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August 24, 2006

Janglo and Taanglo: Israel’s English-Speakers Find a Link

When Devora Kidorf wanted to help a family of four from northern Israel displaced by Israel\’s battling with Hezbollah, she knew where to turn. Having hosted the family for a night but needing to make room for relatives from abroad, the English teacher and mother of seven posted an urgent message on Janglo — the ultimate online networking service for English-speaking (\”Anglos\”) in Jerusalem — seeking accommodations for the family she had just met.

Nourish Your Soul With a Helping of Jewish Learning

Many Reform Jews express their connection with the divine through social action and tikkun olam, fixing God\’s world. While all of these are also part of my own life as a Jew, it is study that nourishes my rationalist-traditionalist soul and links me to another realm.

Make An Oyful Noise

OySongs.com is the first music download site dedicated exclusively to Jewish music and, with the Web site about a month old, its founder, Joe Eglash, is still breathless from excitement.

High Holiday Invite Continues the Passion of Mel

Mel Gibson has easily disposed of his legal problems, but whether, when and how he will personally appear before a Jewish audience is very much up in the air. When the actor-director was stopped on suspicion of drunk driving by a Jewish sheriff\’s deputy in the early hours of July 28, Gibson began cursing the \”F*****g Jews … responsible for all the wars in the world.\”\n

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