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 Zev Chafets: “Shrines not always what they seem to be.”     Zev Chafets isn’t planning on attending the Baseball Hall of Fame induction festivities this weekend in Cooperstown, N.Y., on the assumption that he would be persona non grata after the publication of his new book, “Cooperstown Confidential: Heroes, Rogues, and the Inside Story […]

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 The newspaper business in America is in deep decline, bordering on a deathwatch in some cities, and, alas, Jewish newspapers are no exception to this troubling trend.   The combination of the national economic meltdown, the trend among younger people away from print journalism and the “original sin” of news organizations making content available for […]

The Dead Sea is still alive — in an international competition to name the “Seven Natural Wonders of the World.” The body of water, lowest in altitude on the planet and one of the highest in salt content, which borders on Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian territories, is among 77 sites still under consideration for […]

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