Drake wins first Grammy
Jewish Journal
February 11, 2013
The Jewish Canadian singer Drake won a Grammy Award, his first, for Rap Album of the Year.
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February 11, 2013
Benedict’s papacy: a period of close Jewish relations with occasional bumps
Jewish Journal
February 11, 2013
Pope Benedict XVI’s eight-year reign as head of the world’s 1 billion Catholics sometimes was a bumpy one for the Vatican’s relations with Israel and the wider Jewish community. But it was also a period in which relations where consolidated and fervent pledges made to continue interfaith dialogue and bilateral cooperation.
Rabbi David Hartman, Jewish philosopher, dies at 81
Jewish Journal
February 11, 2013
Rabbi David Hartman, one of the great Jewish philosophers of his generation and the founder of the Shalom Hartman Institute, died on Feb. 10, 2013, at 81. Hartman is considered one of the leaders of liberal Orthodoxy, and his philosophy influenced Jews both in Israel and around the world.
Rise of Golden Dawn: A presage of doom
Jewish Journal
February 11, 2013
The undisguised extremism promoted by Golden Dawn is a chilling watershed in Greece\’s post-war democracy. Fascist gangs are turning Athens into a city of shifting front lines, seizing on crimes and local protests to promote their own movement, by claiming to be the defenders of recession-ravaged Greece.
Jewish victims of gun violence to attend State of the Union address
Jonah Lowenfeld
February 11, 2013
Iranian presidential candidate campaigns with new-age tactics in old-school country
Jewish Journal
February 11, 2013
As a presidential candidate in Iran, Dr. Hooshang Amirahmadi believes the Islamic Republic should prioritize allaying its tension with Israel and the United States—not the kind of approach the world has been accustomed to seeing lately from a country whose leaders repeatedly vow to wipe the Jewish state off the map.
Apple to open third research center in Israel
Jewish Journal
February 11, 2013
Apple will open its third research and development center in Israel.
Ehud Barak coming to Washington for consultations
Jewish Journal
February 11, 2013
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak is traveling to Washington to meet with top defense officials.
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