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all of the journalistic words have been, are being, said already.

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to me, there’s only one thing worth saying on the journalistic side:
24 israelis have been killed by rocket or mortar attacks from gaza, ever.
more than 300 palestinians have been killed by the israeli blitzkrieg in gaza in the past 2 days.
more than 3,300 palestinians have been killed by the israeli military in gaza since 2000.
and it needs to be said over and over and over again.

beyond the journalistic. words aren’t worth much, or are everything.

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On November 23, 2008, we held the first International Conference of Black Jews. We invited Jews of Nigerian, North American, Congolese and Israeli origin to compare our different ways of living our Judaism.
With this event, we wanted to illustrate the diversity present in Judaism, and to show that biological criteria are never involved in defining [...]

The following story will most likely fall through the cracks of the mainstream media, but will be picked up by Right Wing Jews and their supporters. In fact, the press reports that I have seen thus far have been quoting the following posting from Arutz Sheva.
As our friend Yehouda Shenhav has pointed out so [...]

Ariel Sabar, My Father’s Paradise: A Son’s Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2008
Towards the end of Ariel Sabar’s extraordinarily compelling retelling of his family’s history in Iraqi Kurdistan, he makes a brilliant observation that encapsulates his tale and is emblematic of the broken stories of so many [...]

The following is an interview with Nduwa Guershon, an organizer of the conference “A Black Synagogue in Paris: What about Black Jews in the U.S., Israel and England?” which will be held on November 23, 2008 in Paris, France.
CK: Tell us a bit about yourself:
NG: I am a social worker working today for the french [...]

OK, where were we? Yes, the actual situation of the Salvadoran Jewish Community…
Let’s go back in time: We had a Civil War in El Salvador that started in 1980 and ended in 1992 with a peace treaty. To make the story short, our country was a war playground for the USA and the USSR, with [...]

David Shasha is an independent scholar of Jewish history and culture and the founder and director of The Center for Sephardic Heritage in Brooklyn, New York.
Since the emergence of multiple Diasporas over the course of two millennia Jews have found themselves assimilating in various degrees to the cultures of their adopted homelands. While the [...]

Ever wonder how life is for a Jew in the smallest country of America? (We’re talking about the continent, mind you.)
In some ways, it’s far better than living in a big community. In other ways, it’s just tough to be a Jew. An observant Jew, at least.
We’re the only recognized Jewish community, [...]

cross-posted from Duluth News Tribune
The Abayudaya, a group of Jews in Uganda, lived in near-isolation from the rest of the Jewish world until being “discovered” in the 1990s. Since then, international groups have sought to help the Abayudaya and assimilate them into the greater Jewish community. This month, News Tribune editorial page editor Robin Washington [...]