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Norman Berdichevsky category.
Today is the 70th anniversary of the “disappearance” of Raoul Wallenberg when Soviet troops arrested him in Budapest (see forthcoming February issue of NER).
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Posted on 01/17/2015 12:24 PM by Norman Berdichevsky
More than a decade ago, the word came down from on high that journalists should stop referring referring to black people in the United States as “black” and start calling them “African-American.” Never mind that originally Blacks objected to the term and much preferred the use of "colored" as in the
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Posted on 01/10/2015 1:04 PM by Norman Berdichevsky
The Times of Israel:
An increasing number of Israelis, both Jewish and Arab, have pride in their Israeli identity, according to an annual study on democracy (Israeli Democracy Institute Index 2014) in Israel released Sunday.
The Israel Democracy Institute said that 86 percent of Jewish citizens
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Posted on 01/05/2015 12:38 PM by Norman Berdichevsky
HarperCollins is pulling its Middle East Atlas from sale in all territories, and has apologized for leaving Israel off the map, while distinctly leaving an enlarged Jordan and including Gaza.
The company said that all remaining HarperCollins Atlas’s not yet sold will be pulped.
HarperCollins initially
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Posted on 01/01/2015 9:26 AM by Norman Berdichevsky