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Funny, you don: Venezuelan president: My grandparents were Jewish Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro, denying that his government has an anti-Semitic bent, said his grandparents were of Sephardic Jewish descent.Related Entries
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Funny, you don: Press photo group stands by winning shot of Gaza funeral World Press Photo says it has confirmed the veracity of an award-winning photograph of a Gaza funeral.Related Entries
May 13, 2013 Hawking and MohammedMay 8, 2013 ObituariesMay 7, 2013 Oberlin College Student Senate endorses divestment resolutionMay 3, 20... Dateline: 2013-05-14 3:04pm -07:00T (52 words)
Funny, you don: Hawking and Mohammed There was so much Jewish outrage last week in the wake of Professor Steven Hawking’s decision to join the academic boycott against Israel, it’s hard to know where to start.Related Entries
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Funny, you don: Hank Greenberg in extra innings "I think Hank Greenberg was the great American hero," Washington filmmaker Aviva Kempner says. "What he did on Yom Kippur. What he faced. He was our Jackie Robinson."Related Entries
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Funny, you don: Body of suspected Boston Marathon bomber buried The body of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev has been buried and is no longer in the city of Worcester, Massachusetts, where it had been held at a funeral home, the Worcester Police Department said on Thursday.Related Entries
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Funny, you don: Amanda Bynes melts down on Twitter Just a day after tweeting lingerie-clad selfies, former Nickelodeon star Amanda Bynes star posted an even louder cry for attention (and help?): topless photos of herself.Related Entries
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Funny, you don: Hess Kramer campers reportedly evacuated due to fire concerns Ventura County Star is reporting tonight at 10:18 p.m.: Roadrunner Shuttle donated two charter buses to pick up the 165 poeple at Camp Hess Kramer on Yerba Buena Road.Related Entries
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Funny, you don: Hamas rejects Arab League’s Israeli-Palestinian peace plan Islamist Hamas's leader in the Gaza Strip on Friday rejected a revised Middle East peace initiative put forward by the Arab League, saying outsiders could not decide the fate of the Palestinians.Related Entries
May 3, 2013 Google edition adopts ‘Palesti... Dateline: 2013-05-03 9:34am -07:00T (78 words)
Funny, you don: Google edition adopts ‘Palestine’ Google has changed the title on the homepage of its Palestinian edition from "Palestinian Territories" to "Palestine."Related Entries
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Funny, you don: Israel’s security cabinet meets on Syria Israel's security cabinet met to discuss the situation in Syria.Related Entries
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Funny, you don: Doheny Meats buyer Shlomo Rechnitz on business, philanthropy Fifteen years ago, Shlomo Rechnitz co-founded TwinMed, a wholesaler of medical supplies serving nursing homes. Since then, Rechnitz has founded, or bought, and grown a number of other businesses, including Brius Healthcare, now the largest operator of nur... Dateline: 2013-04-24 3:19pm -07:00T (78 words)
Funny, you don: Nazi role-playing at Santa Monica High School causes stir Generally, expert advisers counsel against teaching about the Holocaust by having students do exercises that re-create the experience. Role-play activities can reinforce negative views, stereotype group behavior and are pedagogically unsound, according to... Dateline: 2013-04-24 3:19pm -07:00T (85 words)