Hody Nemes
By Hody Nemes
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Fast Forward Hamptons Eruv Passes Key Legal Hurdle
A federal judge has removed a major legal roadblock to the construction of a controversial eruv religious boundary in Long Island’s tony East End. In a June 17 ruling, U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Kathleen Tomlinson ruled that religious boundary markers, or “lechis,” may be placed on telephone poles in Westhampton Beach to create an…
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Fast Forward Gay ‘Conversion’ Therapists Could Be Liable for Damages, N.J. Judge Rules
A New Jersey judge has ruled that a Jewish gay “conversion” group could be liable for the costs of reversing the damage it caused four young men while trying to curb their same-sex attraction. New Jersey Superior Court Judge Peter F. Bariso, Jr. ruled that Jews Offering New Alternatives for Healing (JONAH) and its co-defendants…
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Fast Forward Chabad Rabbi on Scooter Chases Down Burglary Suspect in Palm Beach
A rabbi rode a motor scooter to chased down a suspected burglar after spotting him outside of a Palm Beach, Florida Chabad house. Avrohom Ezagui, a Lubavitcher rabbi, became suspicious when he saw a man holding a bag of valuables, according to The Palm Beach Post. Ezagui assumed the valuables had been taken from Chabad…
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Opinion In Cantor vs. Cantor Feud, a Liberal Kvells
Dan Cantor, right, isn’t exactly broken up over the political demise of the man who shares his last name. Not all Cantors are mourning over House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s stunning fall from political power. Dan Cantor, the national director of the progressive Working Families Party, shamelessly celebrated the downfall of the man who shares…
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The Schmooze Jew Bot Eugene Goostman Is Kind of a Perv
Eugene Goostman is a computer program masquerading as a 13-year-old Ukrainian Jewish boy. On June 7, he became the first program — and certainly the first Jewish program — to pass the iconic Turing test of artificial intelligence, after convincing several judges that he is, in fact, human. The Forward’s Hody Nemes sat down with…
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News The Smartest Computer-Generated Kid Ever Is Jewish
Eugene Goostman is 13 years old. Eugene Goostman is Jewish. He’s from Ukraine. And, oh yes, Eugene Goostman is a computer program. On June 7, Eugene became the first computer program to pass the iconic Turing test of artificial intelligence, tricking several human judges into believing he was human. Alan Turing, the father of computer…
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Fast Forward Rabbi Asher Lopatin Defends Open Orthodoxy Against ‘Heresy’ Attack
A leading Open Orthodox rabbi has defended the progressive movement against attacks made last week by Rabbi Yaakov Perlow, the head of the ultra-Orthodox organization Agudath Israel. “I welcome (Perlow) into the conversation of how to bring a Torah message to all Jews that is meaningful to them and their lives,” said Rabbi Asher Lopatin,…
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Opinion 6 Jewish Memories of Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou, who has died at 86, was a celebrated poet, author, and chronicler of the African-American experience. Angelou also had several memorable interactions with the Jewish community. Here are six Jewish memories of Maya: 1) Poignant Poetry In one of his final acts in office, President Bill Clinton appointed Angelou to the board of…
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