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By Forward Staff
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Culture Of Howard Cosell, Cecil De Mille and 10 Other Jewish Facts About North Carolina
1) 32,075 Jews live in North Carolina. 2) Joachim Ganz, a Czech metallurgist, arrived in North Carolina in 1585, making him not only the first Jewish settler in the state but in any British colony. 3) Prussian-born merchant Samuel Wittkowski ran a store in Charlotte and was honored for his loyalty to North Carolina governor…
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Fast Forward Ehud Barak Backs Isaac Herzog in Battle With Netanyahu
Former Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak formally endorsed the ZIonist Union’s Isaac Herzog for prime minister on Monday. “I have known Isaac Herzog for decades,” Barak said, according to Haaretz. “He served as government secretary in my cabinet and as a minister by my side when I lead the Labor Party.” Barak, a key moderate,…
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Culture Of Ben and Jerry’s, Maple Syrup, Bernie Sanders and 8 Other Things About Jewish Vermont
1) 5,285 Jews live in Vermont. 2) The interior of the so-called Lost Shul of Burlington (better known as the Chai Adam synagogue) was painted in 1910 by Ben Zion Black and is currently in the process of being restored. 3) In 1977, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield opened the first Ben & Jerry’s Homemade…
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Culture Of Goldie Hawn, Barry Levinson, Leon Uris and 10 Other Things About Jewish Maryland
1) 238.200 Jews live in Maryland. 2) Born in Portugal, businessman Jacob Lumbrozo became Maryland’s first Jewish resident in 1656. 3) Mendes Cohen, who was immortalized in a recent exhibit at the Jewish Museum of Maryland, helped to defend Ft. McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore in 1846. 4) Starting out his professional career as…
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News Missouri Republican Tom Schweich Commits Suicide Amid Jewish Ancestry ‘Whisper Campaign’
Missouri State Auditor Tom Schweich, a Republican candidate for governor, died on Thursday in an apparent suicide after he went public with allegations that rivals in the GOP planned to mount an anti-Semitic ‘whisper campaign” about his Jewish heritage. The suicide came minutes after he called the Associated Press to accuse John Hancock, the head…
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Culture Ayelet Tsabari Wins Sami Rohr Prize
Ayelet Tsabari, author of “The Best Place On Earth,” is the winner of the 2015 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature. Tsabari takes home $100,000 for winning the prize, which was announced Monday. The collection of short stories explores Israeli history through the eyes of Mizrahi characters. “I grew up not seeing myself and my…
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News Forward Editor Jane Eisner Wins David Twersky Award
The 2015 David Twersky Journalism Award has been awarded to Forward editor-in-chief Jane Eisner for a June editorial calling for an easing of the Jewish conversion process. The David Twersky Award, named for the former Forward editor and writer who died in 2010, is granted annually for one article published in the Forward or the…
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Fast Forward Knicks Owner Won’t Say Sorry for Hateful Email Rant to Lifelong Jewish Fan
The owner of the New York Knicks said he “shouldn’t have responded” to criticism by a 73-year-old Jewish fan — but stopped way short of apologizing to Irving Bierman. James Dolan doubled down on his attack on Bierman — he earlier branded the lifelong fan “sad” and an “alcoholic” — by calling his email complaining…
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