Anthony Weiss
By Anthony Weiss
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News Averting Kosher Crisis, Meat Giant Hires Long-time Attorney to be New CEO
The country’s largest supplier of kosher meat has appointed one of its lawyers to be its new CEO, saving itself from the threat of losing kosher certification during one of the busiest times of the kosher shopping calendar. On September 18, kosher giant Agriprocessors announced that it had hired Bernard Feldman, a Long Island attorney…
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News Adelson Shrinks Giving to Birthright
The man commonly known as the world’s richest Jew is scaling back his contributions to one of the most prominent Jewish charities. On September 9, billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson announced that he was reducing his donations to Birthright Israel in 2009 and 2010, respectively, to $20 million and $10 million, after giving $70 million…
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News Conservative Movement Finds Unity in Promoting New Hekhsher Guidelines
Two years after a bruising debate on sexuality that left some wondering if the Conservative movement was irreparably divided, an initiative to link kosher food regulations with labor and environmental standards seems to have reunited the movement’s rabbinate. A number of rabbis have agreed to devote at least part of their High Holy Day sermons…
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News Spotlight Falls on Minneapolis Suburb That Bred Franken, Coen Brothers, Friedman
Though certain neighborhoods, such as Manhattan’s Lower East Side, have become legendary as incubators for Jewish genius, that appellation has rarely been applied to St. Louis Park, Minn. But now the prominent progeny of this leafy suburb are receiving some serious attention. On September 9, comedian turned politician Al Franken used support from the northern…
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News The Obamas Have a Rabbi in the Family
While Barack Obama has struggled to capture Jewish votes, it turns out that one of his wife’s cousins is the country’s most prominent black rabbi. Michelle Obama, wife of the Democratic presidential nominee, is a first cousin once removed of Rabbi Capers Funnye, spiritual leader of a mostly black synagogue on Chicago’s South Side. Funnye’s…
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News Jewish Agency Cedes Ground on Aliyah
The Jewish Agency for Israel has agreed to cede its historic role as the face of aliyah in North America to a private organization. According to an agreement signed August 22 and hammered out after months of touchy negotiations and mediation, the Jewish Agency, a massive, quasi-governmental organization, will give up much of its public…
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News Michelle Obama Has a Rabbi in Her Family
While Barack Obama has struggled to capture the Jewish vote, it turns out that one of his wife’s cousins is the country’s most prominent black rabbi — a fact that has gone largely unnoticed. Michelle Obama, wife of the Democratic presidential nominee, and Rabbi Capers Funnye, spiritual leader of a mostly black synagogue on Chicago’s…
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News The Jewish Crew That Helped Pave the Way to John McCain’s Nomination
If pre-convention polls are to be believed, John McCain enters the convention poised to pull in a greater percentage of the Jewish vote than any Republican candidate in the past two decades. There are many possible explanations — his long record on Israel, his image as an independent political moderate, lingering concerns about Barack Obama…
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