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• From the Archive: When the Hebraists hit the Yiddishists

  October 9, 2013 5:40pm

  Back in 1928, linguistic differences sparked a Tel Aviv brawl.

• Bill De Blasio, Ovadia Yosef and the Sandinistas

  October 8, 2013 1:42pm

  New York’s mayoral front-runner lands in hot water over his affinity for Nicaragua’s Sandinistas and his praise for the late spiritual leader of Israel’s Shas party.

• The Agudah thanks the tabloids

  October 7, 2013 4:27pm

  Agudath Israel learns to love the tabloids.

• Iranian charm offensives, past and present

  October 6, 2013 6:22am

  Back in January 1979, advisers to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini assured Jews that their leader was not an enemy.

• Gov’t shutdown bad for Jews, but also bad for Klan

  October 2, 2013 3:02pm

  The government shutdown poses problems for many Americans, Jews and Klansmen included.

• Sukkot in the Vatican: Rabbi spent the holidays with Pope Francis

  October 1, 2013 6:02pm

  Rabbi Abraham Skorka spent several days with his friend and countryman the pope.

• Netanyahu at U.N.: ‘Rouhani thinks he can have his yellowcake and eat it too’

  October 1, 2013 4:58pm

  Benjamin Netanyahu isn’t swayed by the Iranian president’s “charm offensive.”

• Haredim in church? The wackiest result from the Pew ‘Jewish Americans’ survey

  October 1, 2013 1:43pm

  The Pew survey of American Jews had one strange finding: Many Orthodox Jews report attending non-Jewish religious services.

• Downcast in Jericho, then and now

  September 30, 2013 3:44pm

  After 20 years of Palestinian rule, residents of Jericho remain frustrated with their situation, but even back in 1993, there was a mood of pessimism in the city.

• Ben-Ami throws down gauntlet (to Bibi?): Time to talk two-state tachlis

  September 29, 2013 7:30am

  J Street’s Jeremy Ben-Ami says it’s time to get specific on what a two-state solution entails.