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Israel News Looking Back
100 YEARS AGO IN THE FORWARD Sources say that framed French colonel Alfred Dreyfus’s complete rehabilitation is expected. Not only will he be reinstated in the French army, but he also will be placed at a higher rank than the one he previously held. It is also rumored that he is to receive the Legion…
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News DER YIDDISH-VINKL
Stanley Siegelman returns to Der Vinkl with his incredible ability to uncover rare bits of news and to follow up with his hilarious Yiddish and English commentary. Here’s the news item, as he describes it: “Saudi King Abdullah has instructed newspaper editors to stop printing photos of women in which their faces are revealed. He…
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Culture MUSICAL NOSTALGIA
Set in the United States in the early 20th century, Stephen Flaherty’s 1998 Tony Award-winning musical, “Ragtime,” interweaves stories of a wealthy Protestant family; a poor Jewish immigrant and his daughter, and an educated black musician from Harlem, the woman he loves and their child. Based on E.L. Doctorow’s novel of the same name, the…
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Culture METROPOLITAN NEW YORK
Exhibit ‘Layers of Time’: Artist Marty Greenbaum’s series of colorful mixed media, titled Recent Work: Layers of Time, is presented in a group exhibition at the Safe-T-Gallery in Brooklyn’s Dumbo neighborhood. Greenbaum’s work appears with pieces by artists Daniel Blochwitz, Susan Bowen, Roger Bruhn and Burst387. Safe-T-Gallery, 11 Front St., Ste 214, Brooklyn; through July…
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From the moment that Arnold Eisen was named chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in April, grumbling began over the prospect of a nonrabbi assuming the helm of the Conservative movement’s main rabbinical school. Only recently, however, did Conservative rabbis begin wrestling with the all-important question of whether to permit Eisen to join…
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Israel News C O R R E C T I O N
The June 2 article “Democratic Fight Looms Over House Intel Post” incorrectly stated that Rep. Henry Waxman “suggested” it was time for Rep. Jane Harman to step down from her intelligence committee post. It should simply have stated that Waxman declined to endorse her push for another term on the committee, while praising Rep. Alcee…
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News Catskills Comedian Jan Murray Dies at 89
Jan Murray, a Jewish comedian who got his start in the Catskills, died Sunday at 89. Murray, who was born Murray Janofsky in the Bronx to immigrant parents, was one of a generation of Jewish comedians that includes Sid Caesar, Milton Berle, Shecky Greene and Buddy Hackett. He was a star of 1950s television, using…
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News NEWSDESK
Rabbis Ban Smoking A committee of the main union of Modern Orthodox rabbis has ruled that Jewish law prohibits the smoking of tobacco products. The Halachah Committee of the Rabbinical Council of America issued a unanimous opinion on the issue, citing both religious and scientific sources. The decision, which calls on all Jews to avoid…
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