Gabriel Sanders
By Gabriel Sanders
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Israel News A Weaver in Black
Two members of the Weavers, the folk-singing quartet that topped the American hit parade in 1950 and started the folk-song revolution, recently have returned to the headlines. One is Pete Seeger, the group’s banjo-playing leader, who is enjoying a sudden revival this month with the release of Bruce Springsteen’s tribute CD, “We Shall Overcome: The…
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News Novelist Sharpens His Knife For Those Who Eat Animals
Jonathan Safran Foer, author of the bestselling novel “Everything is Illuminated,” this week released a video in which he argues that the slaughtering practices employed by modern factory farms are out of step with the spirit of the kosher laws. The film ultimately calls upon viewers to consider vegetarianism. The video, which features interviews with…
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Israel News Yeshiva Boys Aim for Trump ‘Apprentice’-ship
In what is likely a reality television first, the current season of NBC’s “The Apprentice” — the program on which contestants vie for a job working for real estate mogul Donald Trump — will be featuring not one but two contestants who have an Orthodox Jewish background. And, sources say, the issue of religious observance…
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News Senator Painted As Inquisitor In Roberts Fight
As the Senate girds itself for the upcoming battle over the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee John Roberts, a leading conservative journal has waded into the fray with a cover illustration depicting a prominent Democratic Jewish senator as a Tomás de Torquemada-style inquisitor. The illustration, which appears on the cover of the August 8 issue…
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Israel News Invisible? Yes. Fantastic, Yes. But a Member of the Tribe…?
A few weeks ago, the Forward noted with some sadness that the movie version of the “Fantastic Four” had stripped one of its characters — Ben Grimm, aka “The Thing” (Michael Chiklis) — of his Jewish past. Repeated viewings of the film, however, have shown that there may be some glimmer of Jewishness to the…
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Israel News 1-2-3 Jews At the Ballgame
In what may have been a baseball first, the Boston Red Sox had no fewer than three Jewish players on the field at once in their August 8 victory over the Texas Rangers. At the top of the game’s ninth inning, Gabe Kapler was in left field, Adam Stern in right and Kevin Youkilis at…
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Israel News Ms. Ali G. Mulls Tribal Rite
Sacha Baron Cohen’s knack for reinvention may be contagious. Earlier this month, Isla Fisher, the Ali G. creator’s actress fiancée, announced that she’s considering converting to Judaism. The sexy redhead, who was born in Oman to Scottish parents who later relocated to Australia, told Britain’s “This Morning” television show that, not having grown up with…
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News Animal Group Apologizes
Ingrid Newkirk, president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, apologized last week for the group’s 2003 “Holocaust on Your Plate” ad campaign, which juxtaposed images of World War II concentration camps with contemporary images of animal mistreatment. Without the fanfare that usually accompanies announcements from the famously media-savvy group, the apology was quietly…
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