Palestinian American man stabbed leaving protest: ‘Joe Biden, I blame you’
The man was stabbed leaving a pro-Palestinian protest Sunday
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Each year, Austin, Texas strains its infrastructure and its AirBNB capacity to host South by Southwest (SXSW), a gargantuan mix of trendy conferences and festivals focused on film, music and interactive media. In 2017, the event attracted over 70,000 attendees. On January 30, the festival unveiled its 2018 film festival lineup. Here are the choicest…
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News Meet Steve Adler, Austin’s Mellow Mayor — Who’s Getting Feisty Under Trump
Life is good for Steve Adler, the mayor of Austin. The Texas capital is famous for its music scene, SXSW festival, and “Keep Austin Weird” sensibility — Adler revels in all of that. But his job isn’t easy. Increasingly, being the mayor of Austin has come to mean high-noon-style showdowns with the state and federal…
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Fast Forward Austin’s Jewish Mayor Blasts Texas Governor For Targeting Liberal Cities
According to Republican governor of Texas Greg Abbott, “the smell of freedom… does not exist in Austin, Texas.” Abbott has been leading a crackdown on Texas’ sanctuary cities — which includes Austin — and spurring on the Texas legislature’s plans to curtail local authority on taxation and union regulation. But Austin’s Democratic mayor, Steve Adler,…
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The Schmooze Austin Mayor Publishes Open Letter to ‘Wonder Woman’ Women-Only Screening Hater
Last week, an Austin movie theater announced it would be hosting a women-only screening of ‘Wonder Woman’ and men lost their minds (#notallmen! #notallmen! #notallmen! Please don’t send me any threatening emails!!!!!). Today, Austin mayor Steve Adler posted on his website a letter he received from one of these angry men. The letter’s author, Richard…
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Israel News Meet the Jazz-Playing, Erotica-Writing Rabbi Who Planned a Synagogue Trip to Arafat’s Grave
A Conservative rabbi in Austin, Texas, has become the flashpoint of a controvery over a proposed congregational trip to Israel that would have included a visit to the grave of the late Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat. It all started when Rabbi Neil Blumofe, 45, sent out a tentative itinerary for a planned 15-day trip to…
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Forward 50 2015 Michael Dell
Like many other Jewish boys, Michael Dell was supposed to grow up to become a doctor, just like his father. But from early on he had other plans. At the age of 12 Dell already showed his knack for business, making a small fortune from trading stamps and selling newspaper subscriptions. So it was no…
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Food Brooklyn Bookworm Brings ‘Literary’ Knishes to Deli-Starved Texas
The “Leopold Bloom,” above, is the knish for the urban adventurer, according to the bakery’s website. What happens when a homesick, Brooklyn-born bookworm decides to start making his own knishes in deli-starved Austin, Texas? You get , a wholesale bakery from which Joel Weinbrot slings up slightly loony literary-inspired knishes. The Austin Chronicle reports Weinbrot’s…
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