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  • Luzon names Israel squad for home finals

    "This is a hard day for me," said coach Guy Luzon after naming his final 23-man squad for this summer's UEFA European Under-21 Championship on home ...

  • Livni Coming days critical for Israel-Palestinian talks

    The coming days are critical for the efforts to rekindle the frozen Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, Justice Minister Tzipi Livni said after participating in Thursday morning's meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu."The effort to jump-start the negotiations, shouldn't just fall on the US, but also on the two sides," she ...

  • Palestinian protests greet Kerry in Ramallah

    resuming the peace talks with Israel.As Kerry arrived in Ramallah, dozens of Palestinians staged a protest outside Abbas's office, condemning Washington's "bias" in favor of ...

  • The Weekly Schmooze Weiner puns galore

    Mel Brook s, so there has been plenty of Mel to go around this week. Brooks spoke to NPR about being an EGOT - the rare group of Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony winners - and more. JTA's Ami Eden put together a list of the most "Jewy" scenes in Brooks' movies, and while The Schmooze respectfully disagrees with his assessment of Robin Hood: Men in Tights (How could you dislike ...

  • iENGAGE A letter to Abbas Dont prove naysayers right

    Dear President Abbas, The new administration in Washington has brought to our neighborhood a Secretary of State who has not yet given up on the possibilities of progress in bringing our conflict to a peaceful and just end. It seems, as well, that President Obama, while facing numerous challenges both on the home and international fronts, is willing to expend some political capital in trying to ...

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Scenes From a Marriage (Scener ur ett äktenskap) [DVD]

Scenes From a Marriage (Scener ur ett äktenskap) [DVD]

From the very beginning, you can tell something is wrong, just under the surface. When Marianne (Liv Ullmann) and Johan (Erland Josephson), who have been married for 10 years, sit down for a magazine interview about their perfect marriage, there is an underlying sense o ... ...

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  • CST British Jews not affected by Jihadist attack

    British Jews are not more at risk from terrorism than they were before the slaying of a British soldier by suspected terrorists, British Jewry's security unit, CST, said.But Muslims in Britain are reporting "a wave of violence and intimidation" following Wednesday's attack during the day on a London ...

  • Video Weiner Launches New York City Mayoral Campaign

    Former New York congressman Anthony Weiner has officially announced that be will be running for mayor of New York City. The former congressman, who resigned in 2011 after posting a lewd photo of himself on Twitter, announced his bid late Tuesday with a video announcement posted to YouTube. "Look, I’ve made some big mistakes and I know I’ve let a lot of people down," ...

  • Golden Dawn Kill Others Not Yourselves

    Commenting on the recent rise in suicides in Greece due to the country’s dire economic situation, a leading lawmaker of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party urged nationals to "kill those who are responsible for their problems" rather than result to taking their own lives. Speaking during an interview for the ‘Dateline’ program broadcast by the Australian ...

  • Judean Jews We wont be Cannon Fodder

    that Jews refuse to be "cannon fodder," as he put it. "It is time for te government to get up and do something that will defeat the terror on the roads. It is impossible that Jews who want to drive home will be like ducks in a shooting gallery. There must be resolute action and an iron fist against any rock-throwing event. The IDF's deterrent force and the residents' ...

  • French Jewish Singer Georges Moustaki Dies Age 79

    Jewish French singer and composer Georges Moustaki, who sang in several languages and whose romantic ballads won him global fame, died on Thursday at the age of 79, his entourage said, according to ...

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