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Stephen Hawking to Boycott Physics, Israeli Arabs

Shayna Zamkanei — Wed, 08 May 2013 10:54:25 +0000

LONDON–The eminent physicist and professor Stephen Hawking announced today his decision to boycott particular theories of physics, it has been reported. Mr. Hawking, who currently teaches at the University of Cambridge, made the announcement after withdrawing from the annual Israeli president’s conference, Facing Tomorrow. The British Committee for the Universities of Palestine commended his decision, [...]

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The urban myths of Lag BaOmer

Shayna Zamkanei — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 03:15:40 +0000

This weekend, thousands of Israelis are trekking to the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai at Mount Meron to celebrate Lag BaOmer, the thirty-third day of the counting of the Omer. The annual pilgrimage turns the slopes of the mountain into a tent city dotted with bonfires. Like many religious celebrations, the holiday attracts those [...]

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Why your ancestors never ate matzos

Shayna Zamkanei — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:38:17 +0000

Passover begins in less than a week, and many Jews are faithfully, if somewhat resentfully, purchasing square “matzos” sold in cardboard boxes. But why? As Aish HaTorah’s article “The Inner Meaning of Matzah” teaches us, “We bake flat, crisp matzah in order to reenact the Exodus, when the Children of Israel fled Egypt in a hurry.” [...]

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Joseph Massad’s ignorance of Arab Jewry

Shayna Zamkanei — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 03:15:12 +0000

In his January 6 article for Al Jazeera, entitled “Palestinians, Egyptian Jews and Propaganda,” Joseph Massad, Associate Professor of Modern Arab Politics and Intellectual History at Columbia University, waxes poetic about the havoc the elitist Ashkenazi Zionists wreaked upon Arab Jewish communities in the Middle East. He assumes that Zionist intervention alone decimated Arab Jewry, [...]

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s anti-Islamic non-compromise

Shayna Zamkanei — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 21:05:04 +0000

Both the opening and closing plenary sessions of the Presidential Conference included some of the most influential Israeli and Jewish leaders, including Shimon Peres, Nir Barkat, and Avigdor Liberman. In the opening plenary specifically, each of the four speakers seemed to represent an integral component of Israeli society, present and future. Gabi Ashkenazi, former chief [...]

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