Remembering Soviet Yiddish
Jewish Journal
July 26, 2011
Since the 1950s, the so-called Night of the Murdered Poets has become a summertime ritual for Yiddish cultural circles in the United States.
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July 26, 2011
Beck and the Jews: Does he get them? Do they get him?
Jewish Journal
July 26, 2011
Does Glenn Beck get Jews? It depends on whom you ask – to a degree – but it also seems to depend on the day of the week.
Norway attacks spotlight far-right outreach to Jews, Israel
Jewish Journal
July 26, 2011
For decades after World War II, far-right political movements in Europe stirred up for Jews images of skinheads and Nazi storm troopers marching across the continent.
As Norway’s Jews mourn, concern about muting of pro-Israel voices
Jewish Journal
July 26, 2011
Norway has just 1,500 Jews, but to hear Avi Ring tell it, the country is reacting to last Friday\’s bombing of a government office building and massacre at a political summer camp in a traditionally Jewish way.
World Trade Center relic installed at Beverly Hills’ 9/11 Memorial Garden
Jonah Lowenfeld
July 26, 2011
GOP, Democratic appropriators agree on funding for Israel
Jewish Journal
July 26, 2011
House Republican and Democratic appropriators said assistance to Israel would continue at existing levels, although they agreed on little else.
Israeli ex-generals, diplomats press for U.S. role in peace talks
Jewish Journal
July 26, 2011
Seven retired Israeli diplomats and military officers met with high-ranking U.S. officials to press for greater U.S. engagement in brokering Israeli-Palestinian peace.
With debt crisis looming, Jewish service groups are on alert
Jewish Journal
July 26, 2011
Jewish service groups are telling their constituents to be on guard for a possible government shutdown or slowdown after Aug. 2, when the United States is scheduled to hit its debt ceiling.
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