¡No hay Judios aqui!

By Harpo Jaeger July 21, 2011

Oaxaca has everything: beautiful scenery, delicious food, and a party (with parades, fireworks and more) pretty much every night.  Yet after three weeks here, I think I’ve discovered the one thing it lacks. Jews. A few days after I got here, an elderly gentleman stopped me on the street.  “¿Usted eres Judio?”  In broken Spanish,…

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New Voices in the New Jersey Jewish News

By admin July 21, 2011

The New Jersey Jewish News, a weekly print publication in New Jersey has honored our new editor, David A.M. Wilensky, with a profile and a charming mug shot (see that thing to the right). In the article, Wilensky says some things about New Voices and about the voices we represent: Speaking about the “official” Jews,…

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How a nice Jewish boy from Arizona ended up on the flotilla

By David A.M. Wilensky July 21, 2011

Gabe Schivone, a student at the University of Arizona, recently returned from Greece, where he was planning to join the flotilla to Gaza. His boat never left port and he returned to the U.S. After a lot of phone tag, he and I finally did a short Q&A over email. His answers may be predictably…

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They Gave Up a Good Sandwich in Exchange for Fewer Stabbings

By gedelstein July 21, 2011

Not a day goes by that I don’t think, “Of course he married a shiksa.” This is what I think while watching television. Is that sick or what? Perhaps something has infected me. Maybe it was something I ate. But now all I can think about when I see a Jew on a screen is,…

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A Steinberg sale? Pinch me, I must be dreaming!

By yrosenberg July 21, 2011

OK, so technically, Amazon is having a Kindle sale on nearly 1000 books through July 27th, with prices ranging from $0.99 to $3.99. The selection includes such must-haves as Susanna Clarke’s wry English fantasy epic Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell ($2.99), cult classic Pride, Prejudice and Zombies ($0.99), and Roger Ebert’s compilation of his most…

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