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Dershowitz said that negotiations can commence only when the “Palestinian leadership wants their own state more than they want the destruction of the Jewish, democratic state of Israel...
...failed to mention Jesus' role as a Messianic reformer of the Jewish faith. He addressed his countrymen and their hopes for release from occupation by the hated Romans. This brought him into direct conflict with Rome, and that is why he was killed by the Roman method of crucifixion. The elaborate maze of contradictory theories, doctrines and dogmas formulated centuries later takes up the ancient pagan themes of blood sacrifice as ransom paid to gods who humans felt had been offended. Today, instead of the dualism of a good-vs.-evil world, we need a different perspective and myth...
...into acquiring the more glamorous name under which she became famous. Est?e was her nickname as a girl; she married into Lauder. But she struggled mightily to travel from her parents' apartment above the family hardware store in Queens to presiding over a global cosmetics company. The daughter of Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe, she was enthralled by beauty and glamour, and her talent lay in convincing other women she could help them attain it. In the 1930s, with a face cream her uncle, a chemist, brewed up in his kitchen, ESTEE LAUDER traveled tirelessly to local beauty salons, demonstrating...
According to Redmond, the IFF “fills a void. There were other film festivals in Boston, but they were mostly niche festivals: filmmakers only from New England, or only Jewish filmmakers, whatever it was. We felt there was no festival showing really high quality independent films—films from around the world, in Boston, and we wanted to address that...
...Definitely less than half [of the people attending] have been Jewish,” she said...