Chanukah: The Twitter holiday?
David Suissa
December 10, 2014
Chanukah is both the most powerful and most precarious of Jewish holidays.
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Sony CEO ordered ‘The Interview’ toned down, Rogen objected
Jewish Journal
December 10, 2014
Sony Corp. Chief Executive Kazuo Hirai ordered the film \”The Interview\” to be toned down after Pyongyang denounced it for depicting the assassination of North Korea\’s leader, according to emails apparently stolen from Sony\’s Hollywood studio.
U.S. under fire over Senate’s report on CIA torture
Jewish Journal
December 10, 2014
The United States on Wednesday faced criticism from the United Nations as well as governments that Washington often reprimands for human rights violations over a Senate report on CIA torture techniques in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks.
Malala, Satyarthi receive their Nobel Prizes for child campaigns
Jewish Journal
December 10, 2014
Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai, shot by the Taliban for refusing to quit school, and Indian activist Kailash Satyarthi received their Nobel Peace Prizes on Wednesday after two days of celebration honoring their work for children\’s rights.
Jewish lawmakers decry torture practices, welcome report
Jewish Journal
December 10, 2014
Jewish lawmakers and anti-torture umbrella groups with Jewish affiliates expressed dismay at revelations of U.S. torture practices.
The life in Israel exchange, part 3: Raising your kids where being Jewish is normal
Shmuel Rosner
December 10, 2014
Finding solutions to reducing teen stress
Avishay Artsy
December 9, 2014
Every weekday at around 6:30 a.m., Henry Muhlheim hits the snooze button a few times before getting up and driving from Hancock Park to Harvard-Westlake School, one of the country’s top private high schools.
Kirk Douglas, a poet at 98, gets personal
Tom Tugend
December 9, 2014
Kirk Douglas, born Issur Danielovitch, the son of an immigrant Russian-Jewish ragpicker, marked his 98th birthday on Dec. 9 by launching his 11th book.
Irish government to accept motion to recognize Palestinian state
Jewish Journal
December 9, 2014
The Irish government will accept a motion to be proposed by the opposition on Tuesday calling on parliament to recognize Palestine as a state, echoing similar recent symbolic decisions in other European Union countries.
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