Ami Eden
By Ami Eden
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The Schmooze Was Jack the Ripper a Jew?
(JTA) – When I first saw the headline — “Jack the Ripper identified through DNA traces: sleuth” — I joked to myself: Don’t let it be a Jew. Well, joke’s on me. Courtesy of AFP: But after extracting DNA from a shawl recovered from the scene of one of the killings, which matched relatives of…
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Israel News Michael Bloomberg Takes Turn in Spotlight — and Russian Billionaires Pirouette Along
(JTA) — There were ballerinas, a full dance ensemble, soloists, a harpist, a video tribute to Jewish luminaries in multiple fields, a multimedia orchestra performance celebrating the enduring light of creation, a speech from the prime minister, stand-up from Jay Leno, and an audience packed with top Jewish communal movers and shakers from both sides…
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News Fact-Checking the J Street Feud Over Rejection by Presidents Conference
(JTA) — The vote is over, but the debate rages on over the recent rejection of J Street’s application to join the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. Depending on where you stand, the 22-17 vote rejecting the application was either about J Street’s own missteps or the conference’s failure to live up…
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The Schmooze 3 Non-Jews Playing Jews We Left Out
(JTA) — With Christian Bale and Leonardo DiCaprio both in the running for best actor for playing Jews behaving badly — the Forward has released its “11 Best Performances by Non-Jewish Actors Playing Jews in the Movies.” There is nothing like a movie list to send me down the rabbit hole (see my magnum opus…
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Opinion Edgar Bronfman, Prince of the Jews
(JTA) — In the coming days, many eulogies will attempt to capture the magnitude of the loss suffered this week by the Jewish community. Really, though, all you need are eight words: Edgar Bronfman was a prince of his people. There are other machers who devote much of their time and money to Jewish causes. But…
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Life How About the Bundist in an X-L?
Forward contributor Raphael Mostel had a tidbit for the NYT’s Metropolitan Diary about the opening of the Museum of the City of New York exhibition celebrating our 110th anniversary.
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News Law & Order: Israel
Fred Thompson says it’s time to let Israel take care of business.
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Life Editors Come and Go, but Peres Keeps on Running
By now you may have heard … I am leaving the Forward next month to become the managing editor of JTA. This isn’t the time for any long goodbyes. I just wanted to say this: When I started working here nearly seven years ago, Reform Jews didn’t spend their conferences davening and trying on tefillin,…
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