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Away for the Holidays
A crossword puzzle for the month of Elul
Talk about poor timing: just when it gets unbearably hot, just when the kids are back from camp, just when life can get sticky with sweat and anxiety, they go away on vacation. Who are we talking about? Solve the puzzle and figure it out.
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Ethan Friedman is a literary agent who has constructed crosswords for the New York Times, Tablet Magazine, and other publications.
Among the Believers
A new look at the origins of Islam describes a tolerant world that may not have existed
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http://www.mymolivos.com/smforum/index.php?action=profile;u=13465 christmas barney toys
When General Grant Expelled the Jews
Ben-Gurion
The Eichmann Trial
Sacred Trash
Greased, Frightening
John Travolta’s massages, ‘homosexual Jewish men’ in Hollywood, and the true nature of prejudice
Unmolested
An accused pedophile from ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn has never faced trial, thanks in part to a D.A. who had political reasons not to pursue the case
The End of the Jewish Left
Political theorist Michael Walzer and others argue about the death of the century-long Jewish-Leftist alliance
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First Day of Nuclear Talks Produce Zilch
10:22 AM —P5+1 countries Iran talk again today. Will they do more than talk?
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Daybreak: Etan Patz Killer Found?
9:11 AM —Plus African immigrants attacked in Tel Aviv, and more in the news
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Sundown: Crazy Like a Fox, or Maybe Just Crazy
5:23 PM —Plus Hebrew Hamas, the Hezbollah threat, and more
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Hasidic Woman Sparks To-Do on the Internet
4:41 PM —Post about the traditionally Orthodox and women stirs debate
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Mitt Romney’s Mormon Politics
3:35 PM —Is there a Jewish equivalent to the translation of sacred to political?
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Baz Luhrmann’s Meyer Wolfsheim
1:15 PM —In new ‘The Great Gatsby’ film, Jewish mobster played by Bollywood star
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Stay Out of It
By Hillel Y. Levin — On same-sex marriage, Orthodox Jews should keep the religious and civil separate—as they do on other issuesThe End of the Jewish Left
By Adam Kirsch — Political theorist Michael Walzer and others argue about the death of the century-long Jewish-Leftist allianceHasidic Woman Sparks To-Do on the Internet
By Sara Ivry —Post about the traditionally Orthodox and women stirs debate
The Treblinka Gold Rush
By Jan T. Gross — After World War II, Polish peasants hunted for jewels and gold amid the human remains at former Nazi death campsWorry Like a Jewish Mother
By Marjorie Ingall — Simple guidelines for making moms neurotic, from Marge Simpson’s favorite magazine, Fretful Mother
Rallying Against the Internet
The Grapes of Rap
A Convert’s Bible Stories
Mitt's Lost Jewish Love
A Famous Jew Intermarries, and Nobody Notices
Yiddish, Translated on a Jumbotron
An Egyptian Democrat Gives Up
Hasidic Writers, Plugged In
Israeli Cheese Goes Artisanal
Why Pop Art Is Jewish
Voices Raised for Jerusalem
The Zamir Chorale brings its Jewish choral music to Jazz at Lincoln Center in celebration of Yom Yerushalayim
Old Jews Telling More Jokes
The web series ‘Old Jews Telling Jokes’ goes off-Broadway, with shtick, songs, and a script by writer Daniel Okrent
The Most Perfect Hebrew Bible
The medieval Aleppo Codex was safeguarded for centuries in Syria. The problems started when it arrived in Israel.






