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Current Schmooze News Monday - 5 Adar I - February 11, 2008

Arts
Assimilating the best Jewish movies of 2007
Houdini rewrite aims to escape story straitjacket
Kick back, relax and laugh No tough questions asked in 'Shlemiel the First'
Mesmeric and seductive songstress
‘Ribs & Brisket Revue’ and all that Jewish jazz
Theater: Survivor story
Traveling Jewish Theatre gives 'Dead Mother' her due

Campus
Dietary laws go to college
Jewish students standing alone
MIT experiment determines most palatable hummus
Rise in anti-Semitism on campus

Canada
Canadian court hands rare Internet hate crime conviction
Darchei Noam moves into its reconstructed home
Solidarité avec les Juifs de Cuba
What’s right with Canadian Jewish Congress


Culture
Conservative Rabbis to Vote on Resolution Criticizing Pope’s Revision of Prayer
Digging the Bible
Disguised As Clark Kent: Jews, Comics & The Creation Of The Superhero
Jewish Group Releases Documentary; Urges Jews To Confront Growing Global Environmental Threats
Leigh's Jewish Family Mixes Talmudic Talk, Borscht-Belt Humor
My JetBlue minyan
New prayer book gives Jews insight into origins and history of their prayers
Yiddish, anyone?

Hate
Anti-Semitic blog angers Italians
French policemen suspended for anti-Semitic outburst
Grave near Kiev is reminder of 20th century's only blood libel
Italian police shut down blog listing 162 Jewish University professors

Health
Diabetes Health Goes Beyond Blood Sugar

International
German Jewish leader: Allies didn't do enough to save Jews
Historian Zeev Sternhell wins 2008 Israel Prize
Jewish group: prayer for conversion of Jews remains ‘troubling’ despite changes
Jewish organization welcomes Britain’s decision to deny visa to Muslim scholar
Portraits of Gilad Shalit and Ingrid Betancourt on wall of Strasbourg synagogue
Vilnius Catholics derogatorily portray Jews in holiday parade

Israel
2 Sderot houses hit by Kassam rockets fired from Gaza Strip
An invitation to share in the spirit of a community
Best Buy fined NIS 90,300 for employing Jews on Shabbat
Court: Tunisian Jews eligible for reparations
Deep inside the plucky country
Israel needs a more idealistic society
Israel’s religious profile changing
Israel shudders after Gaza and Winograd
Israeli finds no escape from the relentless torment of history
No Palestinian state possible until rockets stop
Over half of Jerusalem's children poor
Some 300,000 Israelis left Jerusalem in last 15 years


Jewish Heroes and Heroines in America
Medieval Kingdom of Khazaria, 652-1016
Portuguese Sephardic History
Who are the Sephardim?
The Chinese Jews published in 1907
The Jewish community in Richmond Virginia


Taking another look at that venerable Jewish mother
My Land of Israel: A trip to the 1930s
UN Watch Challenges Saudi Arabian Testimony to UN Women’s Rights Panel

Kashrut/Kosher
Kosher sales sizzle as shoppers put faith in foods' safety
N.Y.area airports to sell kosher fare

Obituaries
Rabbi's hope out of horror
Respected Polish diplomat Stefan Meller dies aged 65

People

U.S.A.
Amidst Affluence, Poverty Persists Among New York Jews

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