Rethinking the Holocaust
In the New York Review of Books, Timothy Snyder argues that we have misunderstood the Holocaust by placing so much emphasis on Auschwitz. Read more »
Holocaust museum shooter had promising start
The Washington Post has a fascinating portrait of the accused Holocaust museum shooter, James von Brunn. Turns out, his violent anti-Semitism was hardly preordained, and as a young man he appeared to have a promising future. Read more »
Assalamu Alaikum
Newsweek reports on the efforts of Turkish Jews to combat a rising tide of prejudice and reach out to their Muslim neighbors. Read more »
Israeli hotels sign modesty code
You have to wonder what they’ll come up with next. YNet is reporting that some 20 hotels catering to fervently Orthodox vacationers have signed a "modesty code" commiting them to unplug TVs and bloc views of the pool from rooms. Read more »
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Updated 07/06/09 @ 04:04PM EDT
- U.S. Jewish groups are planning a mass push in September to press for Iran sanctions.
- Ehud Barak said progress was made in his meeting with George Mitchell, but there is also "still a way to go."
- An Iranian blogger who claimed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had Jewish ancestors was arrested and detained, an Israeli newspaper reported.
- Israel Aerospace Industries reportedly has taken itself out of contention to sell fighter jets to India following pressure from the Pentagon.
- The World Jewish Congress called on the chief of Formula 1 racing to resign after he praised Hitler for having "gotten things done."
- Groups set major Iran push for September
- Opinion: Israel as a Jewish State
- Olympics hero Lezak finally opts for Maccabiah
- UJC taps Silverman as new executive
- Barak sees progress in Mitchell meeting
- So far, no new settlement building approved by Netanyahu gov’t
- Iranian blogger detained
- Field hockey family affair
- The Chosen: Jewish members in the 111th U.S. Congress
- Jackson kids’ Jewish mother could regain custody
- Guard shot at Holocaust museum dies
- Biden: Israel can decide for itself on Iran
- Canadian politician sues Jewish groups
- In endorsing two states, Netanyahu adopts popular Jewish position
- Some Jewish settlers turning against Israel
- Mass converts pose dilemma for Latin American Jews
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Posted in: Eliezrie on Agri
08/15/08 12:15 PM
fixed -- sorry bout that.
Posted in: Herzfeld v. Lewin, Round 2
08/12/08 01:32 PM
The link has been corrected.
Posted in: Food fodder
07/16/08 12:45 PM
why isn't the issue whether it's OK for journalists to be taken out to lunch by the people they cover?
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