Freshman Israeli filmmaker earns three Emmy nods
Jewish Journal
September 18, 2008
Rosie O\’Donnell was impressed enough by Medalia and her venture that she joined the project as executive producer.
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Paul McCartney is ‘shocked but not intimidated’ by jihadi threats re Israel concert [VIDEO]
Jewish Journal
September 14, 2008
Suicide bombers will target Paul McCartney unless he cancels his concert in Tel Aviv, a Muslim cleric said
Jews trapped on both sides of Russian-Georgian conflict
Jewish Journal
August 13, 2008
As the conflict between Georgia and Russia moved toward an uneasy stalemate Tuesday, the migration of refugees away from the devastated capital of the breakaway republic of South Ossetia spread farther and more Jews emerged from the fog of war.
Ahmadinejad Dismisses Israeli Threats; Cluster Bombs Under Scrutiny
Jewish Journal
November 22, 2006
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The big con about Iran
Larry Derfner
October 5, 2006
There is no military option in Iran. If we didn\’t learn this from the Americans\’ ongoing experience in Iraq, we should have learned it from Israel\’s recent experience in Lebanon.
Direct Hezbollah rocket hit leaves Israeli/Arab ‘peace school’ in pieces
Larry Derfner
September 21, 2006
The only school in Acre that serves both Jewish and Arab pupils — the el-Mahaba, took a direct hit from a rocket during the war.
Finding Deeper Truths in Fiction — the Best About Israel
Alana Newhouse
September 7, 2006
One should read Israeli writers, of course — Agnon, Amichai, A.B. Yehoshua, Aharon Appelfeld, Orly Castel-Bloom, Etgar Keret. But the more appropriate template may come from fellow Americans, writers who, by exploring the Diaspora Jew\’s relationship to Israel, have gone down this road before.
Rites Mark ’94 Bombing of Jewish Center in Argentina
Lisa Hirschmann
August 24, 2006
For most Americans — or even American Jews — the date July 18, 1994 does not strike the melancholy chord that Sept. 11, 2001 does, for the Jewish population of Argentina it is a date as infamous as any in the history of the Argentine nation.
People, Opinions and Smells Fill Emergency Shelters
Larry Luxner
July 19, 2006
With the distant booming of Katyusha rockets becoming louder and more frequent, only a few brave souls ventured out – and when one boom sounded particularly close, everyone rushed back into the shelter, some in near-hysteria.
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