http://www.jewpi.com Jewish Press International Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:40:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.jewpi.com/sundown-giffords-aide-to-run-for-her-seat-1328830261/ http://www.jewpi.com/sundown-giffords-aide-to-run-for-her-seat-1328830261/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:31:01 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/sundown-giffords-aide-to-run-for-her-seat-1328830261/ • Gabby Giffords’ former aide, Ron Barber, who was also injured in last year’s Tucson shooting, is running for her seat in Congress, with the former Congresswoman’s support. [Politico ] • An Israeli Facebook group is asking Netanyahu to wait until after Madonna’s May 29 concert in Tel Aviv to attack Iran. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/american-jews-warming-to-obama-says-koch-1328829374/ http://www.jewpi.com/american-jews-warming-to-obama-says-koch-1328829374/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:16:14 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/american-jews-warming-to-obama-says-koch-1328829374/ Ben Smith reports in Politico that, in Ed Koch’s opinion, American Jews are warming to Obama. By which Koch means they’re complaining less, by email, to him. Koch makes a point of responding to every letter and email that gets sent to him, and considering his continued influence in the political sphere, his sample group [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/music-man-1328822892/ http://www.jewpi.com/music-man-1328822892/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:28:12 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/music-man-1328822892/ Today in Tablet Magazine, David P. Goldman counters the argument put forth by Brookings Institution Middle East expert Robert Kagan in his new book, The World America Made , that American foreign policy has spawned a golden age of liberal democracy. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/happy-hanukkah-1328821725/ http://www.jewpi.com/happy-hanukkah-1328821725/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:08:45 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/happy-hanukkah-1328821725/ In an effort to reach out to Jewish voters in the Palmetto State, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum’s South Carolina team sent out a Hanukkah card. “Happy Hanukkah from S.C. Team Santorum,” reads the card, which Slate posted . Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/post-script-1328818452/ http://www.jewpi.com/post-script-1328818452/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:14:12 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/post-script-1328818452/ Today in Tablet Magazine, Daphne Merkin talks to Israeli director Joseph Cedar, whose latest film, Footnote , is nominated for an Academy Award. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/industry-king-1328818134/ http://www.jewpi.com/industry-king-1328818134/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:08:54 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/industry-king-1328818134/ Each week, we select the most interesting Jewish obituary. This week, it’s that of Zalman King, who died last Friday at 70. King, who was born Zalman King Lefkowitz in Trenton, NJ, but dropped his last name when he began acting, was a filmmaker best known for bringing soft core films to late-night television. Read [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/the-man-behind-the-arab-spring-1328813914/ http://www.jewpi.com/the-man-behind-the-arab-spring-1328813914/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:58:35 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/the-man-behind-the-arab-spring-1328813914/ Senior writer Liel Leibovitz has a profile of Srdja Popovic today in the Atlantic , explaining how the 39-year-old Serbian activist—who as a student worked to oust Slobodan Milošević—has actively laid the groundwork, through seminars and widely-disseminated guides, for successful protests in Georgia, Ukraine, Lebanon and, most recently, Egypt. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/frontlines-1328805381/ http://www.jewpi.com/frontlines-1328805381/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:36:21 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/frontlines-1328805381/ Today in Tablet Magazine, Yossi Melman examines the disagreement over Iran among Israel’s top leadership, with former Mossad chief Meir Dagan vehemently opposed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak’s stance. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/how-immediate-is-irans-nuclear-threat-1328804772/ http://www.jewpi.com/how-immediate-is-irans-nuclear-threat-1328804772/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:26:12 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/how-immediate-is-irans-nuclear-threat-1328804772/ As mentioned this morning, U.S. and Israeli officials disagree about the immediacy of Iran’s nuclear threat. While the U.S. is pushing for harsher sanctions and covert actions to stifle the development of Iran’s nuclear program, Israel warns that the time at which an attack on Iran will be futile is fast approaching. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/daybreak-u-s-and-israel-disagree-on-iran-1328801185/ http://www.jewpi.com/daybreak-u-s-and-israel-disagree-on-iran-1328801185/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:26:25 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/daybreak-u-s-and-israel-disagree-on-iran-1328801185/ • U.S. and Israeli officials disagree on the immediacy of Iran’s nuclear threat, with the U.S. pushing for sanctions and covert actions as a deterrent while Israel argues that the point at which Iran would be invulnerable to an attack is approaching. More at 10 a.m. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/face-off-1328796254/ http://www.jewpi.com/face-off-1328796254/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:04:14 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/face-off-1328796254/ Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak and former Mossad chief Meir Dagan have a lot in common. They are both chubby and in their mid sixties. They are both war heroes, decorated generals. And each rose to the highest positions in the Israeli defense establishment. But don’t mistake such biographical similarities for personal affinity. Read More [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/writing-footnote-1328795529/ http://www.jewpi.com/writing-footnote-1328795529/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:52:09 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/writing-footnote-1328795529/ The Israeli film Footnote , which was nominated for an Academy Award last week, is the fourth feature film by writer-director Joseph Cedar. Footnote is a slice-of-Jerusalem-life, set at Hebrew University’s inbred Talmud department; it centers around a father-son rivalry for the coveted Israel Prize. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/fools-gold-1328795049/ http://www.jewpi.com/fools-gold-1328795049/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:44:09 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/fools-gold-1328795049/ America’s global activism made possible today’s golden age of liberal democracy and free markets. This is what Brookings Institution Middle East expert Robert Kagan argues in his new book, The World America Made . Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/pregnancy-and-jewish-superstitionfaith-1328792536/ http://www.jewpi.com/pregnancy-and-jewish-superstitionfaith-1328792536/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:02:16 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/pregnancy-and-jewish-superstitionfaith-1328792536/ Pregnancies are fertile ground for superstition, especially for those who assume their traditions and lucky charms are based in Jewish law. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/sundown-clooney-to-rescue-nazi-looted-art-1328744049/ http://www.jewpi.com/sundown-clooney-to-rescue-nazi-looted-art-1328744049/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:34:09 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/sundown-clooney-to-rescue-nazi-looted-art-1328744049/ • George Clooney has optioned Robert Edsel’s book, The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History , and is said to be starring in the film. [JTA ] • New Jersey governor Chris Christie, the candidate favored by GOP Jews for vice president, told AIPAC that Israel’s enemies are [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/frustrated-jewish-democrat-1328741048/ http://www.jewpi.com/frustrated-jewish-democrat-1328741048/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:44:08 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/frustrated-jewish-democrat-1328741048/ Buzzfeed has a copy of an email being circulated by the Republican Jewish Coalition with the subject line: “Jews who voted for Obama in 2008, but might not in 2012… A study!” The gist of the email: I heard from you directly, or through the grapevine, Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/show-trial-1328738777/ http://www.jewpi.com/show-trial-1328738777/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:06:17 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/show-trial-1328738777/ Today in Tablet Magazine, Lee Smith wonders whether Egypt’s threats of a show trial for 19 Americans working with pro-democracy nonprofit organizations is the reality of life after Mubarak. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/spotlight-on-iranian-jews-in-israel-1328738171/ http://www.jewpi.com/spotlight-on-iranian-jews-in-israel-1328738171/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:56:11 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/spotlight-on-iranian-jews-in-israel-1328738171/ NPR has a report today on Iranian Jews living in Israel who find themselves in the uncomfortable situation of feeling deeply concerned for Israel’s security while also worrying about relatives in Iran as tension between the two countries escalates. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/no-new-jewish-museum-for-d-c-yet-1328733975/ http://www.jewpi.com/no-new-jewish-museum-for-d-c-yet-1328733975/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:46:15 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/no-new-jewish-museum-for-d-c-yet-1328733975/ The U.S. Government Services Administration has announced the winning redevelopment plan for the Old Post Office on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., and it’s not the National Museum of the Jewish People . The Romanesque Revival building will instead become a 250-room Trump Hotel, the Washington Post reports . Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/survival-elements-1328727541/ http://www.jewpi.com/survival-elements-1328727541/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:59:01 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/survival-elements-1328727541/ Today is Tu B’Shevat, the Jewish new years for trees. In addition to Monday’s suggestions of different ways to honor the holiday, it seems important to highlight a set of photographs examining the darker, more unyielding elements of nature, and the enduring struggle for survival and growth. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/exodus-1328719565/ http://www.jewpi.com/exodus-1328719565/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:46:05 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/exodus-1328719565/ Today in Tablet Magazine, lead critic Adam Kirsch takes on two new works by Nathan Englander: the short story collection, What We Talk About When Talk About Anne Frank , and the New American Haggadah , which was edited by Jonathan Safran Foer. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/lancman-the-choice-to-challenge-turner-1328718861/ http://www.jewpi.com/lancman-the-choice-to-challenge-turner-1328718861/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:34:21 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/lancman-the-choice-to-challenge-turner-1328718861/ Democrats hungry to take back former Rep. Anthony Weiner’s Congressional seat, which Republican Rep. Bob Turner won last fall in a special election that came to represent a referendum on President Obama’s standing among Jews, seem to have picked state assemblyman Rory I. Lancman for the challenge. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/daybreak-israel-preps-for-assad-regimes-fall-1328714784/ http://www.jewpi.com/daybreak-israel-preps-for-assad-regimes-fall-1328714784/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:26:24 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/daybreak-israel-preps-for-assad-regimes-fall-1328714784/ • Israeli officials say they are preparing for the end of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime, as well as the possibility Syrian weapons could be transferred to Hezbollah in Lebanon. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/hostage-crisis-1328706972/ http://www.jewpi.com/hostage-crisis-1328706972/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:16:12 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/hostage-crisis-1328706972/ Since last month, 19 Americans working with pro-democracy nonprofit organizations have been under investigation for trumped-up charges of operating without proper registration. On Monday, the Egyptian government announced that these Americans would actually stand trial. The threat of a show trial with a large group of U.S. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/sentimental-journey-1328706514/ http://www.jewpi.com/sentimental-journey-1328706514/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:08:34 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/sentimental-journey-1328706514/ The literature of Jewish disaffection is now itself a part of Jewish tradition, its gestures of rebellion recuperated as insignia of belonging. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/never-too-old-1328705769/ http://www.jewpi.com/never-too-old-1328705769/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:56:09 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/never-too-old-1328705769/ Friends! Leib Goldkorn speaking. Though I can hardly believe myself the miraculous events I am about to relate. They took place on the night of my 104th birthday, in my birthplace of Iglau—now, in the Czech Republic, the town of Jihlava. Yes, in my old boyhood home, in my bedroom, and on the tafetta-covered bed [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/sundown-lieberman-thanks-clinton-1328656021/ http://www.jewpi.com/sundown-lieberman-thanks-clinton-1328656021/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:07:01 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/sundown-lieberman-thanks-clinton-1328656021/ • Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman met with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Washington today, and thanked her for the country’s tough stance on Iran. [Haaretz ] • Jared Kushner is reportedly trying to buy the L.A. Dodgers, too . Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/the-jews-of-downton-1328652378/ http://www.jewpi.com/the-jews-of-downton-1328652378/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:06:18 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/the-jews-of-downton-1328652378/ A sharp-eyed Tablet reader pointed out that according to an official bio for Cora, the character played by Elizabeth McGovern on the smash hit show Downton Abbey , the countess of Grantham was the daughter of one Isidore Levinson from Cincinnati, and, therefore, a Jew. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/faithful-1328649364/ http://www.jewpi.com/faithful-1328649364/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:16:04 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/faithful-1328649364/ Today in Tablet Magazine, senior writer Liel Leibovitz argues that the Israeli left needs to understand and embrace religion in order to advance its agenda. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/hadassah-executives-facing-fraud-allegations-1328645848/ http://www.jewpi.com/hadassah-executives-facing-fraud-allegations-1328645848/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:17:28 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/hadassah-executives-facing-fraud-allegations-1328645848/ Two senior members of Hadassah’s executive board have been accused of fraud, Josh Nathan-Kazis reports in the Forward . Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/superstition-1328642909/ http://www.jewpi.com/superstition-1328642909/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:28:29 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/superstition-1328642909/ Today in Tablet Magazine, senior writer Allison Hoffman discovers , through firsthand experience, that pregnancies are fertile ground for superstition. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/bialystoker-nursing-home-future-unclear-1328642044/ http://www.jewpi.com/bialystoker-nursing-home-future-unclear-1328642044/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:14:04 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/bialystoker-nursing-home-future-unclear-1328642044/ The Bialystoker Nursing Home , established by Jewish immigrants from Bialystok and a longtime presence in the historical landscape of the Lower East Side, faces an uncertain future. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/karen-handel-resigns-from-komen-1328638460/ http://www.jewpi.com/karen-handel-resigns-from-komen-1328638460/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:14:20 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/karen-handel-resigns-from-komen-1328638460/ It looks like this morning’s question , why hasn’t anyone resigned from the Susan G. Komen Foundation for the Cure, has been answered : Karen Handel, vice president for public policy has announced her resignation from the organization. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/prohibition-1328637739/ http://www.jewpi.com/prohibition-1328637739/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:02:19 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/prohibition-1328637739/ Today in Tablet Magazine, Allan Nadler writes that the new book, Jews and Booze: Becoming American in the Age of Prohibition , is a sophisticated historical companion to the popular HBO Prohibition-era series, Boardwalk Empire . Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/halloween-2-0-1328632467/ http://www.jewpi.com/halloween-2-0-1328632467/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:34:27 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/halloween-2-0-1328632467/ Purim, it seems, has become the new Halloween. The World International Zionist Organization has called for parents to boycott companies that sell revealing costumes marketed to young people, specifically naming Shoshi Zohar, a retailer whose 2012 Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/daybreak-dsk-movie-in-the-works-1328628373/ http://www.jewpi.com/daybreak-dsk-movie-in-the-works-1328628373/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:26:13 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/daybreak-dsk-movie-in-the-works-1328628373/ • It’s happening. Filmmaker Abel Ferrara has confirmed reports that he is making a film about Dominique Strauss Kahn. Starring Gérard Depardieu . [NYT ] • The Hamas-Fatah unity deal could jeopardize aid for the Palestinian Authority, Rep. Gary Ackerman pointed out, since the U.S. won’t give money to Hamas. [NYT ] • The U.S. [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/keep-the-faith-1328620568/ http://www.jewpi.com/keep-the-faith-1328620568/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:16:08 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/keep-the-faith-1328620568/ The Jewish people, it turns out, are on very good terms with God. Eighty percent of Jewish Israelis say they are believers, and 70 percent agree with the proposition that Jews are the Chosen People, according to a survey released in Israel last week. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/pregnant-pause-1328619963/ http://www.jewpi.com/pregnant-pause-1328619963/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:06:03 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/pregnant-pause-1328619963/ The name was obviously perfect as soon as it came out of my mouth, during a sleepy bedtime conversation with my husband about what we plan to call our son. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/vigor-juice-1328619254/ http://www.jewpi.com/vigor-juice-1328619254/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:54:14 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/vigor-juice-1328619254/ A devoutly puritanical FBI agent and his Jewish partner, staking out a suspected marine bootlegging operation, stumble instead onto a rural black church’s river baptism ceremony. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/sundown-adelson-is-ultimately-a-party-man-1328571968/ http://www.jewpi.com/sundown-adelson-is-ultimately-a-party-man-1328571968/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:46:08 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/sundown-adelson-is-ultimately-a-party-man-1328571968/ • Sheldon Adelson will reportedly continue to be generous with his friend, Newt Gingrich, but will eventually back likely nominee Mitt Romney: his foremost commitment is to unseat President Obama. [NYT ] • The United States formally levied the new sanctions on Iran’s central bank. [AP/Vos Iz Neias? ] • The U.S. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/they-can-make-it-anywhere-1328564891/ http://www.jewpi.com/they-can-make-it-anywhere-1328564891/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:48:11 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/they-can-make-it-anywhere-1328564891/ Well they were both our teams, but we picked the New England Patriots, so in that sense, we lost. A huge mazel tov to the New York Giants, now one of only five franchises (can you name the others?*) to have won four or more Super Bowls. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/tu-bshevat-tips-1328564164/ http://www.jewpi.com/tu-bshevat-tips-1328564164/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:36:04 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/tu-bshevat-tips-1328564164/ Today in Tablet Magazine, editorial assistant Stephanie Butnick suggests ways to celebrate Tu B’Shevat, The Jewish new year for trees, which falls this Wednesday. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/vetoes-embolden-syrian-regime-1328542693/ http://www.jewpi.com/vetoes-embolden-syrian-regime-1328542693/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:38:13 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/vetoes-embolden-syrian-regime-1328542693/ What’s the bigger news related to Syria this weekend? Of course, it was the failure of the U.N. Security Council to take action after Russia and China vetoed a U.S.- and Europe-backed resolution, based on an Arab League plan, that would have called for regime change (while not authorizing outside military force). Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/daybreak-unity-2-0-1328540045/ http://www.jewpi.com/daybreak-unity-2-0-1328540045/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:54:05 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/daybreak-unity-2-0-1328540045/ • From Qatar, Fatah’s Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas’s Khaled Meshaal announced they had achieved the second plan for Palestinian unity in the past 12 months. Abbas will be president of the joint government. More later. [NYT ] • Prime Minister Netanyahu will address the AIPAC conference next month in Washington, D.C. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/school-ties-1328536928/ http://www.jewpi.com/school-ties-1328536928/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:02:08 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/school-ties-1328536928/ When Valentino sent models down Milan runways last month to show off the new fall collection for men, the clothes were informed not by Lisbeth Salander’s trendy gothic grunge , but by classic Ivy League aesthetics, from oversized lettermen jackets to classic trenchcoats in shiny leather. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/green-day-1328536447/ http://www.jewpi.com/green-day-1328536447/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:54:07 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/green-day-1328536447/ This Wednesday is Tu B’Shevat, the Jewish holiday known as the New Year for Trees , which, regardless of what Punxsutawney Phil may or may not have seen, marks the beginning of spring in Israel. And wherever you are, there are many different ways to get inspired by the holiday. Try a new fruit , [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/cheap-eats-1328535849/ http://www.jewpi.com/cheap-eats-1328535849/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:44:09 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/cheap-eats-1328535849/ The Ukrainian city of Lviv, also known as L’vov or Lemberg, has a rich but complicated past. On the eve of World War II, the city was home to the third-biggest Jewish population in what was then Poland, behind Warsaw and Lodz. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/timeless-1328535279/ http://www.jewpi.com/timeless-1328535279/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:34:39 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/timeless-1328535279/ How should Jews feel about the religious music of great Christian composers (including the convert Felix Mendelssohn)? Norman Podhoretz has said that he “senses the Infinite” listening to Bach’s St. Matthew Passion . A devout Orthodox rabbi of my acquaintance allows that he loves Mozart’s Requiem more than any other musical work. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/on-super-bowl-pregame-obama-discusses-iran-1328482566/ http://www.jewpi.com/on-super-bowl-pregame-obama-discusses-iran-1328482566/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:56:06 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/on-super-bowl-pregame-obama-discusses-iran-1328482566/ I found it especially interesting not only that Matt Lauer asked President Obama about Iran in a traditional pre-Super Bowl White interview, but, following some discussion of who is going to win the game and whether the Obama ladies have a hankering for Tom Brady, that it was the first hard-news question Lauer asked him. [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/sundown-roseanne-for-president-1328317937/ http://www.jewpi.com/sundown-roseanne-for-president-1328317937/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:12:18 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/sundown-roseanne-for-president-1328317937/ Enjoy the game! • Roseanne Barr announced her candidacy for the Green Party ticket. The Green Party cautioned that she’d still have to be nominated at the July convention like anyone else. [Page Six ] • Ayatollah Khomeini, Iran’s supreme leader, made an unusually blunt threat of retaliation on Israel and the United States in [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/tattler-tale-1328311449/ http://www.jewpi.com/tattler-tale-1328311449/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:24:09 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/tattler-tale-1328311449/ “Sometimes, a New Yorker cartoon is just a New Yorker cartoon.” Ah, dear commenter . You know us not. Our new feature, by contributing editor and genius lyricist Rachel Shukert, has only been up a few hours, and it’s already doing its job of enlightening, challengingm and infuriating people. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/a-few-more-thoughts-on-that-poll-1328304364/ http://www.jewpi.com/a-few-more-thoughts-on-that-poll-1328304364/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:26:04 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/a-few-more-thoughts-on-that-poll-1328304364/ A few scattered thoughts on yesterday’s Pew Research Center for the People & the Press poll, which showed Jews leaning away from the Democratic Party. • Shmuel Rosner notes that Jews aren’t trending toward the Republicans so much as away from the Democrats (and toward independent status). Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/ex-pat-1328298371/ http://www.jewpi.com/ex-pat-1328298371/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:46:11 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/ex-pat-1328298371/ Today in Tablet Magazine, Naomi Telushkin discovers St. Petersburg’s hip Jewish social scene, where the nightlife rages and the men are in demand. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/brilliant-game-plans-1328296587/ http://www.jewpi.com/brilliant-game-plans-1328296587/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:16:27 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/brilliant-game-plans-1328296587/ Winner gets a free Nextbook Press book appropriate to his or her comment (if he or she emails me at mtracy@tabletmag.com with his or her mailing address). 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Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/the-jewish-guide-to-the-nevada-caucuses-1328289658/ http://www.jewpi.com/the-jewish-guide-to-the-nevada-caucuses-1328289658/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:20:58 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/the-jewish-guide-to-the-nevada-caucuses-1328289658/ What? Caucuses aren’t just for crazy Iowans? A shocking 13 states (to say nothing of territories like Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands), including Missouri, Colorado, and Minnesota, use this insanely weird, arbitrary, undemocratic method of selecting delegates to the party conventions. And so does Nevada. When? Tomorrow. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/sensory-overload-1328285768/ http://www.jewpi.com/sensory-overload-1328285768/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:16:08 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/sensory-overload-1328285768/ “Lost Books” is a weekly series highlighting forgotten books through the prism of Tablet Magazine’s and Nextbook.org’s archives. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/daybreak-u-s-fears-israeli-attack-in-spring-1328280487/ http://www.jewpi.com/daybreak-u-s-fears-israeli-attack-in-spring-1328280487/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:48:07 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/daybreak-u-s-fears-israeli-attack-in-spring-1328280487/ • David Ignatius reports/sends the message that U.S. officials worry Israel will attack Iran in the next six months, before the nuclear program develops enough enriched uranium to enter a “zone of immunity,” where it could develop a weapon whenever. [WP ] • The U.N. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/soviet-unions-1328273767/ http://www.jewpi.com/soviet-unions-1328273767/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:56:07 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/soviet-unions-1328273767/ The lounge was made to feel completely underground—red curtains obscured all natural light, and candles flickered. Russian waitresses with onyx eye make-up and black wigs posed as belly dancers straight out of The Arabian Nights . 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