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Six Points Jewish Arts Fellowship Closes as Federation Declines To Renew Grant

Fri, 24 May 2013 05:00:00 EST

The innovative Six Points Fellowship is closing its flagship New York program amid federation funding cuts. Artists say it’ll be that much harder to do creative work.

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Bialystoker Home, 90-Year-Old Jewish Institution, Is Declared N.Y. Landmark

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:07:00 EST

A shuttered 90-year-old Jewish nursing home on Manhattan’s Lower East Side has been declared a New York City landmark, a designation that will protect it from being razed.

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Claims Conference Chief Knew of $57M Holocaust Fraud Probe Earlier

Wed, 22 May 2013 02:30:00 EST

Julius Berman, board chairman of the Holocaust Claims Conference, insisted he knew nothing about a 2001 probe into massive fraud. A fax obtained by the Forward says otherwise.

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Why Did Jewish Group Give Award to Indonesian Blamed for Fanning Hatred?

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:50:00 EST

An American Jewish group’s plans to give Indonesia’s president an award for tolerance has stirred controversy. Activists say freedom has deteriorated sharply on his watch.

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Jewish Leaders Speak Out on Anti-Gay Murder in Greenwich Village

Tue, 21 May 2013 07:06:00 EST

Jewish LGBT leaders are joining the chorus of condemnation around the West Village murder of a gay man over the weekend by a convicted felon who spouted homophobic slurs before pulling the trigger on his 32-year-old victim.

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Helping Syria War Victims Poses Special Challenges for Jews and Israelis

Tue, 21 May 2013 05:00:00 EST

The American Jewish community and Israel are both known for their quick response to humanitarian disasters. But daunting obstacles have kept them sidelined from the Syrian civil war.

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ZOA Regains Tax-Exempt Status After Yearlong Hiatus

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:59:00 EST

The Zionist Organization of America has regained its tax exemption more than a year after its failure to file financial disclosures led the Internal Revenue Service to revoke its nonprofit status.

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Magen Tzedek, Ethical Kosher Seal, Stalled Amid Orthodox Opposition

Mon, 20 May 2013 05:00:00 EST

Four years after the Magen Tzedek ethical kosher certification scheme was launched, not one product bears its seal. Has Orthodox opposition killed the project?

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Palestinians Mourn Neighborhood Razed by Israel in Shadow of Western Wall

Sun, 19 May 2013 05:00:00 EST

Jews celebrate the 1967 war that unified Jerusalem under Israeli rule. Some Palestinians still mourn the Mughrabi neighborhood that was demolished in the shadow of the Western Wall.

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Israel Cultivates Unlikely Ally in West African Nation of Senegal

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:47:00 EST

Over the past decade, Israel’s trade has more than tripled with Senegal, a predominantly Muslim West African country that is a regional island of stability.

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Mother of Jewish Teen Killed on Brooklyn Bridge Speaks Out About Arrest

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:18:00 EST

The mother of Ari Halberstam, a Jewish teen who was murdered on the Brooklyn Bridge, speaks out about the arrest of a man involved in her son’s murder who has ties to Hamas.

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Is Steven Hawking’s Decision To Boycott an Israeli Conference Boon to BDS?

Fri, 17 May 2013 05:00:00 EST

In the battle between supporters and boycotters of Israel, Steven Hawking’s decision to join the BDS camp made a big statement. But will it impact the movement long-term?

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Claims Conference Blames Dead Official for Botched $57M Holocaust Fraud Probe

Thu, 16 May 2013 05:00:00 EST

The Claims Conference is blaming a botched $57M fraud probe on an official who has since died. The Holocaust restitution group says current officials knew little about the probe.

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Geza Vermes, Hungarian Bible Scholar Who Returned to Jewish Roots, Dies at 88

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:55:00 EST

The renowned Hungarian Jewish biblical scholar Geza Vermes, who died of cancer at age 88, disproved the old canard ‘You can’t go home again’ — at least when it comes to Judaism.

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Joyce Brothers, Brought Jewish Sensibility to Suburbia Through TV, Dies at 85

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:45:00 EST

The Jewish psychologist Joyce Brothers, who died May 13 of respiratory failure at age 85, became an improbable authority on how to live in the mid-century suburban age.

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Philadelphia Jewish Federation Faces Crisis as Ira Schwartz Abruptly Leaves

Wed, 15 May 2013 05:00:00 EST

Philadelphia has the sixth largest Jewish community in the nation, thriving synagogues, and a major rabbinical seminary. Why is its federation in constant state of leadership flux?

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Jewish Women Call Angelina Jolie Inspiration for Breast Cancer Surgery

Wed, 15 May 2013 05:00:00 EST

Jewish breast cancer ‘previvors’ and health advocates hailed Angelina Jolie for going public with her BRCA1 gene mutation — and decision to have surgery.

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Claims Conference Officials Were Told of Massive $57M Fraud — But Didn't Act

Tue, 14 May 2013 07:25:00 EST

Top officials at the Holocaust Claims Conference professed shock about a massive fraud scheme. But they were told about the scam nearly a decade earlier — and failed to stop it.

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African Island's Lost Jewish Heritage

Tue, 14 May 2013 01:11:00 EST

A Portuguese rabbi and a Moroccan diplomat stood shoulder to shoulder in a Catholic cemetery here while 200 mourners howled in grief as they buried a resident of this island off the western coast of Africa.

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Modern-Day Rabbi Must Be CEO, Teacher and Spiritual Leader at Once

Mon, 13 May 2013 05:00:00 EST

The rabbi of today must be a shrewd entrepreneur, media-savvy speaker and compassionate spiritual healer. Are seminaries preparing the next generation for the demands they face?

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