Los Angeles Times, maoz, mercaz harav, moral equivalence, mystery woman, new york post, political coverage, private eye, public knowledge, recruiting station, requisite photo, skirmishes, sleaze, sound decision, worst terrorist attack
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