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Could Hamas go moderate?

Experts often say that one of the biggest obstacles to Israeli-Palestinian peace today is the split between the Palestinians’ two major factions: Fatah and Hamas. Fatah cooperates with Israeli security forces and is committed in principle to the two-state solution. Hamas calls for Israel’s destruction and just bombarded southern Israel with rockets. It’s easy to […]

Liev Schreiber plays a Hasidic cop in a new movie

Interesting sites seen at the Brooklyn set of the upcoming John Turturro film “Fading Gigalo,” as actor Liev Schrieber (“Scream,” X-Men Origins: Wolverine”) and singer/actress Vanessa Paradis were dressed as kosher Hasidic Jews from Brooklyn. In fact, Schreiber was wearing the Shomrim uniforms, a licensed neighbourhood watch for Hasidic Jewish communities in Brooklyn, as Paradis was […]

A Kaddish For Bernie Madoff

With her band Girls in Trouble, fiddler and singer/songwriter Alicia Jo Rabins wrote haunting songs about Biblical women. In her new project Rabins tackles a figure of a different kind: Ponzi-scheme mastermind Bernie Madoff. A one-woman show about a man who ruined fortunes, bankrupted charitable organizations and whose actions seem to have driven people to suicide? Sounds […]

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Could Hamas go moderate?

Liev Schreiber plays a Hasidic cop in a new movie

A Kaddish For Bernie Madoff

Sarah Silverman and Conan corrupt innocent babies (VIDEO)

For a Thanksgiving seder, it’s all about the ‘hodu’

Shia LaBeouf gets in a bar fight in London

James Franco’s latest adventures include cupcake pajamas and sleepy Bond dates

Mayim Bialik says she’ll put condoms on genetically-modified foods

The Delaware judge and contemplations on Jewish identity

Novelist Phillip Roth is done with writing

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