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December 17, 2014
How to hack the Sony hackers
I know what I’m doing on Christmas Day: First Chinese food, then “The Interview.”
The Diaspora exchange, part 1: On early Zionist contempt for Jewish life abroad
Cuba releases American Alan Gross as U.S. prepares to overhaul Cuba policy
Cuba has released American aid worker Alan Gross after five years in prison in a reported prisoner exchange with Havana that the United States said on Wednesday heralds an overhaul of U.S. policy toward Cuba.
Nightclub owner Sam Nazarian gives up control of Las Vegas hotel
Sm Nazarian made his name and his billion-dollar fortune creating L.A. clubs and restaurants that attracted the hippest young celebrities.
UK police ‘stop plane on runway’ to detain Syria-bound teenager
British counter-terrorism officers stopped a plane as it taxied towards the runway at Heathrow to prevent a 15-year old girl from traveling to Syria to join Islamist fighters, the Evening Standard newspaper said on Wednesday.
Anger and grief as Pakistan buries students massacred at school
A shocked Pakistan on Wednesday began burying 132 students killed in a grisly attack on their school by Taliban militants that has heaped pressure on the government to do more to tackle the insurgency.
Where the olives grow
For Jews who came of age any time between the 1950’s and the 1980’s, there were plenty of reasons to take to the streets and demonstrate.
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