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News Emory Professor Resigns to Protest Carter Book
A prominent Middle East scholar, Kenneth W. Stein, announced his resignation as a fellow of Emory University’s Carter Center, in response to former President Jimmy Carter’s new book, “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.” Stein did not give the book’s title in the e-mail announcing his resignation, saying that it was “a title too inflammatory to even…
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News Top Picks
When we set out to compile this year’s Forward 50 list of the most influential members of the American Jewish community, we found our mailboxes filled with names of individuals who are struggling to navigate that tectonic shift. Some are media stars who bring Jewish identity into the mainstream culture in compelling or inspiring ways….
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News Politics
**Elliott Abrams ** This year, following the departures of Paul Wolfowitz and Doug Feith from the Pentagon, and that of Scooter Libby from the White House, Elliott Abrams became the senior neoconservative policy voice in the Bush administration. And, in his new role as deputy national security adviser, Abrams, 58, has achieved the impossible: bridging…
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News Ideas & Activism: Jill Jacobs, Dennis Ross, Susan Tuchman, Mikey Weinstein
Jill Jacobs As the Conservative movement picks its way through a host of hot-button debates — from ordaining gay and lesbian rabbis to accepting interfaith families — Rabbi Jill Jacobs has almost single-handedly forced the movement to refocus on one of the oldest issues on the social agenda: workers’ rights. Three years ago, Jacobs, fresh…
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News Religion: Sharon Brous, Elliot Dorff, Richard Joel, Sharon Kleinbaum, Yehuda Krinsky, Irwin Kula, Dina Najman-Licht, Zalman Teitelbaum
Sharon Brous In the burgeoning world of unconventional young congregations, Sharon Brous, 32, has taken on an unusual role, doubling as a youthful firecracker, storming the barricades, and a grand dame, dispensing wisdom. Brous began her own Los Angeles religious community, IKAR, only three years ago, but it has swiftly become one of the largest…
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News Community: Wayne Firestone, Menachem Genack, David Harris, Malcolm Hoenlein, Nancy Kaufman, Howard Kohr, Steven Nasatir, Carole Solomon
Wayne Firestone Among the welter of competing religious and ideological options that young Jews are presented with at college, Wayne Firestone has developed a rare ability to calm the noise and create an open space for discussion. Firestone, a former international lawyer, first showed his gift with students as the head of the Israel on…
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News Sports: Jordan Farmar, Shawn Green
Jordan Farmar Jordan Farmar revived and updated the tradition of the Jewish point guard this year as he led the UCLA Bruins into the National Collegiate Athletic Association men’s basketball?hampionship game in April. The product of an interfaith family, Farmar was bar mitzvahed at Temple Judea in the Tarzana section of Los Angeles. Seven years…
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News Philanthropy: Charles Bronfman & Roger Bennett, Jennie Rosenn, Alice Rosenwald, Lynn Schusterman, Carol Smokler, Ronald Stanton
Charles Bronfman and Roger Bennett Charles Bronfman, 75, has for decades championed innovative Jewish giving. From his backing of the Middle East peace process and support for Jewish-Arab coexistence programs to his support of Birthright Israel, which takes young Jews on free trips to Israel, the Seagrams heir has always put his money where his…
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