ABC – Col. Moammar Gadhafi and his supporters pressed their advantage on the battlefield today as they hammered rebel positions in the east. They attacked the opposition in Ras Lanouf and Bin Jawad from the air and on the ground using tanks, artillery and rocket fire. The rebels fired back, but they were ultimately outmatched by Gadhafi’s supporters. Click here for full story
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Hadag Nahash, came to Manhattan bringing with it music and light, power and politics. The Israeli hip hop/funk band had its audience dancing in the aisles from virtually minute one of its Sunday night performance at Baruch College. The young – and young at heart – participants (this was no “spectator” event) were enthusiastic and involved. From the blue and white balloons floating between seats and stage to the involvement of musicians and masses, it was an evening of great fun and [...]
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Following their hugely successful Chanukah-themed hit, “Candlelight,” the Maccabeats have released their latest single, “The Purim Song,” just in time for the upcoming holiday. The song, set to the tune of Pink’s “Raise Your Glass,” tells the story of Purim, a holiday commemorating a time when the Jews of Persia were miraculously saved from extermination. “The last video exceeded our wildest expectations,” said Maccabeat Immanuel Shalev of “Candlelight,” which drew more than 4.7 million views on YouTube and garnered national [...]
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New York Mets’ Jewish up and coming star 1st basemen Ike Davis launched his first homerun of the spring on Sunday leading the Mets to a 6-5 victory over the Boston Red Sox. The game was played at Digital Domain Park in Port St Lucie Florida home to the Mets during their spring training month in March. With 2 outs in the bottom of the third inning and the Mets already on top by two runs Davis crushed an 0-1 [...]
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It is easy to mistake Eran Riklis’s latest film, The Human Resource Manager, recently previewed at Manhattan’s JCC, for a tale exclusively about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Although the movie is set during the slew of 2002 Jerusalem suicide bombings, its message is far more subtle than initially meets the eye. The film begins with a humdrum picture of bread emerging from a commercial bakery’s oven, and the audience is purposefully left wondering what could possibly interrupt such a ‘normal’ scene. [...]
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When Ido Aharoni, Consul General of Israel in New York – whose stature could make one wonder if the diplomat were himself a player – presented The Martin Luther King Jr. Award Award to Knicks Assistant General Manager Allen Houston, he continued a tradition almost two decades long. The annual tribute commemorates King’s “dream of peaceful coexistence between people of diverse religions, cultures, and ethnicities” and is given to “an individual or organization whose work has promoted ethnic and cultural understanding.” The State [...]
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Although not by any means my area of expertise, some recent conversations about the pros and cons of the matchmaker with some single secular friends, prompted me to put some thoughts into writing. Made famous by a prominent character in ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ and even more so by contemporary culture with various TV shows like ‘Millionaire Matchmaker,’ the matchmaker character has long had a place in relationship lore. For some completely irrelevant, for others in more orthodox communities, essential, [...]
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