This isn’t a commentary on Jean-Marc Ayrault’s politics, or personality or even his Frenchness. But if you speak certain Arab dialects, his last name sounds like the Arab word for...
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Last Yiddish Bookstore in NYC faces Closure; Israel Expands Arabic Language Instruction
Things to come? New York City’s last secular Yiddish bookstore is set to close shortly, unless someone steps in and finds it a new home. The “store”, called the “Central...
Bing Search Engine: No Sex for Arabs!
Dang. There goes all our traffic. The Open Net Initiative recently released a report noting that Microsoft’s Bing search engine is filtering all Arabic and English terms for sexually explicit...
Al-Jewlicious
You have to check out Asl Al Yahud, a new project of the AJC (American Jewish Committee). Described by the AJC as “a unique resource on Jewish history, culture and religion,” it is the...