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EST 1917

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Over at the Washington Jewish Week, the redoubtable Adam Kredo has some justifiable fun with an NJDC demand that Republicans return money from the Koch brothers, now that their past Iran sanctions dodging has been revealed by Bloomberg News. Kredo notes a) the Kochs have given to Democrats and b) GE also dodged sanctions, and […]

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At first thought, Jews don’t seem to have much in common with dwarves, those fictitious creatures from medieval tales. But J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973), a philo-Semite and author of Lord of the Rings, based his depiction of dwarves on his knowledge of the Jewish people. Tolkien historian John Rateliff, in his book The History of the Hobbit, claims that Tolkien’s fascination […]

It’s happening again. A TV network it has the next great show that will appeal to the younger audience and will be too hilarious/epic/shareable for its own good. This time the network is Fox, which is teaming up Sony Pictures with Adam Sandler and his production company Happy Madison to create a show that is based […]

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