JERUSALEM — From Britney Spears in the United States to Sarit Hadad in Israel to the Bendaly Family in Lebanon, everyone seems to like cheesy, pop music. It might be the only thing that these three countries have in common. In a recent episode of the Israeli version of “American Idol,” pop singer Sarit Hadad […]
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Sarit Hadad Lyrics and Israeli-Music Culture
August 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Civil Liberties, Culture, Entertainment, Europe, Immigration, Islam, Israel, Judaism, Language, Music, Personal, Politics, Religion, The Middle East
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Gypsy News: France Expels Many Romany Gypsies
August 21st, 2010 · 16 Comments · Britain, Civil Liberties, Culture, Europe, Feminism, Globalization, Immigration, Islam, Judaism, Personal, Politics, Religion
LONDON — Europe is starting to get sick of modern-day Gypsies: More than 100 Gypsies, or Roma, were put on a charter flight to their native Romania on Friday, the second day in a row that France has expelled Roma in a much-criticized government crackdown… President Nicolas Sarkozy announced the crackdown on Roma in late […]
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Journalism Career: Register with Government?
June 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Boston, Business, Civil Liberties, Education, Journalism, Law, Massachusetts, Personal, Politics
A state legislator in Michigan has proposed a bill that would encourage journalists to register with a “Board of Michigan Registered Reporters” list to help the public know which ones are legitimate: State Sen. Bruce Patterson is introducing legislation that will regulate reporters much as the state regulates hairdressers, auto mechanics and plumbers. Patterson, who […]
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Birthright Israel: Life Amid Violence
June 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Anti-Semitism, Anti-Zionism, Bible, Civil Liberties, Culture, Education, Europe, Immigration, Islam, Israel, Jihad, Judaism, Media, Palestine, Politics, Religion, The Middle East, Torah, War, War on Terror, terrorism
JERUSALEM — Every nation and country has its historical memory — the lens through which it remembers the past, interprets the present, and hopes for the future: Historical data is objective; historical memory is subjective. This video entitled “I am Israel” does a pretty good job of showcasing Israel’s historical memory (whether accurate or […]
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Economic Peace for Palestine
May 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Business, Civil Liberties, Culture, Economics, Islam, Israel, Law, Palestine, Politics, The Middle East, War, War on Terror
JERUSALEM — New York Times columnist Roger Cohen returns from a trip to the West Bank and notes some economic improvements as a Palestinian family moved from Massachusetts to the disputed territory to set up a brewery: It’s not easy to trade that sort of buck-is-a-buck agnosticism for the ferocious identity politics of the Holy […]
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Birthright Israel: Footage of (Pre-State) Israel
May 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Boston, Britain, Civil Liberties, Culture, Europe, Immigration, Israel, Journalism, Judaism, Massachusetts, Media, Palestine, Politics, Religion, The Middle East, War
Every wonder what Israel and the region of Palestine looked like before the Jewish state declared independence in 1948? Here is some recently-unearthed footage — in color! — from that time. (Hebrew with English subtitles.) I am completely amazed at how much the country as changed — especially Tel Aviv and the Center region. The […]
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Jerusalem Day
May 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Anti-Semitism, Anti-Zionism, Britain, Christianity, Civil Liberties, Culture, Europe, Islam, Jihad, Judaism, Law, Palestine, Politics, Religion, The Middle East, War on Terror
JERUSALEM — Today is Jerusalem Day in Israel, which celebrates when the city was reunified under Jewish control during the Six-Day War in 1967. I had wanted to write an essay on the subject, but David Goldman had already written what I had wanted to say: “The passions that rage over Jerusalem reveal the desire […]
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Letter from Israel: The Meaning of Israel
May 10th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Anti-Semitism, Anti-Zionism, Bible, Boston, Business, Christianity, Civil Liberties, Culture, Economics, Entertainment, Europe, Finance, Islam, Israel, Jihad, Judaism, Letters from Israel, Palestine, Personal, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Russia, The Middle East, War on Terror, terrorism
Eighteenth in an ongoing series JERUSALEM — As I have lived in Israel for more than two years, I have observed the many complexities and contradictions of life — both positive and negative — in the Holy Land. I frequently describe this place to Westerners as the perfect combination of heaven and hell, and I […]
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