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Four Questions with Mehmet Sanlikol, Ethnomusicologist
Istanbul, not Constantinople. Befitting with a city so ancient as to have two names, the Turkish capital has a rich musical tradition spanning centuries. Mehmet...
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Why I am preparing for 'polar cities' in Alaska as global warming threatens to destroy the Lower 48
I'm a Boston boy, but I lived in Alaska for 10 years in the 1980s, and while mostof my time was spent in Juneau working...
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Torn ACLs, the Ten Plagues, and Honoring Your Enemy
"Do not rejoice at the fall of your enemy, and do not be happy when he stumbles” (Proverbs 24:17) At the Passover seder we are...
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Meet the Composer--Osnat Netzer
I hope you’ll come to Meet the Composer night at Hebrew College on June 6 and meet Osnat Netzer who wrote Sound the Great...
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Where are Young American Jews?
They're young, restless, indifferent, alienated, and automonous. Where are young American Jews? How do they think about Israel, the organized Jewish community, their own identities? How,...
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An Open Letter to Jon Stewart RE: Ricky Gervais' Slippery Slope of Tasteless, Vulgar Anne Frank "Jokes" on Your TV show
Dear Jon, 1. Why didn't you SAY something?2. Will you SAY something NOW? Or before Hell freezes over?3. WHAT will you SAY?4. Dish! -- here...
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Jews About Town: MIMOUNA
Last weekend, the New Center for Arts and Culture hosted their annual MIMOUNA event, bringing the Sephardic traditional end to Passover to life in our...
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Where were the Jews on Patriots Day? An Excerpt from Strangers and Sojourners: The Jews of Colonial Boston
Editor's Note: Today is Patriots' Day in Massachusetts, commemorating the anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and Concord. I noticed a surprising lack of articles...
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ANNE FRANK JOKES ARE NOT FUNNY
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-april-11-2012/ricky-gervais ANNE FRANK JOKES ARE NOT FUNNY: -- re -- Jon Stewart interview with antisemitic Ricky Gervais and Karl Pilinkington -- I am calling for...
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Mike Wallace faux quote goes viral in unfactchecked universe
As everyone knows, Mike Wallace, son of FriedanWallik, he of the Old Country, was a mensch. He wasalso a tough-talking TV reporter and an investigative...
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