Jackie Hajdenberg
By Jackie Hajdenberg
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Fast Forward Jewish community groups warn against blackface on Purim
(JTA) — A year after photos of Jewish children dressed in blackface during Purim drew widespread condemnation, several leading Jewish groups in the New York area have issued stern guidance in advance of next week’s holiday. Refrain from using blackface. Don’t choose costumes that appropriate other cultures. And avoid reenacting the hanging of Haman, the…
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Fast Forward The Conservative movement once nearly expelled her. Now she’ll train its rabbis.
(JTA) — Two decades after she graduated from the Jewish Theological Seminary, Rabbi Ayelet Cohen is going back to school — this time, as the first-ever woman to serve full-time as dean of the rabbinical school. As dean, Cohen will be responsible for the “vision and setting the tone and direction for training clergy for…
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