Jennifer Siegel
By Jennifer Siegel
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News ‘Values’ of Women To Blame for Low Birthrates, Says Conservative Scholar
As the flagship seminary of Conservative Judaism searches for a new chancellor, a rumored candidate for the position is pressing ahead with his controversial policy pronouncements. In recent weeks, Jack Wertheimer, provost of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, has advanced a traditionalist assessment of how his movement should address intermarriage and the relatively low…
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Israel News Madonna To Devote New Song to Kabbalistic Master
The Material Girl’s devotion to Kabbalah is well established, but now she is mixing Jewish mysticism directly into her music. According to Fox News online columnist Roger Friedman, Madonna’s upcoming album, “Confessions on a Dance Floor,” includes a paean to 16th-century modern Kabbalah founder Isaac Luria. Titled “Isaac,” the song features a spoken interlude by…
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News Conservatives Slap Fund-raising Group
A fledgling American nonprofit group seeking to raise money for non-Orthodox congregations in Israel is meeting stiff resistance from a fund-raising arm of the Conservative movement. The new group, Kehillot B’ Yachad (“Congregations Together”), said it has compiled a 15,000-person e-mail list from contacts listed on synagogue Web sites. KBY is using the list to…
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News Anti-disengagement Column Fuels Speculation About Author
A pseudonymous column calling on American Jews to withdraw all support of the Israeli government has triggered a rush to identify the Orthodox rabbi who wrote the piece. The essay, titled “Leaving Israel Because I’m Disengaged,” appeared in the September issue of the Englewood, N.J.-based Jewish Voice and Opinion, a publication that adamantly opposes Israeli…
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News Striving To Sound the Proper Note
If it is the task of those delivering sermons on the High Holy Days to make sense of difficult times, this past year has certainly left no shortage of material to ponder. In addition to the mayhem wrought by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, it also has been a year of genocide in Darfur, the Asian…
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News Yeshiva University Catching Flak For Dropping Old Hebrew Slogan
Yeshiva University is under fire for dropping its longtime motto — Torah u-Madda — and replacing it with the non-sectarian slogan “Bring wisdom to life.” This week, one prominent Y.U. alumnus, Dr. Mandell Ganchrow, launched an online petition calling for the old motto to be incorporated into the school’s new logo. Ganchrow, a past president…
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Israel News Responsible Investing on the Air
Marc Sussman may be a certified financial planner with 28 years of experience in the financial services industry, but his top priority is not the bottom line. “I’m more interested in making an impact on people’s lives, and that’s not giving 7 versus 8%,” he told the Forward in a recent interview. “There’s nothing wrong…
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News Jewish Protesters Counter Anti-Israel Groups at D.C. Anti-war Rally
WASHINGTON — Dara Silverman was determined to take part in last weekend’s massive anti-war rally in Washington, D.C. But the longtime liberal activist dreaded the idea of feeling “isolated and alone,” as she had at past rallies when encountering pro-Palestinian supporters brandishing antisemitic slogans. So this time around, Silverman, a leader of the New York-based…
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