Daniel Treiman
By Daniel Treiman
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Life Escape From Iraq — After 55 Years in Captivity
YNet has this incredible story: Fifty-five years after she was abducted from her family’s home in Baghdad by her Muslim neighbor and forced to renounce her Judaism, Hannah Menashe managed to flee Iraq and find her way to one of Israel’s European embassies. Her long, exhausting journey is finally coming to an end these days,…
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Life In Other Jewish Newspapers: Hamptons Eruv Hullabaloo, Filling Aipac’s Coffers, Britain’s Jewish Beauties
HAMPTONS ERUV HULLABALOO: A proposal to erect an eruv in tony Westhampton Beach, N.Y., has prompted an ugly backlash from some quarters. The New York Jewish Week has the story. HILLEL’S SUPER SAYING: Iron Man, Batman, Will Smith’s “Hancock,” Adam Sandler’s Zohan — this is the season of the “reluctant superhero,” Rabbi Simcha Weinstein writes…
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Life Chabad in Trouble?
Writing in The Jerusalem Post, former Chabad emissary turned media personality Rabbi Shmuley Boteach expresses concern for the current state of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement: Chabad is by now the most effective Jewish educational organization in history, and no movement works harder for the Jewish people or caters to more unaffiliated Jews. But success has brought…
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Israel News Baseball’s New ‘Rabbi’
Brian Horwitz is off to a pretty good start in the big leagues. In his third Major League game, June 2, the San Francisco Giants’ rookie outfielder knocked off a two-run home run in his team’s blowout of the Mets. In his first eight at-bats, Horwitz is hitting .500 with three runs batted in and…
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Life Jennifer 8. Lee Auditions for the Jews
Jennifer 8. Lee, the New York Times reporter famous for having a number for a name, is promoting her new book, “The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food.” Given the Jewish predilection for a certain East Asian cuisine, Lee decided that she wanted to hit the Jewish book fair circuit. But…
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Life What if Bush Decides To Attack Iran on the Way Out of Office?
Ha’aretz’s Ari Shavit poses the following hypothetical: In November, after Senator Barack Obama becomes president-elect of the United States, outgoing president George W. Bush inflicts a severe blow on Iran. That could take the form of a naval siege, the flexing of American military muscle, or even an all-out air strike targeting Iran’s nuclear program….
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Life The Olmert Affair: Israelis May Be Disgusted, But Some Arabs Are Impressed
Israelis may be disgusted by the scandalous allegations swirling around their prime minister, but, on the bright side, the mess is garnering kudos for the Jewish state from some usually hostile quarters. The Jerusalem Post reports: Over the past week, the corruption case against Olmert received wide coverage in the mainstream Arab media, prompting an…
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Life With Friends Like These…
Ha’aretz reports: Nazis against anti-Semitism? As bizarre as that sounds, a group of Germans which calls itself “National Socialists For Israel” launched its Web site in support of Israel. “Stop the hatred of the Jewish people,” the Web site reads. “The Jews are a healthy, strong nation.” The organization – whose members have yet to…
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