Archive for November, 2007

Students celebrate Jewish life with Hillel - Bowdoin Orient

Students celebrate Jewish life with HillelBowdoin Orient, ME -2 hours ago… Bowdoin has come a long way since the establishment of the Bowdoin Jewish Organization, a small student group at the College dating back to the 1960s. …

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Focus on Israeli films - Washington Times

Focus on Israeli filmsWashington Times, DC -5 hours agoIt's the 60th anniversary of the state of Israel's existence, and to honor the event, almost half of the films at this year's Washington Jewish Film …

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Quirky as They Come - Jewish Exponent

Jewish Exponent

Quirky as They ComeJewish Exponent, PA -16 hours agoThe only truly outright Jewish title on the list is Gershom Scholem's Walter Benjamin: The Story of a Friendship, though this is a personal tale and more …

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Colonising a metaphor - Al-Ahram Weekly

Colonising a metaphorAl-Ahram Weekly, Egypt -8 hours agoJews, of course, stick with the basic OT texts, insisting they alone prove their role as God's Chosen People and their right to create a Jewish state, …

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Anti-Semitic Church Drops Nazi Symbols - The Associated Press

Anti-Semitic Church Drops Nazi SymbolsThe Associated Press -15 hours ago"Not dating someone doesn't mean hating them," Williams said. "The only people we hate are people who hate Christ." The group describes Jews as "enemies of …

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In search of . . . Chanukah gelt - The Jewish Journal of greater L.A

The Jewish Journal of greater L.A

In search of . . . Chanukah geltThe Jewish Journal of greater L.A, CA -13 hours agoOn my block, there were only two non-Jewish families, and that was probably indicative of the entire neighborhood, where Christmas was the exception, …

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Battle over widow who left £10m to her favourite Chinese restaurant - Times Online

Battle over widow who left £10m to her favourite Chinese restaurantTimes Online, UK -11 hours agoThe judge was shown a photograph album dating back to the late 1960s to counter any suggestion that the Man family did not “arrive on the scene” until the …

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Three most recent discussions - Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)

Three most recent discussionsChronicle of Higher Education (subscription) -3 hours agoTen years ago, my childless Orthodox uncle came up to me and said, "I hear you're dating a Jewish girl." When I replied in the affirmative, he added, …

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Brothers of Invention? - FrontPage magazine.com

Brothers of Invention?FrontPage magazine.com, CA -2 hours agoThese accusations included the claims that Sa‘d had advised Arghun to cut down trees in Baghdad (dating from the days of the conquered Muslim Abbasid …

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LATEST REVIEWS - LA City Beat

LATEST REVIEWSLA City Beat, CA -9 hours agoKatzir was raised in an environment in which Yiddish was looked down upon as a reminder of the tragic past and of a Jewish identity that was antithetical to …

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