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Sundown: Cohen Is ‘The Dictator’
Plus ramp of controversy, Hanukkah grub, and more
• In the Holy Land, even ramps are fought over. Fortunately, Israel’s re-opening of one particular ramp might lessen the fighting. [AP/WP]
• Some Haredim have prevented some women from voting in Jerusalem elections. This came right after the mayor spoke out against gender discrimination. [AP/WP]
• Early-‘80s Ronald Reagan would have been hounded out of the Republican Party for his Israel rhetoric. [Ben Smith]
• Times Dining has a bevy of Hanukkah articles: kashering the White House kitchen; contributing editor Joan Nathan on herring; apple-potato latkes; and a chocolate hanukkiah.
• The Dutch withdrew a bill that would have outlawed kosher slaughter. David P. Goldman wrote about kosher slaughter for Tablet Magazine. [JTA]
• New York’s largest kosher eatery has now closed, a victim of the Occupy Wall Street protests (and, some would argue, of the overreacted police presence thereof). [Koshertopia]
We are clearly all helpless before Sacha Baron Cohen’s The Dictator.
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Four-Letter Words: Why Jews Have Led the Making and Defense of Obscenity in America
Does sexually graphic material help Jewish continuity? ‘Unclean Lips’ argues for the unseemliness of Bruce, Roth, and their ilk.
Sephardic Singer Flory Jagoda Keeps the Music of Her Prewar Bosnian Childhood Alive
The composer of the beloved Hanukkah song ‘Ocho Kandelikas’ shares stories and melodies from her past
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- Anti-Defamation League Asks Kanye West to Apologize
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