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 Dennis Ross is about to give his first post-Obama administration talk at his old/new home, the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. The joint is packed: Left to right spectrum of the American Jewish world. ZOA as we speak is chatting with APN. Lotsa diplos, journos — the usual WINEP crowd and then some. Here’s […]

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When Jewish immigrants left the Soviet Union and arrived in North America, they experienced huge culture shock. The way Vlada Bilyak tells it in her new documentary, much of her own cultural confusion came from the way her Canadian classmates connected to Judaism–attending religious services or eating bagels. These had nothing to do with what Biyak’s parents had taught her about her religion, […]

With his announcement that he’ll be running against Vladimir Putin for Russia’s presidency, Mikhail Prokhorov, the billionaire businessman with Jewish roots who owns the New Jersey Nets, finally showed his hand on why he bought a majority stake in the perennial NBA basement-dwellers from Newark a couple years back: insurance. Here’s how it works: Businessman […]

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