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What made the 1964 Rochester race riot extraordinary was that it was so unexpected. “I lived in the city at the time, but my wife and I were in Paris on our honeymoon when the news broke,” recalled Paul Goldberg via email. “We had just had a conversation with someone we met on the trip […]

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Ross Ufberg at the Forward’s Arty-Semite launched an imaginative series about “The Lions of Zion,” a fictional all-Jewish baseball team trying to compete in the National League in 1933. Had the team been real, JTA might have been able to help the hapless Hebrews drum up support the following year. [[READMORE]] JTA Jewish Daily Bulletin […]

Last night’s episode of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” — wherein a Palestinian chicken restaurant opens up next door to a Jewish deli — is being hailed by bloggers as one of Larry David’s finest. While staring at the pro-Palestinian posters that adorn the restaurant, Larry proposes that Palestinians engage in a chicken-based solution for Mideast peace: Larry: We’re […]

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