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"Naturalized" - Written and directed by Julia Kots
2006 - (8 minutes) - A Russian immigrant battles his alarmed and bewildered parents over his decision to "modify" his body by having the Jewish ritual circumcision as an adult. Julia Kots emigrated from the former Soviet Union in 1989. Her films have screened on PBS and at dozens of renowned festivals worldwide. She will graduate from Columbia University Film School in May 2008. "Naturalized" appeared in the 2007 New York Jewish Film...
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Another cool life lesson from Rabbi Infinity of Chabad on "tightrope walking" life's decisions and challenges. Rabbi Infinity says: The problem with religion is all this talk about faith. Why believe in something just because somebody else--or even a lot of people--believe it is true. After all, why do they believe it? Because they believe someone else. And what kind of proof is that? Because a lot of believers believe, I should believe too?
Then there's philosophy. The problem with...
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Stanley Fischer Israel Interview - Marketplace Middle East talks to the Governor of the Bank of Israel Stanley Fischer about the Israeli economy. Show aired originally in January 2008. Stanley "Stan" Fischer is an economist and the current Governor of the Bank of Israel. Born in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) on 15 October 1943, he obtained his B.Sc. and M.Sc. at the London School of Economics from 1962-1966 and his Ph.D. at MIT in 1969, all in economics. He was a professor at MIT from 1977...
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Jazz clarinetist Anat Cohen - Live musical performance by Anat Cohen and John Pizzarelli - "I Wanna Be Around" - Jazz stays vital by virtue of the young players who step up and bring something new to the music. One of the most delightful "arrivals" to the jazz world in the past several years is Israeli-born clarinetist and saxophonist Anat Cohen. She combines virtuosity with warmth, the experimental with the universal, and an eclecticism that avoids the pitfalls of mish-mosh. In Anat...
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Walking Through Fire - Your own imagination can't burn you, can it? So Rabbi Infinity teaches you how to be the master over your own desires. And, to walk confidently through the imaginary fires of your not-so-healthy desires. (source: chabad.org)
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