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Mitt Romney's effective triumph in the Republican primaries means that when it comes to Middle East policy, sharp-edged rhetoric is out, replaced by a focus on managerial skill, JTA's Ron Kampeas reports.
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Depending on the week and day, soprano Sharon Azrieli-Perez may be performing in an opera or in shul in her native Montreal. Alexandra Halpern has the story for JTA.
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The Republican Jewish Coalition is out of the gate with a Jewish-themed anti-Obama button. JTA's Ron Kampeas has a photo on our Capital J blog.
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The Israeli band Balkan Beat Box decides to go through with a performance on Yom Hashoah in Germany but says the show will be different than other shows. JTA's Uri Fintzy has the story on our Telegraph blog.
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Tens of thousands of Arab citizens of Israel have migrated to traditionally Jewish cities in search of employment opportunities and a better quality of life.
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Relations between Iraq's Kurds and Israel are cooling over the issue of Iran.
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In advance of Yom Hashoah, Jeff Jacoby finds a pattern in the history of anti-Semitism: "Jew-haters always see themselves as victims, and their victimhood becomes their license to persecute."
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Rabbi Eugene Korn warns against "adopting the worldview that teaches that God is found only in isolation and personal contemplation, but not in the material world or in human striving within society."
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The rapper Drake, who recently made a bar mitzvah-themed music video, said during the shoot that he is "a proud young Jewish boy" and noted that his real bar mitzvah reception was held in the basement of an Italian restaurant.
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