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Number 93
2011/05
 January 31, 2011
Shevat 26, 5771

Israel is loosing the war
NY Times Remember this photo?
Who is the "Palestinian"?
What is the Policeman doing?
 

On September 30, 2000, the picture on the left, captured by an AP photographer, was published in The New York Times and hundreds of other newspapers around the world. The caption read "An Israeli Policeman and a Palestinian on the Temple Mount." The story that the picture seemed to tell was that of a brutal, angry Israeli policeman wielding a baton, standing above a beaten Palestinian, drenched in his own blood. This photo initiated a groundswell of anti-Israel protests around the world.  

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JAND Movie screening

Save the Date! 

 

Sunday, February 13, 2011 at 4:00 pm

 

Award-winning documentary, My So-Called Enemy

 

Screening, followed by discussion with the film's director, Lisa Gossels

 

In July 2002, 22 Palestinian, Israeli and Palestinian Israeli teenage girls traveled to the United States to participate in a women's leadership program called Building Bridges for Peace. "My So-Called Enemy" is the story of 6 of the girls and how the experience of knowing their "enemies" as human beings meets with the realities of their lives at home in the Middle East over the next 7 years.

 

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Scholarly study on the Farhoud

Edwin Black's book fills in void in Jewish History


Edwin Black's explores the roots of the Nazi-Muslim alliance during World War II and the "violent dispossession" (Farhoud) of Iraqi Jews in 1941. The book fills a void in the history of the Holocaust.

Read an excerpt

Link provided by Bert Cohen

Blogging Jewish in Dutchess
 
What's the story with the "Palestinian papers" ? Click here to read my blog and post your comments
Israel is Real
 
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David and Goliath go to Hollywood

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu requested that President Barak Obama grant Jonathan Pollard his Freedom. Should Obama do it?


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Hamas calls for protests against "PA concessions"

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Egypt: Al Qaida trying to set foot in Gaza

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Montreal Shoe store picketed for selling Israeli shoes

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Palestinians agreed to allow settlers to stay

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Opportunities for Jewish Activities

Monday, January 31 - JFS Bereavement Group

Tuesday, February 1 -Senior Exercise Program at Vassar Temple

Tuesday, February 1- Teaching the Talmud at Vassar Temple

Wednesday, February 2 -JFS Senior Answer Center

Wednesday, February 2 -JFS/JCCDC Lunch and Learn

Thursday, February 3 - Meditative Prayer and Torah study with Rabbi Romer in Rhinebeck

Thursday, February 3 - Senior Exercise Program at Vassar Temple

Thursday, February 3 - Yiddish at the JCCDC

Thursday, February 3 - Torah Study at Schomre Israel

Friday, February 4 - "Jewish Mindfulness" series at Shir Chadash

Monday, February 7 - JFS Bereavement Group
 

Monday, February 7 - Vassar Temple Board Meeting

 

Monday, February 7 - Schomre Israel Board Meeting

 

Monday, February 7 -"Holy Thief: Torah, T'Shuvah and Transformation" at Beth-El 


Tuesday, February 8 -Senior Exercise Program at Vassar Temple

Tuesday, February 8 - Meditation Group at Vassar

Wednesday, February 9 -JFS Senior Answer Center

Wednesday, February 9 -JFS/JCCDC Lunch and Learn
 

Wednesday, February 9 - Harding Club Meeting


Thursday, February 10 - Meditative Prayer and Torah study with Rabbi Romer in Rhinebeck

Thursday, February 10 - Senior Exercise Program at Vassar Temple

Thursday, February 10 - Yiddish at the JCCDC

Thursday, February 10 - Torah Study at Schomre Israel
 

Thursday, February 10 - Jewish Alliance of Northern Dutchess Board Meeting


Friday, February 11 - "Jewish Mindfulness" series at Shir Chadash 

 

Sunday, February 13 - "My so called enemy" movie in Rhinebeck (JAND) 
Contact your Organization's Calendar Planner
The Community Calendar is a service provided by the Jewish Federation to promote Jewish life in our area. To have your programs included, please contact the following people:

Vassar Temple:Doris Cohen

Hadassah: Naava Koblenz

Community Hebrew School: Judy Dym

Temple Beth-El: Blanche Bergman

JCCDC: Melinda Margulies
 
Congregation Schomre Israel: Roberta Grosman

Congregation Shir Chadash: Rochelle Bellach

All others: Daniel Chejfec

If your organization is not yet listed, please ask that somebody contact the Federation to be authorized as Calendar Planner.
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B'Shalom,
 
 
Daniel Chejfec
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Jewish Federation of Dutchess County 
 

 

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