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Braun said specimen collector was anti-Semite to drum up support in ’12

Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun during his appeal of a drug suspension in 2012 told players on opposing teams that the collector of his urine sample was an anti-Semite.

Obama golfs with Larry David

Barack Obama closed out his vacation on Martha’s Vineyard with what was likely a very funny round of golf. According to CNN the president teed off on Saturday at Farm Neck Golf Club with Larry David, co-creator of “Seinfeld” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” The foursome also included private equity investor Glenn Hutchins and former U.S. […]

Anti-Semitic Rioting in Wales

Wales is famous for being the home of woolly sheep and Tom Jones and difficult-to-pronounce place names (Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, we’re looking at you). What it’s not known for is anti-Semitic violence. But 102 years ago today, it became notorious for just that. In 1911, the newly industrialized South Wales was wracked by labor disputes, and on the night of […]

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Braun said specimen collector was anti-Semite to drum up support in ’12

Obama golfs with Larry David

Anti-Semitic Rioting in Wales

Could the chaos in Egypt and Syria help the peace process?

Scandals in Jewish organizations

Prisoner blowback

Story suggestions wanted: The Lifecyclist & Teen Heroes

“This American Life” Goes Israeli

World’s most outrageous bar/bat mitzvah party? Not Sam Horowitz

Alice Walker disinvited from University of Michigan

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