Peaceful Speakers

By jcohen March 8, 2011

It came to my attention last night that this is the seventh annual Israel Apartheid Week. A time in which cities across the world, and several colleges across the United States, protest Israel’s displacement of the Palestinians as a result of becoming a state. The official website goes so far as to declare Israel to…

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The Reading List: Holocaust documentary being show in Iran

By David A.M. Wilensky March 8, 2011

Say what? Holocaust doc “Shoah” is playing on illegal Iranian satellite television. With Farsi subtitles. [JTA] Whoa! Big news as Israel announces plans to demolish some settlements. [JTA] At NYC’s New Shul, the best chefs win the Golden Schmaltz Award. Yum. [The Jew & The Carrot–The Forward] Why is Obama tossing a fake football around…

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Different Dynamics of Hillel

By ahowie March 8, 2011

There are many different types of Hillels depending on campus sizes, locations, financials, and denominational presences.  My own at Miami is pretty small, nowhere near a Jewish community, not financially stable, and composed of Reform and Conservative Jews that don’t seem to have strong denominational identifications to speak of.  We have hardly any “Greek Jews”…

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