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News Plus One: George Allen
George Allen The 20th century was a cataclysmic era for Jews — a time of cosmic tragedy, transcendent rebirth, mass migration and millions of individual journeys of every sort. Nobody knows that better this month than Senator George Allen of Virginia, a conservative Christian whose Jewish origins, hidden for a lifetime, popped out to ambush…
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News The Way We Are
Five different Jewish organizations commissioned demographic studies in the past year to explore the mind of the under-35 set, and they all found the same thing: Young Jews tend to be open, at times passionate, about their Jewish identity and heritage, but they couldn’t care less about Jewish organizations. They’re looking for meaning, mission, social…
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News Riots Rock Jerusalem Before Gay Pride Parade
Police in Israel’s capital were bracing this week for a weekend of intense violence as gay rights activists prepared to stage a gay pride parade through the city and ultra-Orthodox Jews vowed not to let them. Nearly two weeks of rioting have rocked the city’s Orthodox neighborhoods, several times spilling over into the city center,…
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News The Four Gospels of Mel: James Mee, Ari Emanuel, Alan Nierob, Kevin Youkilis
Hollywood’s most talked-about performance this year belonged to Mel Gibson. Unfortunately for the Oscar-winning actor-filmmaker, it took place off-screen. Pulled over on the Pacific Coast Highway on July 28 on suspicion of drunk driving, he launched into an antisemitic tirade against the arresting officer. The incident may have turned Gibson, director of “The Passion of…
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Israel News Green Egged On by Ham?
It’s bad enough that a nice Jewish boy like New York Mets outfielder Shawn Green has to measure up against artificially pumped-up steroid-using sluggers. But the Shmooze’s biggest fear is that, with the playoffs under way this week, Green — who sits out games on Yom Kippur regularly — will succumb to the most unkosher…
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News ‘The Joy of Regret’
*The following is an excerpt from “Inviting God In” by Rabbi David Aaron. The book explores the holidays as times to personally connect with God, and it focuses on why we celebrate rather than on how to celebrate. * On Yom Kippur you can confess all your transgressions to God with the realization that they…
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News Senator’s Mother Attributes Silence to Experience Under Nazis
FORWARD STAFF Senator George Allen’s mother, Henrietta “Etty” Allen, told the Washington Post Wednesday that until late August she concealed her Jewish upbringing from her children to prevent them from growing up in fear. Her father, Felix Lumbroso, was incarcerated by the Nazis during the German occupation of Tunisia during World War II. “What they…
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News Senator Allen Confirms Mother’s Jewish Roots
Senator George Allen has released a statement confirming his mother’s Jewish lineage, a day after refusing to answer a question on the topic during a debate. “I was raised as a Christian and my mother was raised as a Christian. And I embrace and take great pride in every aspect of my diverse heritage, including…
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