David I. Klein

Living my best life and reporting the news. Covering Turkey and the Balkans. Words: @RNS, @JTAnews, @jdforward, @OCCRP and beyond.

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@GershomG Stay safe!

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@ChouaIsaac Moroccan synagogues be like:

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Gravitron and it was the coolest!

[🎹 Ames™ 🎹 @AmesStraight]

Does anyone remember this fair ride or what it's called? There were no straps... it would spin so fast that it would pin you against the wall. People would vomit. It was fun. 🤣

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@Ames2420 In Maryland we called it the gravitron and it was the coolest ride ever!

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@elongilad Why wouldn’t they make their ancestor Moses?

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@PosenIzzy Distinct too. But I meant distant in time. (But also sometimes even literally. After all, parts of Ukraine are closer to Eretz Yisroel than Yemen, let alone Tunisia and Morocco.)

My point is the idea that the Middle East is this static ancient land is itself Orientalism.

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@jewishmemequeen #4 so he will pay when he feels like it (I.e never) and if you dare ask about it you forfeit the money? WTF…

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@Robkearney1981 "like a little wax candle, rising and falling."

Is this the entirety of it bearing resemblence to a menorah, or is there more...? Cause that doesn't sound like a menorah at all just a regular a candle...

[RNS @RNS]

“Since the beginning of this terrible war, trouble knocked in the home of almost every Ukrainian — someone has lost a loved one, someone is fighting injuries,” Rabbi Reuven Moshe Azman said.
https://t.co/URdKh5X85D

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These two or neither, but we have no future that is not together.

[Ami Dar @AmiDar]

One day these two flags will fly freely over the city where I was born and that I love so much. Every day between now and then is a wasted opportunity. Let life and freedom win.

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Cool. Thanks @TheJewishMedia!

[JTA | Jewish news @JTAnews]

.@DavidianKlein received an honorable mention in the European Jewry category for his article about Sicily’s Jewish community and its struggle for recognition from Italy’s Jewish establishment. https://t.co/vCV2ZQ1EMt

[RNS @RNS]

The Lag B’Omer pilgrimage is a deeply held tradition among the Tunisian Jewish diaspora worldwide. In past years, worshippers came from the U.S., France and even Israel, despite the lack of official relations between Tunisia and the Jewish state.
https://t.co/BJSlrYETaf

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From me, last week in @RNS:

“The community understands the need to see the situation for what it is and recognize the heightened tensions both within the Arab world and globally.” Said Rabbi @ChouaIsaac of the WJC.

https://t.co/bJh1DDqdUy

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As someone who just ate a fried pizza in Palermo… this:

[Alan Fisher @alanthefisher]

90% of the "European food fixed me" or "European food made me loose 10lbs" posts is literally just people from car dependent suburbs enjoying walkable cities and not noticing

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My latest for @RNS:

https://t.co/WKcQS3rZql

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@rachelleighhale @dailycardinal @uw_sjmc @TylerKatzen @DWhiteBergey Mazal Tov!

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@rachelleighhale J-School professors on keeping your phone charged:

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@JewishWonk The gospel of Matthew says that Herod tried to kill baby Jesus by killing all of the baby boys of Bethlehem, but it doesn’t really sound like that what she’s describing. (Not crucifixion and more of Herod killing Jews than any Jews killing Jesus.)