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When `Broad City' Went On Birthright, and Taught Us All a Lesson About American Jews and Israel

Alex Shams Mondoweiss
With a budget of nearly $50 million a year, Birthright has taken hundreds of thousands of Jewish youths over the last two decades on its whirlwind trips to Israel. Critics charge that Birthright conflates Judaism and Zionism and encourages unconditional Jewish support for Israel by offering a misleading and blatantly propagandistic narrative of Israeli history that erases Palestinians while glorifying Israeli atrocities.

Merry Confederate Christmas

South Carolina Representative Chris Corley sends out a provocative Christmas card featuring the Confederate flag, and a cabal of Southern gentlemen shows its support. 

Movie: Where to Invade Next

Another Michael Moore movie that belongs to no known genre. America's secret weapon prepares to invade countries whose names he can hardly pronounce and bring the treasure he plunders back home. Opens in New York and Los Angeles on Dec 23.

Friday Nite Videos -- October 9, 2015

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Jorge Ramos Interviews Bernie Sanders. Not So Pro-Life After All. Phil Ochs: I Ain't Marching Anymore. Hospital Bombing: 'A War Crime.' John Oliver: Mental Health.

John Oliver: Mental Health

John Oliver explains how our national system of treating mental health works, or more often than not, how it doesn’t.

Friday Nite Videos -- June 12, 2015

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Sixto Rodriguez - Establishment Blues. Pros and Cons: Donald Trump Running for President. Documentary: The Look of Silence. When We Stand Up for 15. Judge: Probable Cause for Murder Charges in Tamir Rice Case.

Democalypse 2016: Bernie Sanders

We've all become so accustomed to stage driven, focus group candidates that authenticity comes across as lunacy. Then there's Bernie, who honestly represents his political beliefs rather than playing a cynical political game.

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