Josh Tapper
By Josh Tapper
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The Schmooze An Unlikely Harry Potter Draws Tourists to Israel
We all know how the story ends: Wizard wunderkind Harry Potter, all grown up, slays his arch-nemesis Lord Voldemort, marries his best friend’s sister and “all was well.” Another Harry Potter, a British soldier, met a notably different, more tragic fate. But with the first in a two-part movie version of “Harry Potter and the…
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The Schmooze George Soros Bets Big on Female Condoms
Jewish billionaire and philanthropist George Soros tends to cast his lot with controversial political causes, like the ongoing AIPAC-JStreet battle royale or, more recently, California’s unsuccessful Proposition 19. But the Hungarian-born hedge-fund manager is still a businessman. Soros Fund Management revealed some new investments last week, including a rather curious 5.1 percent — 1.3 million…
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The Schmooze English Cleric Compares Supporters of Women Bishops to Nazis
It’s about time the Catholic Church shared the limelight when it comes to controversial behavior by Christian leaders. This incident, which manages to include anti-feminism sentiment and hyperbolic analogies to Nazi Germany, revolves around the oh-so fractious debate over the role of women in the Church of England. According to Britain’s The Daily Telegraph, the…
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The Schmooze Canadian Drug Store’s Removal of Magazine Stirs Debate on Anti-Semitism
The Anti-consumerist magazine Adbusters accused the Canadian Jewish Congress Tuesday of successfully lobbying Canadian drug store chain Shoppers Drug Mart to put a halt on all future sales of the bi-monthly publication. Adbusters’ current issue, still on shelves, features a photo essay, titled “Truthbombs on Israeli TV,” which pairs an image of Nazi destruction of…
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The Schmooze Tel Aviv: ‘The San Francisco in the Middle East’
“Tel Aviv is the total flipside of Jerusalem, a modern Sin City on the sea rather than an ancient Holy City on a hill.” In its 2011 list of the world’s top 10 cities, Lonely Planet, the world’s largest travel guidebook series, has pinpointed what many tourists to Israel knew already. Israel has a dichotomous…
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The Schmooze Tolerance Education For Students at "Beat the Jew" High School
A Southern California high school, where seven seniors where caught playing a chase game called “Beat the Jew” in May, will follow a new tolerance curriculum sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Palm Springs and Desert Area and the Anti-Defamation League’s “A World of Difference” Institute. The curriculum — set to start today — will…
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The Schmooze Like Marmalade? So Did Hitler
Not to be the bearer of bad news, but if you enjoyed a breakfast of bread, marmalade and coffee this morning you have something in common with Adolf Hitler. A set of previously classified documents released by the British National Archives last week reveal some rather dull details about the Nazi dictator’s life. We already…
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The Schmooze Craigslist Helps Synagogue Locate Lost Torah
Craigslist can help you find that perfect cement mixer or even lead you to the mysterious cigarette-smoking beauty you sometimes see at your bus stop. But as a Phoenix synagogue found out last week, the sprawling advertisement site is also good for something else: recovering stolen Torah scrolls. Sam Saks, a Young Israel of Phoenix…
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