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In the JTA Archive: Liz Taylor says trade me for Entebbe hostages

By Ami Eden · March 23, 2011

Liz Taylor, defender of Israel and Soviet Jews.

6 Comments | Share This | Elizabeth Taylor, Entebbe, Israel, Obituaries

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Hillel talks Israel on campus

By Adam Soclof · September 13, 2010

At the Hillel Institute, students and professionals gathered at Washington University in St. Louis to discuss campus engagement. They also addressed Israel advocacy on campus following a year of divestment campaigns led by the BDS movement.

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Israeli box office scores big with Monty Python-inspired film “This is Sodom”

By Adam Soclof · August 31, 2010

The cast and crew of Eretz Nehederet—Israel’s popular TV comedy that constitutes a combination of Saturday Night Live; and The Daily Show—recently took their comedy act to the big screen with This is Sodom (Heb. Zohi S’dom).

1 Comment | Share This | abraham, box office, eretz nehederet, Genesis, genesis, Israel, israeli film, lot, ophir awards, this is sodom

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Israel’s Eurovision entry

By Ben Harris · March 16, 2010

Israel’s entry for the 2010 Eurovision competition is “Milim,” sung here by Harel Skaat.

0 Comments | Share This | Eurovision, Harel Skaat, Israel, Milim

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Unraveling the Dubai killing

By Ben Harris · March 15, 2010

The L.A. Times has a look at how Dubai police unraveled the murder of a Hamas operative that many believe to be Israel’s handiwork

0 Comments | Share This | Dubai, Israel

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Crybaby

By Ben Harris · March 11, 2010

Memoirs about American Jews becoming Israelis love to play the incredulous-Israeli card. You’re moving where? To the Middle East? Are you insane?

2 Comments | Share This | IDF, Israel, Joel Chasnoff

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Saudis claim progressive mantle

By Ben Harris · March 3, 2010

Saudi Prince Saud al-Faisal tries to convince Maureen Dowd that his country is the model of progressivism, while Israel is regressive religious theocracy.

0 Comments | Share This | Israel, Maureen Dowd, Saudi Arabia

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Potty hasbara

By Ben Harris · February 24, 2010

It’s that time of year again, when students across the country will thrust the Middle East conflict right onto the quad, penetrating their campuses with Israeli checkpoints and erecting "apartheid walls."

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The Irvine 11 (UPDATED)

By Ben Harris · February 19, 2010

That, apparently, is how the arrested Irvine students are being described by their supporters on campus.

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Is heckling a right?

By Ben Harris · February 18, 2010

The Council on American Islamic Relations thinks so. The group, along with the National Lawyers Guild (according to its website, a group that is an "effective political and social force in service of the people") has publicly come out and defended the rights of the students arrested at the University of California, Irvine last week, saying that interrupting Oren "falls within the purview of protected speech." This follows a public call for an inquiry by the Muslim Public Affairs Council, whose executive director, though a little more circumspect than CAIR, also described the arrested students in glowing terms, as individuals with "the courage and conscience to stand up against aggression."