Covering a meeting of Friends of Sabeel is a strange experience. \”Strange\” as in walking through the looking glass and encountering a reverse universe on the other side.
Israel, girlfriend, what is your problem? Why all this hoopla and hype? Does the whole world have to know that you and I — hey, break out the Botox — are turning 60?
Rami Kleinstein music video \’Winds of War\’ ( Hebrew)
In planning the May 10 celebratory \”Israel at 60\” megaconcert for Hollywood\’s Kodak Theatre, the producers went down the A-list of Jewish celebrities, requesting their presence at what is hoped to be the grandest celebration in Los Angeles of Israel\’s 60th year of independence.
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The two greatest Jewish inventions of the 20th century are, to my mind at least, Hollywood and Israel. Jews founded Hollywood to help the world escape reality; they founded Israel to help Jews escape the world.
An Israeli-Palestinian Confederation is an idea whose time has come.
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Everything Is Illuminated,\” Jonathan Safran Foer\’s tragi-comic tale of a young American Jew\’s journey through Ukraine in search of his grandfather\’s roots, is the first winner of JBooks.com\’s People\’s Choice Award for the decade\’s best work of Jewish fiction at the Koret International Jewish Book Awards ceremony in San Francisco.
Jewish emergency info card a hit With LAPD; Postcard and dog tag campaign seeks release of Israeli soldiers; Jewish Home Taps Caan for Walk
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