var fbShare = {url: ‘http://www.samueljscott.com/2010/03/06/speak-hebrew-not-yiddish/’,size:‘large’} JERUSALEM — Whenever I hear American or European Jews speaking Ashkenazi Hebrew on the bus or in synagogue, I go nuts. And I shake my head at the growing popularity and revival of Yiddish among some Western Jews:
Although no one knows exactly how many Yiddish speakers there are […]
Entries Tagged as 'Anti-Semitism'
Speak Hebrew, Not Yiddish
March 6th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Anti-Semitism, Anti-Zionism, Britain, Business, Culture, Europe, Immigration, Israel, Judaism, Language, Personal, Politics, Religion, Russia, The Middle East
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Olympic Figure-Skaters
February 15th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Anti-Semitism, Civil Liberties, Culture, Immigration, Israel, Judaism, Politics, Russia, Sports
var fbShare = {url: ‘http://www.samueljscott.com/2010/02/15/olympic-figure-skaters/’,size:‘large’} JERUSALEM — Israel is not quite a “Cool Runnings.” But the country does have a noteworthy pair of figure-skaters — who, perhaps appropriately, immigrated from Russia when they were children:
The Olympic Committee of Israel announced yesterday that the sibling ice dancing pair of Roman and Alexandra Zaretsky would […]
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Racism and Outsiders
February 11th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Anti-Semitism, Boston, Civil Liberties, Culture, Education, Islam, Israel, Judaism, Palestine, Personal, Politics, Religion, The Middle East, War, War on Terror
var fbShare = {url: ‘http://www.samueljscott.com/2010/02/11/racism-and-outsiders/’,size:‘large’} JERUSALEM — Forecast Highs, written by the news editor of the Jerusalem Post, notes the results of a recent poll on racism towards Jews:
In the predominantly Muslim nations surveyed, views of Jews were overwhelmingly unfavorable. Nearly all in Jordan (97 percent), the Palestinian territories (97%) and Egypt […]
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West-Bank Settlements
February 9th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Anti-Semitism, Civil Liberties, Islam, Israel, Judaism, Law, Palestine, Personal, Politics, Religion, The Middle East
var fbShare = {url: ‘http://www.samueljscott.com/2010/02/09/west-bank-settlements-2/’,size:‘large’} JERUSALEM — Hillel Halkin makes a not-so-modest proposal for peace in the Middle East:
There is one obvious solution for Israel’s West Bank settlements that has been all but completely overlooked: Let the settlers continue living where they are, but in the state of Palestine.
As a conception, it’s […]
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Book Review: 1948 — The First Arab-Israeli War
January 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Anti-Semitism, Book Reviews, Books, Britain, Christianity, Civil Liberties, Egypt, Europe, Iraq, Islam, Israel, Judaism, Personal, Politics, Religion, The Middle East, War
var fbShare = {url: ‘http://www.samueljscott.com/2010/01/24/book-review-1948-the-first-arab-israeli-war/’,size:‘large’} JERUSALEM — Benny Morris, a professor of history in the Middle-East Studies Department at Ben-Gurion University, is something of an enigma. Himself born in Israel in 1948, the year of the re-founding of the country and the resulting war with neighboring Arab states, Morris is the leading figure in […]
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Keffiyeh Fashion
January 6th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Advertising, Anti-Semitism, Business, Civil Liberties, Conservative Pundits, Culture, Europe, Fashion, Iran, Islam, Israel, Judaism, Marketing, Palestine, Personal, Politics, Religion, The Middle East, War
var fbShare = {url: ‘http://www.samueljscott.com/2010/01/06/keffiyeh-fashion/’,size:‘large’} JERUSALEM — In the Middle East, everything is political. Even fashion. Now, the Jewish company Shemspeed is offering a keffiyeh that is an Israeli take on a traditional, Arab piece of clothing:
The Israeli Keffiyeh, with its intricate Star of David pattern in the center piece, and words AM ISRAEL CHAI (Jewish […]
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Decade-Roundup from Israel
January 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Anti-Semitism, Civil Liberties, Conservative Pundits, Culture, Hizbollah, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Israel, Journalism, Judaism, Law, Lebanon, Liberal Pundits, Media, Palestine, Politics, Religion, The Middle East, War, War on Terror
var fbShare = {url: ‘http://www.samueljscott.com/2010/01/02/decade-roundup-from-israel/’,size:‘large’} JERUSALEM — Stefanie Gardner looks at how media has changed in the United States and Israel (but leaves out the success of Fox News and Israel’s first, free daily, “Israel Today”). Liat Collins says Israel went through a “boom-and-bust” decade. Caroline Glick calls is a “low-and-dishonest” decade. Bradley Burston […]
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Sports and Politics
January 1st, 2010 · No Comments · Anti-Semitism, Culture, Humor, Iran, Islam, Israel, Politics, Soccer, Sports, The Middle East
var fbShare = {url: ‘http://www.samueljscott.com/2010/01/01/sports-and-politics/’,size:‘large’} JERUSALEM — In the Middle East, everything is political. Even sports. Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, held an inquiry into why the country’s soccer team failed to qualify for the World Cup, and the Iranian soccer association made a diplomatic snafu by accidentally sending New Year’s greetings to the Israeli […]
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Happy… Sylvester?
December 31st, 2009 · No Comments · Anti-Semitism, Christianity, Civil Liberties, Culture, Israel, Judaism, Personal, Politics, Religion, The Middle East
var fbShare = {url: ‘http://www.samueljscott.com/2009/12/31/happy-sylvester/’,size:‘large’} JERUSALEM — Many Israelis will celebrate the secular New Year tonight, only they will call it “Sylvester.” Here, according to a Jewish website that does not cite a source for the Pope’s alleged actions, is why:
The Israeli term for New Year’s night celebrations, “Sylvester,” was the name of the […]
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Book Review: “The Kuzari,” An Introduction
December 26th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Anti-Semitism, Bible, Book Reviews, Books, Boston, Christianity, Education, Europe, Islam, Israel, Journalism, Judaism, Massachusetts, Palestine, Personal, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Science, Talmud, The Middle East, Torah
var fbShare = {url: ‘http://www.samueljscott.com/2009/12/26/book-review-the-kuzari-an-introduction/’,size:‘large’} First in a series
A Preface
BOSTON — When I was Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of Spare Change News, a non-profit newspaper that covered social-justice issues including poverty and homelessness while providing jobs selling the publication to homeless people, I attended a local, Passover seder in Cambridge for homeless people.
Local Jews had […]
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Another Terrorist Attack
December 25th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Anti-Semitism, Islam, Israel, Judaism, Palestine, Politics, Religion, The Middle East, War on Terror
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Human Rights
December 24th, 2009 · 16 Comments · Anti-Semitism, Civil Liberties, Economics, Europe, Health, Israel, Law, Palestine, Politics, The Middle East, War, War on Terror
var fbShare = {url: ‘http://www.samueljscott.com/2009/12/24/human-rights-2/’,size:‘large’} JERUSALEM — Peter Tatchell believes that the world should have a human-rights index similar to the ones that measure economic performance and quality of life. I have one question: What is to stop so-called human-rights organizations from instilling their biases against Israel — as the founder of Human Rights […]
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Daily Reading
December 17th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Anti-Semitism, Business, Culture, Economics, Entertainment, Europe, Finance, Humor, Israel, Judaism, Politics, Technology, The Middle East
var fbShare = {url: ‘http://www.samueljscott.com/2009/12/17/daily-reading-2/’,size:‘large’} What (formerly) everyday items have disappeared in the last decade? The effects of unemployment are devastating — not only to the person who lost his job, but also to those around him. Making sense of modern anti-Semitism. How to live happily on 75-percent less money. The cultural rise and […]
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Israel and Britain
December 16th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Anti-Semitism, Britain, Conservative Pundits, Culture, Europe, Immigration, Islam, Israel, Journalism, Judaism, Law, Media, Palestine, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, The Middle East, War
var fbShare = {url: ‘http://www.samueljscott.com/2009/12/16/israel-and-britain/’,size:‘large’} JERUSALEM — Relations between England and Israel might not be as warm as one might think:
One of Britain’s most eminent historians has assailed the country’s policy towards Israel, questioning why Queen Elizabeth II has visited a host of despotic regimes but has never made an official visit to the Holy Land.
Speaking […]
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Foreign Policy
December 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Afghanistan, Anti-Semitism, Civil Liberties, Culture, Dating, Feminism, Hizbollah, Islam, Israel, Law, Politics, Religion, The Middle East, War, War on Terror
var fbShare = {url: ‘http://www.samueljscott.com/2009/12/15/foreign-policy-2/’,size:‘large’} The magazine looks at Hizbollah’s “halal [sexual] hookups” and whether Afghanistan will become President Obama’s Vietnam.
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