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The Struggle For Justice
Alan Dershowitz is one of the leading attorneys in the USA. Having had a religious education in his home town of NYC, he then turned to a legal career, which saw him representing such infamous clients Pattie Hearst, Mike Tyson and OJ Simpson. He is also an advocate of human rights, a fierce defender of Israel, a succes... more
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The Jewish Resistance
Bernard Henri Levy has, for three decades, charmed and infuriated French intellectuals with his outspoken views on left wing and right wing politics, human rights and the state of Israel. He is a star public intellectual, teaches, writes and speaks publicly – recently devoting much time to the crises in such places as ... more
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Maintaining Your Identity
Dr Yitzhak Kronzon grew up in Haifa, Israel, and still carries it around with him. He even wrote a couple of books about his childhood memories. But life took him far away from his roots, and he followed his career to New York, where he became a senior cardiologist at NYU. .
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A New Picture Of Conflict
Gillian Laub’s career as a photographer put her photographs on the front pages of the New York Times Magazine and Newsweek. Her pictures were exhibited in America and Europe, and her book – about victims of the Arab-Israeli conflict – had won critical acclaim.
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The Iconic Jews
Maurice Levy was a young computer expert, working for French advertising giant Publicis, when he ran into a blazing office to rescue the company’s computer records. This incident was the herald of his meteoric rise to the top of Publicis, one of the Big Four of Jewish advertising.
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The Roadmap To Peace
Martin Indyk, the former US ambassador to Israel, has spent a lifetime researching and influencing Middle East politics. Born in England, raised in Australia and his career centered in the USA, Martin Indyk moves between real world politics and academia without losing faith in his stated goal – peace between Israel and... more
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Transforming Jewish Values
Tahl Raz, the American-born son of ex-Israeli parents, wrote for several newspapers before becoming one of the managers of Jewcy.com – a Jewish oriented website, which sees itself as part of a growing movement to the recovery of American Jews.
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An Author Of Two Worlds
Jonathan Rosen is a writer, editor and journalist. He took part in the revival of Forward – one of the leading Jewish American newspapers in the early 20th century – and wrote books about such diverse subjects as the Talmud and the Internet and anorexia.
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The Ladino Revival
Sara Aroeste trained as an opera singer before becoming envious of American Ashkenazi Jews, who enjoyed a revival of their old culture. She turned to her own Greek Jewish roots and to the language of Ladino for inspiration, and soon found herself singing modern interpretations of ancient songs to enthusiastic audiences... more
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Fusing Jewish Music
Gary Lucas took the time to complete a degree in English at Yale before deciding on a career in music, which took him from Leonard Bernstein to avant-garde rocker Captain Beefheart and 1990’s singing star Jeff Buckley. Since then Lucas – an outstanding guitar player, and in some ways a “musician’s musician” – began to ... more
