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Thursday - 23 Adar 5769 - March 19, 2009

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*Today's News*	*Today's Kosher Recipes*
*Today's News*
A plea to Jews everywhere, unprepared to fight anti-Semitism All about the HaTikvah Blessing of the Sun: A Teachable Moment Brandeis’ Golda Confusing Queen Esther and … the Starbucks Mermaid Dead Sea Scroll Bombshell: Scholar Says Essenes Authors Never Existed Domestic Workers’ Rights: A Matter of Ethics First Aluf of Israel Since Joshua: Mickey Marcus Jackie Mason does it again Mark Naison: Is "Schwartze" A Racial Slur? In defense of Jackie Mason Once Reviled, Black Hebrews Now Fêted Passover Reading List - A Glimpse at a Few New Haggadot Russ & Daughters Extends Hours World’s Largest Kosher Matzah on Display in Ashdod
*Special Announcements*
I am collecting English books for young children (infant aged- elementary school (2-12)) A Hopeful Passover - An 81 page Pesach Cookbook FOR SALE - Baldwin Acrosonic piano / Techline Furniture / bookcase shelved towers Mar 19 Thu- Financial Strategies for Every Stage of Your Life Mar 20 Fri- 13th Annual Shabbat Across America/Canada Program Mar 22 Sun- Zemer Chai Sings at Concert at Agudas Achim Mar 22 Sun- Climbing Your Family Tree: A Program on Genealogy Mar 22 Sun- Miriam's Seder at Beth Chaverim Reform Congregation Mar 23 Mon- The Greek Shoah Experience Mar 23 Mon- 2009 Speaker Series Presents Michael Makovsky Mar 24 Tue- Nextbook DC presents Israeli author Etgar Keret Mar 24 Tue- The Foundation for Jewish Studies presents Distinguished Scholar Series Lectures Mar 24 Tue- Gan Israel Preschool Open House Mar 24 Tue- Downtown Lunch & Learn “From Whence My Help? Classical and Modern Meaning in Psalm Mar 26 Thu- Dinner with Rabbi Sheldon Zimmerman, Jewish Center of the Hamptons Mar 26 Thu- Sixth & I Historic Synagogue presents Laura Elkins: The First Ladies & Me Mar 27 Fri- Yoga and Contemplative Shabbat Service – led by Larissa Blechman Mar 28 Sat- Taste of Beth El Brisket and Kugel Mar 29 Sun- Come for an afternoon of fun at Gesher Jewish Day School Mar 30 Mon- Good For the Jews Play the Washington DCJCC Mar 31 Tue- The Foundation for Jewish Studies presents Distinguished Scholar Series Lectures Mar 31 Tue- Downtown Lunch & Learn “From Whence My Help? Classical and Modern Meaning in Psalm Apr 5 Sun- The Tribe Mototcycle Club will hold its 3rd annual Traveler's Prayer

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Arts
Book - 'A sad reflection of reality'
Coen Brothers Remaking John Wayne’s ‘True Grit’… Sort of
Les Grands Ballets to make Israeli debut in June
Malamud’s Bird, Now Onstage
Mandy Patinkin solo in Miami, with Patti LuPone in West Palm
Paul Rudd and Jason Segal Star in the ‘Bromance’
Who watches the Watchmensch?

Brandeis’ Golda
Celebrity Grapevine
Fifteen minutes of fame, Honoring commitment, Fancy meeting you, Short shorts …
Getting to know the rockin' rabbi
Gulfport's Rabbi Israel Dvorkin celebrates 100th birthday
Jackie Mason does it again
Mason calls Obama ‘schvartze’
So this guy walks into a bar ... and meets his future wife

Gantseh megilla on mamaloshn in vernacular
Stories with a Yiddish Twist
Yiddish Stuff

Chametz Sheavar Alav haPesach: The Supermarket Controversy
Kosher Food Business Rises at Pesach
Move to protect kosher slaughter earns praise
Rabbis on O.U. Webcast to answer more than standard Four Questions

Avigdor Lieberman est-il le Le Pen israélien?
Global financial crisis hits Israeli diamond industry
Israel seizes West Bank Hamas men
Jewish settlers' champion could be next Israeli foreign minister
Le nouveau gouvernement Netanyahou survivra-t-il?
'Modesty patrol' mercenary gets 4 years
Olmert on Schalit talks: Israel has red lines it won't cross
Selling Birthright to students after Gaza
Theory combats accepted wisdom on Dead Sea Scrolls

Arutz Sheva
Ha'aretz
Israel 21C
Jerusalem Post
Ma'ariv-Hebrew
Y-Net News

An imam who can
City's Jews, Muslims unite against racism
Holocaust lesson for Muslim youth in Germany
Move to protect kosher slaughter earns praise
News study suggests shake-up of European Jewry
Poland to present Jewish history in exhibit at EU

Debate Over ‘Israel Lobby’ Clout Returns
Exploring different “routes” to being Jewish
Houston Jewish film festival opens March 17th
Paradise lost? Hawaii weddings on the decline
Newton temple to unveil names of Czechs murdered by Nazis
Russ & Daughters Extends Hours

Belarusian builds monument to Holocaust victims
Dnepropetrovsk City Establishes Memorial For Former Chief Rabbi
Financial crisis slams Russia's Jewish billionaires
Rabbis' expulsion worries Russia's Jews
Ukraine marks home of rebbe’s father

Canadian Society for Yad Vashem gets new chair
Canadian university to probe clashes over Mideast
Court dismisses Odynsky’s appeal in war crimes case
Exodus Experience a multi-sensory tour of Pesach story
Food drive needs donations, volunteers for deliveries
Harper true ally to Israel
Israel Bonds office reopens in Winnipeg
Jewish Canadians Concerned About Suppression of Criticism of Israel
Meals on Wheels program faces deficit
Montreal federation travels to Paris for new CEO
Police host event on eradicating racism
Recession fails to hinder young entrepreneurs

Secret Yemen Rescue Imperiled by Communal Turf Battles
Yemen government breaks promises to relocated Jews

Australian Jews rail against Khatami visit
Australian Women Fill Melbourne Hall in Show of Jewish Unity
Community rejects Khatami’s visit
Court rejects Israeli father’s bid for kids
Turnbull urges immediate Durban withdrawal

Argentina admits 1992 embassy bombing unresolved
Argentina's anti-Semitic past
Iran in Latin America
No Costume Required
Prosecutor in AMIA case: Move trial outside Argentina
Return to Centro Histórico
State sponsored antisemitism alive and well in Venezuela, says Montreal rabbi
Venezuela Jews rebuild after synagogue attack

Iran not a ‘black and white’ issue, prof says
Where is the Arab outrage over Darfur?

A Closer Look at Goucher's Farm to Fork Program
McGill students defy anti-Israel atmosphere
Purim at Hillel
Sanctions urged against anti-Israel group at York
Student groups want to work together more
Students visit six Holocaust sites over break
Tale of Mideast Jews can ease campus tension: prof
Uniting Brown

Studies: Prostate PSA tests may do more harm than good
US capital struggles to contain HIV epidemic

If the Golden Calf was wrong, why not our golden tabernacle?
Jewish kilt: Oakland couple gives rise to a new term
Jewish Museum's 'Night in Persia"
Memories of Miami Beach: Sand, surf — and Pesach
Orthodoxy, Then and Now
Roger Cohen’s Dialogue with the Iran Jewish Community
USCJ seeks larger role in movement’s future

Jewish Humor

Daughter’s poise, confidence make her mother’s heart swell
Mazel tough: Three women reflect on their adult bat mitzvahs
Why so many adult women are rushing to the bimah

Actor Ron Silver dies of cancer

Todays Kosher Recipes

Do a menu mitzvah at your next event: Serve food eaten by Jews around the world

Mediterranean Pasta Salad

Slow Cooker Corned Beef

When dedicating a new home, make it warm … and tasty

World's Best Cookies' recipe

Measurement Conversion

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