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Exclusive VIDEO - Vigil at Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles

By Jay Firestone
Published on August 7, 2008


Call for Jews to shun China Olympics stirs opposition

By Ron Kampeas
Published on May 8, 2008

In an appeal issued April 30 and timed for the commemoration of Yom HaShoah, 185 Jewish leaders -- mostly clergy -- appealed to Jews not to attend the Beijing Olympics this summer as tourists.

Jewish Olympians must shine light on genocide

By Daniel Hemel
Published on August 16, 2007

In the summer of 1936, a year after the enactment of the Nuremberg Laws, the world turned a blind eye to Nazi Germany's genocidal intentions as Hitler hosted the Olympics in Berlin. With next summer's games set to take place in Beijing, Jewish and Israeli athletes have a responsibility to help ensure that the world does not make the same mistake.


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World
The Rebbe’s army soldiers on

Chabad has become so ubiquitous that Jewish travelers around the world, no matter how far they stray, have come to expect a Shabbat meal, a holiday celebration and a warm welcome from one of these Chasidic couples, no questions asked. All that's required is a knock on the door.

Singles
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Cartoons
Mahatma’s tears

Los Angeles
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Israel
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The attacks on 10 sites in the Indian city, which killed nearly 200 people, could lead to a shift in the way Israel views global terrorism and the way to combat it.

Films
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Those who gulped down "The Reader" in one sitting when the English translation of the German book came out eight years ago will need no inducement to see the movie.

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Education
Thanks, Cal State —thanks a lot

When we hear that the one option that has always been guaranteed to us is now an uncertain variable, we can do nothing but doubt. When competition rages from all angles, and the safety we counted on no longer exists, we can do nothing but give up, right?

U.S.
Analysis: Obama sounding similar to Bush on foreign policy

Not only is Barack Obama inheriting President Bush's Middle East, it looks like he's adopting his strategies.

Torah Portion
Listen, will you?

Parshat Vayetze (Genesis 28:10-32:3) Men equate the inability to solve a problem with weakness, so when men are in the same situation they feel that they must solve the problem.

Food
Kosherfest 2008 is heaven on earth for foodies

Each year Kosherfest organizers hold a competition for the best new kosher-certified products. This year, Zelda's Sweet Shoppe of Skokie, Ill., took top honors with a "Southern Pecan Pie."

Music
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While other music fanatics visit Hollywood's nightclubs to discover groundbreaking music, Kun rummages through countless bins at places like the National Council of Jewish Women's thrift shop looking for Jewish records of the past. But he hasn't done it alone.