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Internet: The Hatred Super-Highway

By Jordana Horn

“What’s the difference between Jews and Nazis? The Jews are guilty of the crimes they’re accused of.”: The boldfaced quotes are real. They were written within the past few months by people who believe they are true. They are quotes from hateful blogs and Web sites — some written in America, some abroad. Antisemitism pulses, alive and well, on the Internet.Read More

Squeezing the Cultural and Historical Juice Out of Love in ‘Jaffa’

By Jordana Horn

The Other Israel Film Festival opens on November 12, kicking off its third year of the cinematic exploration of Arabs in Israel. Keren Yedaya’s “Jaffa,” making its New York premiere at the festival, shouldn’t be missed. As a film, it has its weaknesses. Fortunately, it isn’t simply a film; it’s an emotionally raw, and brutally honest, appraisal of Israel’s possible future.Read More

I Sing the Body Eclectic

By Jordana Horn

The LABALMA Body Project, a multimedia art exhibit running at New York’s 14th Street Y until November 17, explores ideas of physicality in a genuine, contemplative and engaging way. While its works occasionally verge on the overly literal, the project as a whole is, thankfully, a far cry from simple navel-gazing.Read More

Running Rabbis Go the Distance — 26 Miles — To Raise Money for Charities

By Jordana Horn

Those watching the ING New York City Marathon on November 1 should keep their eyes peeled for the Running Rabbis.Read More

‘Appetizing’: Some Like It Smoked

By Jordana Horn

For four generations, Russ & Daughters on the Lower East Side of Manhattan has purveyed its wares of fish-oriented, traditional Jewish food. And on August 26, 36 people came to a tasting venue on Astor Place to savor the wares of what the London’s Sunday Times once called the “Louvre of Lox.”Read More


 

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