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| A Few Words About Gary Shandling |
| The comedian, who died suddenly from a heart-attack, was known for “The Larry Sanders Show” that created new standards for comedy on television. |
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| The Stealthy Tricks of Politics |
| Vis-a-vis our presidential candidates, we can learn much from the Biblical hero Joseph and our Yiddish writer, I. L. Peretz. |
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| News from Buenos Aires |
| The Argentinian winner of the 1980 Nobel Peace Prize suggests awarding the prize to a terrorist, Marwan Barghouti; A book of Yiddish poetry is given to President Obama. |
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| Yiddish Spring in LA |
| The city’s Yiddishists will enjoy a whole range of events, including a special kiddush and lectures about Soviet Yiddish. |
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| Gauner's Chutzpah |
| The linguist who wrote a book about Yiddish borrowings in German explains some unexpected examples. |
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