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June 17, 2010
Filmmaker brings sense of ‘otherness’ to Ozarks drama
A riveting drama set in the Ozark Mountains, “Winter’s Bone” has such a strong sense of place, and is so steeped in backwoods mores, that it’s hard to believe it was directed by a Jewish urbanite.\n\n“Visual anthropology is a huge draw for me, always looking at lives that are different from my own,” the Manhattan filmmaker explains. “It’s not an alienation from who I am necessarily; in addition to who I am, I’m curious about these other life experiences.”
Zionist Congress calls for settlement freeze
The World Zionist Congress passed a resolution endorsing a two-state solution and a West Bank settlement freeze.
EU announces tough Iran sanctions
The European Union imposed new, tough sanctions on Iran.
Biden meets with Chabad group
Chabad emissaries convening in Washington met with Vice President Joe Biden.
[VIDEO] UN screening of ‘one-sided’ Gaza flotilla film spurs Israeli complaint
Israel on Thursday issued an official complaint against the president of the United Nations Correspondents Association for deliberately barring Israel from responding to the public screening of a documentary film on the events of the recent Gaza-bound aid flotilla, made by one of the activists.\n
Segregated school affair: Fathers arrive in jail, mothers fail to show
Thirty five men, fathers to Ashkenazi girls attending an illegally segregated school in the West Bank settlement of Immanuel, arrived at the Ma\’asiyahu prison Thursday evening to serve a two-week sentence.
Aish Machal recruits non-Israelis for IDF
Not since the days before the War of Independence – when David Ben-Gurion and Menachem Begin scoured the globe seeking members of the Diaspora to fight in the War of Independence – has an organization proactively recruited non-Israelis to serve in the nation’s military.\n\nAish Machal decided to fill this void by establishing a full-enlistment army volunteer program for non-Israeli citizens.
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