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News Remarkable Life of ‘Angel’ David Wichs Ends in Flash of Manhattan Crane Collapse
David Wichs’ remarkable life of achievement and Jewish compassion started in Communist Czechoslovakia 38 years ago. He came to Brooklyn with his parents, earned a doctorate in math from Harvard and lived in a brownstone on the Upper West Side. He just celebrated his third wedding anniversary. It all ended in a flash on a…
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The Schmooze Men on New York’s West Side Look a lot Like Bernie Sanders — or Larry David
The harsh reality (or not so, depending on your predilections) is that if you’re a man of a certain age, you’re hair is white, you’re Jewish — and especially if you wear spectacles — someone may think you’re Bernie Sanders. Or a relative. Just ask Larry David. So The Forward decided to have a little…
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Fast Forward ‘Kind Foundation’ To Dole Out $1M to Folks Who Make a Difference
From an early age, entrepreneur Daniel Lubetzky was instilled with stories of acts of kindness. Some life saving. It’s an extreme story, but one that sticks with him: His dad, a Holocaust survivor, told his son how a Nazi guard gave him a potato even though the soldier would have been punished for helping a…
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The Schmooze 8 Memorable Abe Vigoda Photos — On Screen and Off
The Godfather: The Doomed Tessio. Abe Vigoda knew how to act, and to have fun, as evidenced in these silver screen, small screen, and red carpet shots. The beloved Jewish character actor died Tuesday of, his daughter says, old age. He was 94. READ: The Forward’s Look at His Long Career Abe Vigoda With Cloris…
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Fast Forward Israel Jets Hit Hamas Target After Rocket Attack From Gaza
A rocket fired from Gaza landed in southern Israel and IDF fighter jets reportedly responded with an attack on Hamas targets inside the Palestinian-controlled coastal strip. The rocket fired at Israel landed in an open area and there were no injuries, officials said. A military spokesman told Haaretz a Hamas target — Israel considers any…
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Fast Forward Rabbi Eugene Borowitz, ‘Larger-Than-Life’ Reform Leader and Teacher, Dies at 91
Rabbi Eugene Borowitz, a philosopher, teacher and towering figure in Reform Judaism, has died at 91. Borowitz passed away Friday morning at his home in Stamford, Connecticut, according to Rabbi Rick Jacobs, the president of the Union for Reform Judaism. “He was a larger-than-life figure in postwar Judaism,” Jacobs said. “His impact on generations of…
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Fast Forward Husband Charged With Murder in Stabbing Death of Scarsdale Pediatrician
A prominent Jewish pediatrician was reportedly stabbed to death in her home in the tony New York suburb of Scarsdale Wednesday — and her estranged husband was charged for the murder. Robin Goldman, 58, who was affiliated with Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, was found slain Wednesday morning…
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Fast Forward Reconstructionist Synagogue Quits Movement Over Intermarried Rabbis
A Florida synagogue has voted to leave the Reconstructionism over the movement’s decision to allow rabbis to marry outside the Jewish faith. The members of Kol Haneshamah synagogue in Sarasota, Florida, voted by a 63-to-35 margin to end its Reconstructionist affiliation and become an independent congregation not affiliate. Twelve members abstained and 13 votes were…
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