Monthly Archives: December 2011

Family bonds overcome strife

Sticking it Out as a Family Jewish tradition teaches us that all later disputes within the Jewish world are already foretold in the story of Yosef and his brothers – yet we remain, as the brothers remained, a family. Leaders, … Continue reading

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Hareidim against intolerance

The Events in Beit Shemesh: A Hareidi Resident Speaks These “crazies” are hardly hareidim. The standard definition for a member of hareidi society is someone who follows the opinions of the great sages, Gedolei Torah. From the times of the … Continue reading

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Google supports Israeli tech

Google Backing Israel Entrepreneurs Amid Funding Gap By Jonathan Ferziger and Gwen Ackerman – Bloomberg, Dec 29, 2011 The Google Inc. (GOOG) executive with his bright yellow vest was impossible to miss in the middle of the Israeli startup owners … Continue reading

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New ideology from Arab uprising

An ideology has taken on life of its own in these uprisings Societies will no longer  allow regimes to use foreign antagonisms to validate stifling, sadistic, security-dominated political systems at home. Nor will they tolerate giving foreign matters precedence over … Continue reading

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Meeting for Integrative Biology

This story is taken from Sacbee / PR Newswire Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology to Convene Annual Meeting Published Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011 CHARLESTON, S.C., Dec. 29, 2011 — Scientists will present research on marine biodiversity, climate change, animal … Continue reading

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Israel must change its image

Time for Israel to change the narrative It would be good place to start normalizing Israel’s image in the world if its most highly publicized doom-and-gloom conference were replaced by something else that might convey to the rest of the … Continue reading

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Jews teach self-defense to Arabs

Published  26.12.11 In East Jerusalem workshop, Jewish instructors teach Arab women self-defense The events in the cold gym in a Wadi Joz community center are indeed a bit surreal: Jews hardly ever enter Jerusalem’s Arab neighborhoods, let alone teach women … Continue reading

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Famed Yiddish singer dies

Adrienne Cooper Embodied Progressive Spirit By Jeffrey Shandler, Forward Published December 26, 2011, issue of December 30, 2011. It is hard to imagine the world without Adrienne Cooper, a friend said to me on learning that she was near death. … Continue reading

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