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‘Obama’s grandmother receives death threats from al-Qaida’ [VIDEO]
Jewish Journal
May 12, 2011
U.S. President Barack Obama\’s grandmother has received death threats from the African branch of al-Qaida, prompting stepped up security around her home in Kenya, ABC News reported on Thursday.
VIDEO: Rachel Somekh teaches two classic Iraqi Jewish recipes — potato chops and cigars
Jewish Journal
June 8, 2008
Rachel Somekh teaches two classic Iraqi appetizers, potato chops and cigars
Grandma’s Secret
Andrew Wallenstein
April 8, 2004
The evening was billed as, \”A Journey Along the Cradle of Muslim Civilizations: Based on the Eleventh Century Travels of Nasir Khusraw.\” It was presented by His Highness Prince Aga Khan Shia Imami Ismaili Council for Western United States. Since Sept. 11, we have all been pursuing a continuing education in Islam, but this name, Ismaili, was new to me. The woman who extended the invitation, Dr. Nur Amersi, the council\’s communications chair, explained that the Ismaili are a small sect within the Shi\’a denomination of Islam.
Like Grandmother,Like Granddaughter
Gaby Wenig
August 8, 2002
\”I really didn\’t want to do it\” said Chiara Greene, 16, of her bat mitzvah. \”When I was 12, it really did not seem that important to me. I was not religion oriented, and I didn\’t want to do something that I didn\’t completely understand.\”
Those were not words that Chiara\’s father, Richard Greene, wanted to hear. \”I kept telling her you are Jewish, you are my daughter, and I want you to have this experience,\” he said.
Not Your Grandmother’s Macaroons
Michael Aushenker
March 14, 2002
You knew this was bound to happen.\n\nJust this past Purim, The Journal reported about how hamantashen were becoming a hot food delicacy outside of Jewish circles. Now, two enterprising Los Angeles-area women are bent on doing the same for yet another holiday dessert staple — the macaroon.
‘Big Bad’ Debra
Naomi Pfefferman
March 7, 2002
In a sunny hotel room overlooking the Pacific, Debra Winger is telling Jewish tales as big and bad as \”Big Bad Love,\” her first film since abruptly quitting show business seven years ago. Her turquoise eyes well up and her raspy voice breaks as she breathlessly describes attending Manhattan\’s Congregation B\’nai Jeshurun a couple of days before her son, Noah, became bat mitzvah in 2000. \”It was the first time I was ever called to the Torah,\” says Winger, who wasn\’t allowed to have a bar mitzvah growing up in the Valley. \”My Orthodox grandmother wouldn\’t hear of a girl on the bimah.\”
Taking Over the Waiting Room
Linda Feldman
August 14, 1997
My mother called to give me an update on my aunt Ruthie\’s condition. She had a cancer-spotted kidney removed a few days ago,and the family Jew-Ex was hot with medical reports. My mother, whose curse it was to be the firstborn, was cursed a second time by havinga daughter who she used to liken to her sister Ruth whenever I stepped out of line — which was often, according to my mother.Ruthie\’s curse was to be born two years after my mother and to neverhave had a daughter.
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