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March 15, 2007
Is circumcision a requirement for conversion?
\”I don\’t understand the fuss people make,\” he said. \”In Africa now they\’re circumcising thousands of adult men for AIDS prevention. If it were such a big deal, don\’t you think word would get around and the men would stop doing it?\”
Ugly ties bind genocide past and present
The \”Genocide and Religion: Victims, Perpetrators, Bystanders and Resisters\” Synoposium went deeper than many such conferences by examining as many as possible of the various groups involved in a genocide — the perpetrators, the victims, the bystanders and resisters — all of whom can be found in every such conflict, past and present.
Theater: The Catskills, a sonata mit a tvist
Question: What\’s vodka and orange juice?\n\nAnswer: A drink invented by communists living in Florida.
Tel Aviv’s rising art stars soar
There is no logical explanation as to how it is that Tel Aviv, a city with 400,000 inhabitants, can host such a lively, booming art scene. Only that it is a place where a passionate love of art and a constant exploration of collective identities meet — a city filled with ambition, talent and tremendous energy.
Neil LaBute bears a heavy load
During one of many cringe-worthy moments in Neil LaBute\’s play, \”Fat Pig,\” a cad chastises a co-worker for dating a plus-sized woman named Helen.
Festival of Arts celebrates a decade of Tel Aviv/Los Angeles Partnership
In the mid-1990s, following the Oslo peace accords and with the prospect of a thriving Israeli economy, the debate raged in Jewish philanthropic circles about what might change if Israel \”was going to grow up and not be a poor cousin,\” said Lois Weinsaft, senior vice president at The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, who oversees Israeli and other overseas programs.
Films: Truth is key to unlocking genocide silence in ‘Gates’
The International Court of Justice recently handed down two rulings refusing to characterize the atrocities in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Darfur as genocide. While The Hague is reluctant to use the G-word, filmmakers around the world are not.
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