Dan Pine
By Dan Pine
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Fast Forward The Jewish genius behind the Chia Pet, Joseph Pedott, dies at 91
The man behind popular products like Chia Pets and the Clapper grew up poor but donated generously once he made it big
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Art Once buried in Europe, a Hitler puppet stashed in Frank Oz’s Oakland attic tells his family’s Holocaust story
A new exhibit shows several puppets crafted by the legendary puppeteer and director’s parents, who fled Antwerp during WWII
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Fast Forward San Francisco JCC lays off 150 Employees, slashes budget by more than 40%
(JTA) — (J. The Jewish News of Northern California via JTA) — In a move reflecting the economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic, the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco has announced “deep and painful cuts,” slashing next year’s fiscal year budget nearly in half and eliminating 150 staff positions, representing more than one-third of…
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Fast Forward Fliers Claiming Jews Were Behind 9/11 Appear In Bay Area
(JTA) (J. The Jewish News of Northern California) — Anti-Semitic fliers saying that Jews and Israel were behind the 9/11 attacks appeared in Northern California about 30 miles from San Francisco. The fliers discovered last weekend in Novato, a city of about 52,000 in the North Bay area, were plastered on telephone poles, storefronts and…
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Fast Forward Neshama Carlebach To Wed Rabbi Menachem Creditor
(JTA) (J. The Jewish News of Northern California via JTA) — Rabbi Menachem Creditor met Neshama Carlebach 10 years ago when the popular Jewish singer headlined a concert at Creditor’s shul, Congregation Netivot Shalom in Berkeley, California. They struck up a friendship, which eventually turned into love and, now, an engagement. The couple will wed next summer…
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Food Urban Adamah Cancels Kosher Slaughter Workshop
thinkstock A Berkeley workshop on kosher slaughter — during which 15 hens were to be killed — was canceled this week amid public outcry from animal rights groups and others. Urban Adamah initially stood firm that its long-planned event would continue as scheduled on Sunday, May 4, even in the face of activists who threatened…
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News Jennifer Gorovitz, First Woman To Head A Major Federation, Leads In Time of Controversy and Layoffs
In May, Jennifer Gorovitz became a communal pioneer as the first woman ever to head a big-city Jewish philanthropic federation. Now, two months later, she has become the first woman heading a big-city federation to implement major layoffs in the face of a budget shortfall. And that is just the latest crisis she has faced…
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Fast Forward Campus updates: A divestment, a dismantling, a resignation and a cancellation
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Yiddish אָפּערע אַנטפּלעקט די ווייניק־באַקאַנטע געשיכטע פֿון גרויסן ייִדישן ווערטערבוךOpera brings to life the little-known story of the Great Yiddish Dictionary
דער לינגוויסט יודל מאַרק האָט געהאַט גרויסע אַמביציעס פֿאַרן ווערטערבוך, אָבער לסוף האָט זײַן וויזיע באַגראָבן דעם פּראָיעקט.
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Fast Forward 26 House Democrats tell White House, ‘We cannot undermine our ally, Israel’