Daily Archives: November 8, 2015

Forward: What Do Israelis Think About Americans? Start With Disdain.

From the Forward: Though Israel is a famously fractious society, Israelis tend to agree on one thing: Their strongest supporters are an inherently dupable people. “Most Israelis think Americans are pro-Israel and we can sell them anything, especially mud from … Continue reading

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NYP: My dad Howard Stern put me off dating men

New York Post: A couple of blocks away from the Upper West Side home of radio’s king of raunch, Howard Stern, his Torah-scholar daughter sits in her ankle-length skirt and recites a blessing. Emily Stern, 32, couldn’t have a life … Continue reading

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What Makes For A Righteous Goy?

American Jewish historian Peter Novick writes in his book The Holocaust in American Life: …In the late sixties and early seventies, at the same time that the arrival of the “new anti-Semitism” was announced, American Jewish organizations were changing their … Continue reading

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The Consequences Of Making The Holocaust Central In Jewish Life

American Jewish historian Peter Novick writes in his book The Holocaust in American Life: …Once the Holocaust became centered in Jewish consciousness, and to the extent that it became centered, it provided a language and framework that deepened anxiety about … Continue reading

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WEHT To The Black-Jewish Alliance?

American Jewish historian Peter Novick writes in his book The Holocaust in American Life: …there was never much of a black-Jewish alliance on the communal or organizational level. There were a great many individual Jews who over the years had … Continue reading

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