Anthony Weiss
By Anthony Weiss
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News A Rabbi With a Knack for Publicity Wins Coveted and Historic Visit From the Pope
When Benedict XVI pays his respects at Manhattan’s Park East Synagogue on April 18, it will be the first visit by any pope to an American synagogue. It will also be a crowning achievement for the man who greets him: Rabbi Arthur Schneier. Yet Schneier was not selected for the honor because he represents America’s…
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News World-Famous Cantor Allegedly the Target of Entrapment Plot
Naftali Hershtik, the cantor of the Great Synagogue in Jerusalem, has been the target of an entrapment scheme allegedly orchestrated by one of his former students, according to information obtained exclusively by the Forward. The rumors began weeks ago, when Israeli papers reported that an unnamed cantor had been lured by a young woman into…
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News Rabbi Eli Teitelbaum, Dial-a-Daf Creator, 68
Rabbi Eli Teitelbaum, an ultra-Orthodox educator and innovator who created a series of dial-in phone lines with lectures on sacred texts, died March 23 at the age of 68. Teitelbaum pioneered the now-popular concept of a subscription phone service that allowed users to listen over the phone to lectures on the Talmud with his Dial-a-Daf…
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Breaking News Studies Suggest Possibilities for Engaging Intermarried
Three new studies about interfaith marriage have been released in recent weeks, all supporting the increasingly common notion that intermarriage isn’t necessarily fatal to Jewish continuity. Taken together, the three studies suggest that a combination of Jewish education, outreach and sensitivity can bring interfaith couples and their children into Jewish life. The release of these…
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News Iowa Fines AgriProcessors for Labor Violations
The country’s largest kosher slaughterhouse, already under scrutiny for its labor practices, took another hit last week when Iowa state officials fined it $182,000. The Iowa Division of Labor cited AgriProcessors for a broad range of recent health and safety violations, including a failure to provide workers with proper safety training, insufficient programs to manage…
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News As Acceptance Grows, Gay Synagogues Torn Between the Straight and Narrow
Atlanta – When Gayanne Geurin Weiss and her husband went looking for an Atlanta synagogue to join, they soon found one that had everything they wanted; it was warm, friendly and spiritual. There was just one catch: It was for gay men and lesbians, and Weiss and her husband are straight. Gay and lesbian Jews…
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News High Cost of Living Leads Orthodox To Look Beyond Borders of New York
Early next month, representatives of Orthodox Jewish communities from across North America — from cities such as Indianapolis, New Orleans and Edmonton, Alberta — will gather in Manhattan to make the case that their hometowns offer something that New York City can’t: affordability. The Orthodox Union, an umbrella organization representing some 1,000 Modern Orthodox congregations,…
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News Fallen Eliot Spitzer Was a Favorite Son of a Tribe He Never Quite Embraced
In the last statewide public opinion poll taken before news broke of Eliot Spitzer’s involvement in a high-priced prostitution ring, the New York governor’s approval rating was below 50% for every major demographic group, except one: his fellow Jews. For much of his career, Spitzer was a source of great pride to Jews, with some…
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