Anthony Weiss
By Anthony Weiss
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News Illinois Commission Roiled Over Nation of Islam Talk
An Illinois anti-discrimination task force has found itself in disarray after one of its commissioners refused to distance herself from comments made by the Nation of Islam’s Louis Farrakhan, leading a number of the commission’s Jewish members to resign in protest. Five Jewish members of the Illinois Commission on Discrimination and Hate Crimes, including the…
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News Bernie Weisberg, Labor Zionist
Bernie Weisberg, former national director of Young Judea and the Labor Zionist Alliance, died last Wednesday at the age of 82. Born in Maine, Weisberg attended Yeshiva University as an undergraduate and considered becoming a rabbi. However, when the school newspaper refused to publish an editorial he had written that supported the establishment of a…
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Israel News Trailblazing Yiddish Action Flick Makes Waves
In December 2005, two Orthodox brothers from Monsey, N.Y. — Yakov and Mendel Kirsh — released “A Gesheft” (“The Deal”), the first Yiddish feature film to come out of the ultra-Orthodox world, and one of very few Yiddish movies made since 1950. The movie was carefully constructed to include nothing trayf, or unacceptable — no…
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News Chinese Scholar of Judaic Studies Urges Closer Ties
In the same week that China handed Israel a major diplomatic victory by agreeing to allow the isssue of Iran’s nuclear weapons program to be reported to the United Nations Security Council for possible sanctions, China’s leading scholar of Judaic studies urged Jews and Jewish organizations to seek a stronger relationship with China. Xu Xin,…
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News Philanthropic Foundation Puts Focus on Education
When San Francisco real estate developer Jim Joseph died in 2003, he received no obituary in any major newspaper. Born in Austria and brought to California as a child, he had built up a fortune and become a major giver to Jewish causes — his charitable trust gave away between $500,000 and $1.5 million per…
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Israel News Radio Show Yields Surprise Bestseller
The Jewish Publication Society, publisher of such sober scholarship as “The JPS Torah Commentary” series and “Studies in Modern Theology and Prayer,” has scored a surprise best seller by going back to basics with Marc Zvi Brettler’s “How To Read the Bible.” Brettler recently appeared on National Public Radio’s interview show “Fresh Air,” and his…
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Israel News Holy Mole!
The Mole Antonelliana, the domed and spired building that dominates the skyline in Turin, Italy, has become the iconic image of the 2006 Winter Olympics. A stylized version of the building appears above the five Olympic rings to form the current Olympic logo. Though one might not guess it from its looks, the 530-foot-tall structure…
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Israel News Two Israel-themed Films Get Oscar Attention
With the Hamas victory in the Palestinian elections still dominating the headlines, two films on the subject of Israel and terrorism were nominated for Academy Awards this week. Steven Spielberg’s “Munich” was nominated for five Oscars, including best film, best director and best adapted screenplay, while “Paradise Now,” a feature by Palestinian director Hany Abu-Assad,…
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