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      <title>Oscar contenders focus on Israeli-Palestinian conflict</title>
      <link>http://www.jewishjournal.com/tomstopics/item/oscar_contenders_focus_on_israel_palestinian_conflict</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Two films on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are in the final lap of five Oscar contenders for best documentary feature.<h3>Related Entries</h3>
<ul><li>December 21, 2012 <a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/tomstopics/item/israels_oscar_bid_eliminated">&#8216;Fill the Void&#8217; not on Oscar foreign language film shortlist</a></li>
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      <dc:subject>Current Edition, Mobile, Mobile-Homepage, newspulse, Top Stories, Hollywood, Hollywood News, Top Blog Homepage,</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:02:49 +0000</dc:date>
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      <title>Israeli movie wins top prize at Palm Springs film fest</title>
      <link>http://www.jewishjournal.com/tomstopics/item/israeli_movie_wins_top_prize_at_palm_springs_film_fest</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA["Fill the Void," which depicts life and love in the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) community in Tel Aviv, was named best foreign-lnaguage movie at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:subject>Mobile, Mobile-Homepage, Is Featured?, Hollywood, Latest Blogs, Top Blog Homepage,</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 06:12:40 +0000</dc:date>
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      <title>Two-and-a-half Jews spearhead Oscar nominations</title>
      <link>http://www.jewishjournal.com/tomstopics/item/two_and_a_half_jews_spearhead_oscar_nominations</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Director Steven Spielberg, screenwriter Tony Kushner and actor Daniel Day-Lewish (half-Jewish) are Oscar nominees and frontrunners for "Lincoln."]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:subject>Mobile, Mobile-Homepage, newspulse, Top Stories, Hollywood, Latest Blogs,</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:43:04 +0000</dc:date>
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      <title>‘Fill the Void’ not on Oscar foreign language film shortlist</title>
      <link>http://www.jewishjournal.com/tomstopics/item/israels_oscar_bid_eliminated</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Israel’s streak of Oscar nominations ended Friday (12/21), when “Fill the Void,” the country’s entry, failed to make the list of nine semi-finalists among foreign-language films.<h3>Related Entries</h3>
<ul><li>September 4, 2012 <a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/tomstopics/item/hollywood_dybbuk_invades_suburbia">Hollywood dybbuk invades suburbia</a></li>
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      <dc:subject>Mobile-Homepage, Is Featured?, Top Stories, Hollywood, Latest Blogs, Top Story Homepage,</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 17:44:10 +0000</dc:date>
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      <title>Parents from JCC shooting offer advice on coping</title>
      <link>http://www.jewishjournal.com/tomstopics/item/parents_from_jcc_shooting_offer_advice_on_coping</link>
      <guid>http://www.jewishjournal.com/tomstopics/item/parents_from_jcc_shooting_offer_advice_on_coping#When:19:52:18Z</guid>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[After each shooting rampage, such as the one last week that took 26 lives at a Connecticut elementary school and the one at a Jewish Community Center in Granada Hills 13 years ago, the circle of victims reaches far beyond the wounded and the dead.]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:subject>Current Edition, Mobile, Mobile-Homepage, newspulse, Top Stories, Mobile Sections, Los Angeles,</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 19:52:18 +0000</dc:date>
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      <title>Nan Tepper and Richard Horvitz star in Jeffrey Hatcher’s ‘Mrs. Mannerly’</title>
      <link>http://www.jewishjournal.com/tomstopics/item/nan_tepper_and_richard_horvitz_star_in_jeffrey_hatchers_mrs._mannerly</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nan Tepper in the title role and Richard Horvitz as multiple characters star in "Mrs. Mannerly," a Jeffrey Hatcher comedy playing through Dec. 15 at Theatre 40 on the Beverly Hills High School campus. Performances start Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. For tickets, phone (310) 364-0535 or visit www.theatre40.org. Photo by Ed Krieger]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:date>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 18:33:49 +0000</dc:date>
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      <title>Israel Philharmonic concert: Music, media and protesters</title>
      <link>http://www.jewishjournal.com/tomstopics/item/israel_philharmonic_concert_music_media_and_protesters</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The Israel Philharmonic and Maestro Zubin Mehta gave an audience of more than 2,200 at Disney Hall an evening to remember.]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:subject>Los Angeles, Top Blog Homepage,</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 00:05:39 +0000</dc:date>
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      <title>Late news: Zionists corrupted Napoleon</title>
      <link>http://www.jewishjournal.com/tomstopics/item/late_news_zionists_corrupted_napoleon</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Checking out the Arab media, courtesy of MEMRI, makes for some amazing reading, such as the news that the "Zionists" bought off French Emperor Napoleon two centuries ago.<h3>Related Entries</h3>
<ul><li>September 13, 2012 <a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/tomstopics/item/anti_muslim_filmmaker_not_israeli_jew">Anti-Muslim filmmaker not &#8220;Israeli Jew&#8221;</a></li>
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      <dc:subject>Mobile, Mobile-Homepage, Is Featured?, newspulse, Top Stories, World, Latest Blogs, Top Blog Homepage, Header Categories, NAV Blogs,</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 21:17:49 +0000</dc:date>
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      <title>I remember Pete Steffens</title>
      <link>http://www.jewishjournal.com/tomstopics/item/i_remember_pete_steffens</link>
      <guid>http://www.jewishjournal.com/tomstopics/item/i_remember_pete_steffens#When:06:10:05Z</guid>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Pete Steffens, journalist, teacher and political activist, son of muckraker Lincoln Steffens, and a friend of 60 years standing, has died in Canada.]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:subject>Mobile, Mobile-Homepage, Is Featured?, newspulse, Nation, Obituaries, Latest Blogs,</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 06:10:05 +0000</dc:date>
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      <title>Anti-Muslim filmmaker not “Israeli Jew”</title>
      <link>http://www.jewishjournal.com/tomstopics/item/anti_muslim_filmmaker_not_israeli_jew</link>
      <guid>http://www.jewishjournal.com/tomstopics/item/anti_muslim_filmmaker_not_israeli_jew#When:18:25:44Z</guid>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[An anti-Muslim film, which has triggered riots in Muslim countries and the death of four American diplomats, was apparently the work of a Christian Coptic in California, rather than an “Israeli Jew,” as first reported.<h3>Related Entries</h3>
<ul><li>September 20, 2012 <a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/tomstopics/item/late_news_zionists_corrupted_napoleon">Late news: Zionists corrupted Napoleon</a></li>

<li>September 4, 2012 <a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/tomstopics/item/hollywood_dybbuk_invades_suburbia">Hollywood dybbuk invades suburbia</a></li>
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      <dc:subject>Mobile, Mobile-Homepage, newspulse, Top Stories, World, Latest Blogs, Top Blog Homepage,</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 18:25:44 +0000</dc:date>
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      <title>Media misled in anti-Islam filmmaker story</title>
      <link>http://www.jewishjournal.com/tomstopics/item/media_misled_in_anti_islam_filmmaker_story</link>
      <guid>http://www.jewishjournal.com/tomstopics/item/media_misled_in_anti_islam_filmmaker_story#When:22:28:17Z</guid>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[A film insulting the prophet Muhammad sparked instant riots in Libya and Egypt on Tuesday, but the alleged facts underpinning the story seem to be collapsing just as quickly.<h3>Related Entries</h3>
<ul><li>September 12, 2012 <a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/tomstopics/item/who_is_sam_bacile">Who Is Sam Bacile?</a></li>
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      <dc:subject>Mobile, Mobile-Homepage, newspulse, Top Stories, World, Top Story Homepage,</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 22:28:17 +0000</dc:date>
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      <title>Who Is Sam Bacile?</title>
      <link>http://www.jewishjournal.com/tomstopics/item/who_is_sam_bacile</link>
      <guid>http://www.jewishjournal.com/tomstopics/item/who_is_sam_bacile#When:17:19:50Z</guid>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[A high-ranking Israeli official in Los Angeles said today that after numerous inquiries, it appeared that no one in the Hollywood film industry or in the local Israeli community knew of a Sam Bacile, the supposed director-writer of the incendiary film “Innocence of Muslims.”<h3>Related Entries</h3>
<ul><li>September 12, 2012 <a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/tomstopics/item/media_misled_in_anti_islam_filmmaker_story">Media misled in anti-Islam filmmaker story</a></li>
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      <dc:subject>Mobile, Mobile-Homepage, Is Featured?, newspulse, Top Stories, Top Story Homepage,</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:19:50 +0000</dc:date>
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      <title>Hollywood dybbuk invades suburbia</title>
      <link>http://www.jewishjournal.com/tomstopics/item/hollywood_dybbuk_invades_suburbia</link>
      <guid>http://www.jewishjournal.com/tomstopics/item/hollywood_dybbuk_invades_suburbia#When:15:09:24Z</guid>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[If you thought your daughter’s odd behavior was just another pre-teen phase, there may be an alternate explanation: The Dybbuk is back and has returned to the screen in “The Possession.”<h3>Related Entries</h3>
<ul><li>December 21, 2012 <a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/tomstopics/item/israels_oscar_bid_eliminated">&#8216;Fill the Void&#8217; not on Oscar foreign language film shortlist</a></li>

<li>September 13, 2012 <a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/tomstopics/item/anti_muslim_filmmaker_not_israeli_jew">Anti-Muslim filmmaker not &#8220;Israeli Jew&#8221;</a></li>
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      <dc:subject>Mobile, Mobile-Homepage, Featured Story Two, Is Featured?, newspulse, Mobile Sections, Hollywood, Header Categories, NAV Hollywood,</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>Tue, 04 Sep 2012 15:09:24 +0000</dc:date>
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      <title>Democratic convention picks Rabbi Wolpe</title>
      <link>http://www.jewishjournal.com/tomstopics/item/democratic_convention_picks_rabbi_wolpe</link>
      <guid>http://www.jewishjournal.com/tomstopics/item/democratic_convention_picks_rabbi_wolpe#When:19:09:10Z</guid>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Rabbi David Wolpe of Sinai Temple has confirmed that he will deliver the invocation at the Wednesday (9/5) evening session of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina.<h3>Related Entries</h3>
<ul><li>July 1, 2012 <a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/tomstopics/item/israels_matchmaker_now_at_your_service_20120701">Israel&#8217;s &#8216;Matchmaker&#8217; now at your service</a></li>
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      <dc:subject>Mobile, Mobile-Homepage, MobileFeaturedHome, Is Featured?, Lead Story, newspulse, Nation, Header Categories, NAV Blogs,</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>Sun, 02 Sep 2012 19:09:10 +0000</dc:date>
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      <title>Ari Rubin suicide continues pattern of violent JDL deaths</title>
      <link>http://www.jewishjournal.com/tomstopics/item/violent_end_for_jdl_leaders_ari_rubins_death_ruled_suicide_201208151</link>
      <guid>http://www.jewishjournal.com/tomstopics/item/violent_end_for_jdl_leaders_ari_rubins_death_ruled_suicide_201208151#When:07:11:53Z</guid>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Ari Ephraim Rubin, vice chairman of the Jewish Defense League long led by his father, Irving (Irv) Rubin, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on July 20. He was 30.]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:subject>Mobile, Mobile-Homepage, newspulse, Top Stories, Nation,</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 07:11:53 +0000</dc:date>
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      <title>Fighter pilot Flint gets to Olympics—64 years later</title>
      <link>http://www.jewishjournal.com/tomstopics/item/fighter_pilot_flint_gets_to_olympics_--_64_years_later_20120801</link>
      <guid>http://www.jewishjournal.com/tomstopics/item/fighter_pilot_flint_gets_to_olympics_--_64_years_later_20120801#When:10:13:21Z</guid>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[After serving in the Pacific for four years and getting his degree at Berkeley, Mitchell Flint decided in 1948 to go to Israel and fight for the new state. But he needed a cover story, so he told his mom he was just going to he 1948 Olympics in London]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:date>Wed, 01 Aug 2012 10:13:21 +0000</dc:date>
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      <title>“Wally” explores dramatic Nazi looted art case</title>
      <link>http://www.jewishjournal.com/tomstopics/item/wally_explores_dramatic_nazi_looted_art_case_201207222</link>
      <guid>http://www.jewishjournal.com/tomstopics/item/wally_explores_dramatic_nazi_looted_art_case_201207222#When:06:23:48Z</guid>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[When the Nazi regime took over Austria, among the art works it confiscated was Egon Schiele's painting of his mistress, "Portrait of Wally." The original Jewish owner and her descendants spent almost 70 years but finally recovered the painting in 2010.]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:subject>Mobile, Mobile-Homepage, Is Featured?, newspulse, Mobile Sections, Hollywood,</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 06:23:48 +0000</dc:date>
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      <title>Israel’s ‘Matchmaker’ now at your service</title>
      <link>http://www.jewishjournal.com/tomstopics/item/israels_matchmaker_now_at_your_service_20120701</link>
      <guid>http://www.jewishjournal.com/tomstopics/item/israels_matchmaker_now_at_your_service_20120701#When:22:30:41Z</guid>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The Israeli film, now playing at three Laemmle theaters, is one of the quirkiest and most memorable of the past decade/<h3>Related Entries</h3>
<ul><li>September 2, 2012 <a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/tomstopics/item/democratic_convention_picks_rabbi_wolpe">Democratic convention picks Rabbi Wolpe</a></li>

<li>June 2, 2012 <a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/tomstopics/item/yankles_aim_for_homerun_20120602">&#8220;Yankles&#8221; aim for homerun</a></li>
</ul>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:subject>Mobile, newspulse, Israel,</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>Sun, 01 Jul 2012 22:30:41 +0000</dc:date>
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      <title>Academy elects Joseph Cedar</title>
      <link>http://www.jewishjournal.com/tomstopics/item/academy_elects_joseph_cedar_20120630</link>
      <guid>http://www.jewishjournal.com/tomstopics/item/academy_elects_joseph_cedar_20120630#When:21:32:03Z</guid>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The talented Israeli director has been picked for membership by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:date>Sat, 30 Jun 2012 21:32:03 +0000</dc:date>
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      <title>“Yankles” aim for homerun</title>
      <link>http://www.jewishjournal.com/tomstopics/item/yankles_aim_for_homerun_20120602</link>
      <guid>http://www.jewishjournal.com/tomstopics/item/yankles_aim_for_homerun_20120602#When:20:26:42Z</guid>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[When a bunch of yeshiva students decide to compete in baseball's college world series can they count on a coach with three DUI arrests to pull off a miracle?<h3>Related Entries</h3>
<ul><li>July 1, 2012 <a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/tomstopics/item/israels_matchmaker_now_at_your_service_20120701">Israel&#8217;s &#8216;Matchmaker&#8217; now at your service</a></li>
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      <dc:subject>Mobile, Is Featured?, newspulse, Mobile Sections, Hollywood,</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 20:26:42 +0000</dc:date>
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