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Getting to know Ken Burns
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: Wednesday 19th Aug 2020 at 09:20 Contributed by: Vickie Feldman |
In 2010 Philadelphian journalist Vickie Feldman wrote a series of features, one of which we are posting here..
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The Time of Our Lies
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: Saturday 3rd Aug 2019 at 18:21 Contributed by: Carol Gould |
The play about Howard Zinn falls short of being 'theatre'
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Recent US -bashing films
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: Thursday 7th Feb 2019 at 12:26 Contributed by: Carol Gould |
'Vice' leads the pack in America-bashing...a link to my piece in 'The Epoch Times..'
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Passyunk Avenue - a new Philly cheesesteak bistro in London
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: Tuesday 10th Apr 2018 at 11:38 Contributed by: Carol Gould |
In the heart of central London an authentic hoagie and steak sandwich venue run by Philadelphians
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'Hell on Earth'
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: Sunday 25th Jun 2017 at 20:30 Contributed by: Carol Gould |
An otherwise excellent film about Syria contains a bizarre vignette about the USA and UK..
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Daniel Winder's dynamic 'Pinocchio' at St Paul's Covent Garden
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: Tuesday 11th Aug 2015 at 15:17 Contributed by: Carol Gould |
Iris Theatre does it again -- a show that transcends 'children's theatre..'
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Gilad Atzmon at the Frontline Club
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: Wednesday 17th Oct 2012 at 17:46 Contributed by: Carol Gould |
The Israeli-born saxophonist and jazz musician is the subject of a new film..
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John Gibbons and the Ealing Symphony - a Berlin Sound
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: Saturday 26th Nov 2011 at 14:21 Contributed by: Carol Gould |
A magnificent concert worthy of any international venue...
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Sancho -- an Act of Remembrance - Oxford Playhouse Studio
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: Friday 23rd Sep 2011 at 11:09 Contributed by: Carol Gould |
The black experience is depicted with humour and pathos in this tour de force by British actor Paterson Joseph
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Norman Rockwell's America
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: Thursday 13th Jan 2011 at 03:09 Contributed by: Estelle Lovatt |
The Norman Rockwell exhibition at London's Dulwich Gallery ..
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European Jewish Youth go to the Big Apple
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: Thursday 27th May 2010 at 14:21 Contributed by: Mushka Dubasava |
Their first trip to New York gives ECJS a wide view of the American Jewish world..
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European Jewish Youth Find Peace in Dublin
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: Thursday 7th Jan 2010 at 20:04 Contributed by: Mushka Dubasava |
With anti-Semitism and Israel-hatred at an all-time high in Europe and the UK a conference brought solace..
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'Endgame' by Samuel Beckett
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: Thursday 2nd Apr 2009 at 01:36 Contributed by: Carol Gould |
This masterpiece is a mirror on the world today..
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Seven Jewish Children
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: Sunday 1st Mar 2009 at 02:09 Contributed by: Carol Gould |
Caryl Churchill's short play is a condemnation of Jewish parental guidance..
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Saatchi: Unveiled -- New Art from the Middle East
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: Thursday 26th Feb 2009 at 05:09 Contributed by: Estelle Lovatt |
Middle Eastern artists, free to work in the West, use their art to denigrate Israel and the USA...
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Stephen Fry's America
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: Saturday 14th Feb 2009 at 03:32 Contributed by: Carol Gould |
Actor-raconteur Fry exposes some unsavoury aspects of Americana..
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Simon Schama and the Future of America
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: Monday 19th Jan 2009 at 13:58 Contributed by: Carol Gould |
The darkest chapters in American history seem to preoccupy Professor Schama's discourse..
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'Candide' at the London Coliseum
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: Saturday 5th Jul 2008 at 00:57 Contributed by: Carol Gould |
The fiercely anti-American re-write of the original concept is at times sick-making...
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Return to Lebanon--Brian Keenan in Lebanon
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: Tuesday 1st Apr 2008 at 01:21 Contributed by: Carol Gould |
A biased and often disturbingly anti-Israeli film from a former hostage of Hezbollah..
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'Werfel Vs Odets' and 'God Explodes Laughing'
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: Saturday 1st Sep 2007 at 01:26 Contributed by: Carol Gould |
Two excellent play readings in a very unpleasant London neighbourhood...
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'Fallujah'
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: Friday 25th May 2007 at 23:00 Contributed by: Carol Gould |
The play in London is a painful picture of a dark episode in the Iraq War..
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The Pizza Place
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: Tuesday 1st May 2007 at 02:34 Contributed by: Carol Gould |
A Maida Vale eatery that looked divine was a disaster...
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'Black Book'
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: Monday 23rd Apr 2007 at 17:22 Contributed by: Daniel Jason |
Paul Verhoeven's film is another chapter in the tragic epic that was Nazi-occupied Holland...
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Crossing the Ocean on the QM2
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: Friday 10th Nov 2006 at 03:34 Contributed by: Carol Gould |
Unexpected events and poignant encounters make the price worthwile...
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Rumsfeld Then..
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: Thursday 9th Nov 2006 at 02:31 Contributed by: Carol Gould |
We unashamedly republish our Ode to Rummy from 2002..
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Judas the Jew
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: Tuesday 11th Apr 2006 at 13:07 Contributed by: Barry Shaw |
Writing from Israel, Shaw provides an insight into the stunning new evidence of the real Judas story..
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Other Hands
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: Thursday 9th Mar 2006 at 20:20 Contributed by: Bryony Young |
A new play at the Soho Theatre in London is startling and compelling...
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O Go My Man
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: Monday 6th Feb 2006 at 01:56 Contributed by: Bryony Young |
Conflict in the developing world...
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'Mrs Henderson Presents'
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: Friday 20th Jan 2006 at 18:02 Contributed by: Terry Lawson |
Judi Dench breathes life into the wartime Windmill Theatre story..
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Magnificent Desolation
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: Sunday 2nd Oct 2005 at 18:55 Contributed by: Carrie Devorah |
The new feature-length documentary about the Amercian moon triumph is compulsive viewing...
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'The Death of Klinghoffer' and 'Prayer Room' at The 2005 Edinburgh International Festival
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: Saturday 27th Aug 2005 at 22:18 Contributed by: The Editor |
This year politically potent plays and the opera 'The Death of Klinghoffer' have dominated the arts event...
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Home-sick by Dafna Rubinstein
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: Thursday 18th Aug 2005 at 00:57 Contributed by: Carol Gould |
A searingly moving play about Israeli life could be a major event if it lasted longer than an hour...
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'Outrage' by Itamar Moses
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: Saturday 11th Jun 2005 at 20:01 Contributed by: Carol Gould |
A new play that juxtaposes ugly university politics against the tribulations of great men of the past has opened in Philadelphia..
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'Recent Tragic Events'
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: Monday 23rd May 2005 at 05:12 Contributed by: Carol Gould |
A play about a blind date the day after 9/11 brings to a theatre audience the shattering impact of the terror attacks..
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'Be My Baby' and 'Snapshots'
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: Tuesday 15th Mar 2005 at 21:30 Contributed by: Emily Conway |
An all-female cast brings a vibrant debut to the London stage...
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'Finding Neverland' and 'Meet the Fockers'
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: Monday 14th Mar 2005 at 21:34 Contributed by: Emily Conway |
Two recent films are evaluated from a young reviewer's perspective...
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'My Architect'
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: Monday 16th Aug 2004 at 01:06 Contributed by: Carol Gould |
The acclaimed documentary about Philadelphia architect Louis Khan is a story of a painful love and of an unusual genius...
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Music Behind Barbed Wire
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: Monday 26th Jul 2004 at 00:52 Contributed by: Anthony Grenville |
During World War II many German refugees were interned as enemy aliens. This book details the internment of a composer....
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Reflections on 'The Arab-Israeli Cookbook'
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: Friday 16th Jul 2004 at 17:14 Contributed by: Rabbi Alexandra Wright |
A play in London is bringing together the two warring peoples who still have so much in common...
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'Gaza Blues'
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: Friday 25th Jun 2004 at 00:45 Contributed by: Richard Allen Greene |
An Israeli and Palestinian have collaborated on a book that conjures up unhappy images but also bridges the great divide...
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'Guantanamo'
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: Friday 4th Jun 2004 at 17:02 Contributed by: Carol Gould |
A searing play about the American detention centre in Cuba churns up conflicting emotions in even a hardened critic..
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'The Passion of the Christ'
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: Thursday 11th Mar 2004 at 15:08 Contributed by: Dr Mark S Komrad |
A psychiatrist examines Mel Gibson's controversial film..
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Behind the Veil
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: Wednesday 14th Jan 2004 at 00:38 Contributed by: Estelle Lovatt |
The art exhibition 'Veil' in Oxford contains troubling images that could be seen as heavily anti-American...
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The New Anti-Semitism
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: Wednesday 24th Dec 2003 at 00:49 Contributed by: Carol Gould |
Phyllis Chesler's book about the rise of anti-Semitism is a milestone and something of a prophecy...
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Rumsfeld - A Personal Portrait
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: Saturday 20th Dec 2003 at 23:46 Contributed by: Carol Gould |
An excellent new book about the American Defence Secretary is objective and amusing...
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Cool, Confident and Hip
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: Sunday 14th Dec 2003 at 15:57 Contributed by: David Chazan |
Firas Khoury is an Arab who has won the hearts of Israeli teenagers...
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Remnants in Spain
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: Wednesday 10th Dec 2003 at 03:21 Contributed by: James Todd |
At 92 and after forty-odd years of research, Sidney Markman has completed his book about the Jews of Spain...
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Chopin for Arabic Instruments
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: Sunday 30th Nov 2003 at 23:13 Contributed by: Noam Ben Ze'ev |
An overview of the work and hopes of the Jewish-Arab Musical Youth Orchestra..
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The Princelet Street Synagogue
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: Sunday 7th Sep 2003 at 21:55 Contributed by: The Editor |
This remarkable piece of Diaspora history needs your love, attention and money.....
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'The Pity of it All -- a Portrait of Jews in Germany 1743-1933'
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: Wednesday 3rd Sep 2003 at 23:40 Contributed by: Anthony Grenville |
Amos Elon's book is a rich tableau of that extraordinary phenomenon known as pre-Shoah German Jewry but reviewer Grenville also finds a few flaws in the text......
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Film Knight
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: Sunday 3rd Aug 2003 at 21:22 Contributed by: Ronald Channing |
A review of a remarkable evening devoted to the legendary Sir Alexander Korda...
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'The Killing Zone'
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: Thursday 22nd May 2003 at 23:26 Contributed by: The Editor |
Channel Four UK's television special about the killing of peace activists in Gaza made Israel look worse than Zimbabwe, Cuba or North Korea...
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Kubrick, Nixon and the Man in the Moon/Dark Side of the Moon
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: Wednesday 23rd Apr 2003 at 03:27 Contributed by: The Editor |
A documentary about Stanley Kubrick, a rare NASA lens and the arrangements the filmmaker alleges President Nixon made in the event of a failed moon landing....
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'The Pianist'
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: Monday 17th Mar 2003 at 01:06 Contributed by: Our Editor and Prof Louis Rene Beres |
Roman Polanski's film, which received the BAFTA Best Picutre Award in London on 23 February, is reviewed and analysed....
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Rambling to the Slaughter
('Bowling for Columbine')
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: Monday 13th Jan 2003 at 01:51 Contributed by: Alexander Walker |
We welcome back the distinguished British film critic Alexander Walker, who reviews the controversial film by Michael Moore that confronts America's love affair with guns..
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Weeds In the Flower Farm
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: Sunday 12th Jan 2003 at 20:53 Contributed by: Carolyn See |
We welcome Carolyn See's review of 'Along Came Mary' by Jo-Ann Mapson
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'The Dancer's Body'
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: Sunday 6th Oct 2002 at 18:31 Contributed by: Carol Gould |
A new BBC series about the history and dynamics of dance is a classic that everyone, especially children, should see and keep.
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'The Constant Wife' by W Somerset Maugham
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: Monday 30th Sep 2002 at 23:39 Contributed by: Carol Gould |
The revival in London of this remarkable, virulently feminist 1927 play sets the stage on fire...
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'The Rummy Show'
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: Monday 30th Sep 2002 at 10:45 Contributed by: Carol Gould |
In the aftermath of the September 11th tragedies, the American Defence Secretary has metamorphosed into a matinee idol...
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'Kissing Jessica Stein'
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: Friday 26th Jul 2002 at 22:50 Contributed by: Alexander Walker |
The distinguished British film critic Alexander Walker reviews this very Jewish new movie..
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The Rome Retreat
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: Thursday 4th Jul 2002 at 11:53 Contributed by: Ruth E. Gruber |
Ruth Gruber reports on a gathering of fifty Israelis and Palestinians on a weekend retreat at a Roman villa...
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'Jews Without Money' by Michael Gold
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: Monday 6th May 2002 at 21:55 Contributed by: Carol Gould |
An hilarious and moving classic written in 1930 is a must for those who wish to know about the impoverished and persecuted origins of a vast proportion of American Jewry.
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'Days of Our Years' by Pierre van Paassen
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: Monday 4th Mar 2002 at 22:16 Contributed by: Carol Gould |
This remarkable book, published in 1939, contains a breathtaking account by its Christian author of the early days of the chalutzim..
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'My Fair Lady' and other 2001 Events
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: Monday 28th Jan 2002 at 15:11 Contributed by: Carol Gould |
Our reviewer must be worthy of the Guinness Book of Records, having seen four Elizas and two Henrys...
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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Propaganda Words
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: Sunday 6th Jan 2002 at 13:05 Contributed by: Honest Reporting |
Honest Reporting, a group monitoring coverage of Israel by world media, reviews MSNBC's 'Pictures of the Year.'
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'Not by might, not by power, but by My Spirit..'
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: Monday 31st Dec 2001 at 16:26 Contributed by: Deborah Maccoby |
Dr Menachem Klein, former adviser to Ehud Barak and Shlomo ben-Ami, presented an illustrated lecture in London about the Camp David and Taba talks.
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