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It’s ironic that when we hear about Arab extremists attacking and killing Jewish settlers, there is quiet from these same left wingers.

For several years I have been trying to get the leadership of The Great New York State Fair to obtain a deal with a kosher food vendor during the 12-day agricultural extravaganza.

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The concept for Curious George began with a story about Raffy, a lonesome giraffe who befriends nine monkeys, the youngest of whom is named Fifi.

If I can't save the world at large, the least I can do is to try to save or improve my own small world.

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We studied his seforim together, we listened to famous cantorial masters and we spoke of his illustrious yichus, his pedigree, dating back to the famous commentator, Rashi.

Jews who were considered, but not ultimately selected, include Woody Allen, Saul Bellow, David Ben-Gurion, Marc Chagall, Anne Frank, and Barbra Streisand.

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There are a variety of sources that, comics historians claim, served as sources of inspiration for the Superman character.

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Not as well known is that long before Anderson was denied permission to sing at Constitution Hall, she was refused lodging at Nassau Inn in Princeton during her April 16, 1937 concert at the McCarter Theatre there, and Albert Einstein invited her into his home as a guest.

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I do not suggest abandoning civilization for a pristine desert island or a hilltop in Judea or Samaria.

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Marceau suggested a dark reason for his wordless art: "The people who came back from the [concentration] camps were never able to talk about it…. My name is Mangel. I am Jewish. Perhaps that, unconsciously, contributed towards my choice of silence."

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We tend to justify and idealize this division with pride attributing these tendencies as demonstrating a higher level of kedushah.

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Any number of false narratives regarding the reason the Beatles did not perform at Ramat Gan continue to circulate, ranging from a dispute between Ori and another music promoter, Giora Godik, to the recalcitrance of Golda Meir.

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After spending a day lobbying lawmakers in Albany, at least one person came away from several meetings less than enthusiastic about the prospects of this bill passing.

Am I so Jewishly unknowledgeable? It sure looked like it!

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