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Rabbi Links Quake To ‘Evil,’ Anti-Orthodox Articles

Cites Tropper revelations broken by Tablet
By Marc Tracy | 1:00 PM Jan 28, 2010

Rabbi Avi Shafran, who is prominent in ultra-Orthodox American group Agudath Israel, had an … interesting explanation (well, sort of; explanation is slightly too strong a word) for the earthquake that devastated Haiti. In the quake’s aftermath, he wrote to Jews, “We must introspect, and make changes in our behavior.” He continued:
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‘Forward’ Spikes Israelis-as-Chimps Cartoon

Gawker runs it, instead
By Marissa Brostoff | 1:02 PM Aug 19, 2009

The Forward lets cartoonist Eli Valley get away with a lot in his monthly comic, but the paper’s editor killed his latest contribution, which Gawker instead published yesterday afternoon. It’s got a lot of chutzpah: in its universe, Israelis are portrayed as chimpanzees whose lexicons are limited to “voonga!” and who pick fights with neighboring ...