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|  |  |  | Once upon a time, the ancient Philistines used to throw week-long drunken parties with their Phoenician girlfriends wearing golden owl earrings. |  | 
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|  |  |  | Our Islamist enemies have many fine virtues, we simply can't share the same planet with them. |  | 
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|  |  |  | A conversation with the well-known Israeli Klezmer musician Michael Gorodetsky |  | 
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|  |  |  | Two kidnappers are shot in Paris, but not before they kill their hostages at a kosher supermarket. |  | 
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|  |  |  | A Rabbi discusses his experience teaching Chinese students about Judaism |  | 
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|  |  |  | The controversial Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky calls on journalists to spread anti-Islamic cartoons. |  | 
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|  |  |  | Watch a video about Mendele Moykher Sforim (Sholem Yankev Abramovich), the grandfather of Yiddish literature. |  | 
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|  |  |  | The events take place today in Tel Aviv and are a strong satire of Israeli "beau monde." |  |