Some suprising guests for Israeli Independence Day

By mmoncaster May 11, 2011

Yom Ha’atzmaut (Israel’s Independence Day) was celebrated with flair in Vancouver, thanks in large part to an Israeli band called Mozaica. The group performed songs in Hebrew and kept the crowd moving. In addition, the night had all the fixings of an Independence Day ceremony; speeches, a moment of silence, and Hatikva, Israel’s national anthem….

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The (now infrequent) Reading List: The “Friday” Shabbos Parody You Haven’t Been Waiting For

By Ben Sales May 11, 2011

This is what happens when the Maccabeats and Fountainheads can’t get their acts together. The best part is the voice crack on “Yeah!’ Ben Laden: still at large. [The Faster Times] This is the best response I’ve ever seen to attempted university censorship of a college paper. [College Media Matters] Here’s funnyman Joel Chasnoff being funny in…

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The photoshopped Hillary pic: Past outrage and on to journalism ethics

By David A.M. Wilensky May 11, 2011

By now, we’ve all heard about how the hyper-orthodox “newspaper” Der Tzeitung photoshopped Hillary Clinton out of a photo because it would be immodest to see women existing in reality or some such…. And most people have responded with total outrage. I skipped right past the outrage and onto the laughter because these guys are…

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The Spirit of Courage

By akinman May 11, 2011

In exactly one year, I will graduate the Univeristy of Florida. Thrown out into the “real world,” expected to quickly find a job, rise from entry level to CEO in only a matter of years and start a new chapter of my life. But parting with college also means parting from Jewish college life. The…

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