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  • Day 23 of Jewish American Heritage Month: Grow something

    Tap into the locavore movement by spending a day — or a week — at a center promoting Jewish sustainability, organic farming methods and spiritualism. More ▸

  • Kickstarting Yiddish literature

    Websites for grassroots fundraising have begun to change the way we fund lots of projects. Recently, 6noBacon favorite Zach Braff used Kickstarter to fund a movie free from the oversight of Hollywood studios. Now the site is being used for the resuscitation of Yiddish Literature. Translator Michael Wex, using a similar service, Indiegogo, is attempting to… More ▸

  • The Jews who run America

    OK, not really. But with the election of councilman Eric Garcetti to the position of Los Angeles mayor, the three most populated cities in America will soon have Jewish mayors. Michael Bloomberg has been mayor of New York City for 12 years. Rahm Emanuel, after finishing up his service as Obama’s Chief of Staff, has… More ▸

  • Anthony Weiner announces bid for mayor

    With a video aimed at the middle-class, Anthony Weiner announces his official bid for mayor. More ▸

  • Al-Jazeera publishes, pulls, then reposts Joseph Massad piece

    Amid controversy, al-Jazeera removes then reposts Joseph Massad’s Op-Ed that views Zionism as anti-Semitic More ▸

  • In protest of Bennett, echoes of JVP

    On Monday, 30 young, left-wing Diaspora Jews interrupted a speech by right-wing Israeli Finance Minister Naftali Bennett. The move is reminiscent of an earlier disruption of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s keynote address at the November 2010 General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America. More ▸

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