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Disputed Film Draws Muted Response
In a measure of the acclaimed movie\’s respectability in some quarters of the local Jewish community, the University of Judaism recently sponsored a screening of and panel discussion on \”Paradise Now\” that featured the film\’s director, Hany Abu-Assad.
Franklin Sentencing Seen As Ominous
Lawrence Franklin, a mid-level Iran analyst at the Pentagon, admitted to leaking information to Rosen and Weissman in 2003 because he wanted his concerns about the Iranian threat to reach the White House.
Libraries: The New Mideast Battlefront
\”Libraries have become the latest battleground in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,\” said Andrea Rapp, a Judaica librarian at the Isaac M. Wise Temple in Cincinnati, who has compiled examples of alleged anti-Israel bias appearing in children\’s books.
Goldberg’s List
Jewish Americans are only 2 percent of the nation\’s population, but they are 25 percent of its problem. That\’s according to Bernard Goldberg, whose new, bestselling nonfiction book is called, \”100 People Who Are Screwing Up America (and Al Franken is No. 37).\”
Rabbi Expelled Over Sex Abuse Claims
Following an investigation into allegations from several women of sexual harassment, the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA) announced last week that it had expelled Rabbi Mordecai Tendler.
Evangelicals Back Israel at RNC
\”Evangelical Christians support Israel because according to prophecy, Jews have to be in Israel in order for the apocalypse to happen, and the messiah and all that stuff,\” Al Franken said.
\”And when that happens, of course, Jews will all burn in hell,\” he said. \”And so I think at that point the coalition will break up.\”
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