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Like so many Jews in America and the Diaspora, I'm an odd sort of hybrid. So what is a hybrid Jew? Here is my own personal guide.
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This Hyphenated Life post two / Jew Me Down
Relax. There isn't much overt Jew hatred in the U.S.
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Thanks to the Internet, the entire world is now one big stand-up stage, let's use it for good!
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The answer is not Jerusalem - that's way too obvious.
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Could the financial meltdown actually be an opportunity to purge - or at least reduce - the rampant materialism from the American Jewish community?
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Before casting my ballot, I was torn between wanting change and the safe route for Israel.
Marco Greenberg
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30 years later, something special is starting to emerge from the ashes of genocide.
Battle of the attitude / Israeli girls vs. American Jews
There's Israeli archeology, Israeli technology, even Israeli couscous, 'Israeli au pair' seems to be the ultimate oxymoron.
Marco Greenberg
This Hyphenated Life / A day for the Jews, too
The time has come to adopt a gentile holiday as our own.
Finding the next Danny
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Marco Greenberg
British Bits / The language of anti-Semitism
Themes from the history of anti-Semitism have re-emerged recently, cloaked in anti-Israel or anti-Zionist wrapping.
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British bits post one / Britain is a good place to be Jewish
According to the doom-mongers, Jewish life in Britain is dark and threatening. But Jewish life in Britain today is freer, more vibrant and yes, safer, than it has been for many years.
Dave Rich
British Bits / What's in a hyphen?
How an innocuous mark justifies antisemitism (anti-Semitism).
British Bits / A new rhetoric
Language used to criticize Israel and Zionism needs to be stripped of this poisonous core.
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