Lana Gersten
By Lana Gersten
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Israel News World Series Machers
It appears that Wall Street-savvy translates well in the world of professional baseball, or so it goes with the management of the Tampa Bay Rays, whose team just captured the American League championship and is set to play the Phillies in the World Series. The Rays’ three top executives, owner Stuart Sternberg, president Matthew Silverman…
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Israel News Political Stitch: Knitting for Obama
In the weeks after Sarah Silverman released her now infamous video urging voters to descend on Florida to persuade their grandparents to vote Obama, young Jews have carried out the mission, known as the Great Schlep, in many ways. Some 100 people actually did schlep down to Florida on a recent weekend to deliver last-minute…
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News Haredim Begin Confronting Pedophilia
After years in which the issue of pedophilia has been quietly dealt with among ultra-Orthodox Jews, a number of leaders in the community are speaking out publicly on the topic, spurring anger and debate over this sensitive issue. Sexual abuse of children has periodically arisen in the ultra-Orthodox community through high-profile cases like that of…
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News More Controversy-Plagued Holocaust Records Transferred to Museum
A second batch of Holocaust-era documents from the Bad Arolsen archives in Germany has been transferred to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, adding another 8.5 million digital images to the museum’s collection of nearly 18 million. The new batch of documents consists of information about people whom the Nazis drove into forced labor during…
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News Playing the Shofar: An Ancient Sound Finds a New Voice
Of all the commandments in the Torah, the blowing of the shofar on the Jewish New Year is one of the most important. The ancient sound — signaling the beginning of the days of repentance — is heard on Rosh Hashanah and at the end of Yom Kippur, and has been used as a rallying…
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Israel News Babs Sings for Barack
In a hastily prepared stop on his campaign trail, Barack Obama will visit Los Angeles this month in what some say will be his final Hollywood fundraiser, where he will be serenaded by Academy Award-winning entertainer Barbra Streisand. The September 16 fundraiser, co-hosted by DreamWorks executives Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen, along with…
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Israel News ‘Green’ Kippah Grows in Brooklyn
For Jews, the environment has always been a central concern. In the age of eco-conscious living, the issue has become increasingly visible. Members of the tribe may soon have another way of displaying their values, courtesy of Brooklyn-based artist Miki Katagiri, creator of a prototype for a “green” yarmulke nicknamed the “yarmulchia” for its close…
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Israel News Forgot the Prayer? Check Your iPod
‘Blessings often come in disguise. This one comes on your iPhone.” So says the description of the new iPhone/iPod touch application, the iBlessing, a product developed by The Jewish Learning Group and now available on iTunes. When a user clicks on any one of the food groups displayed on the screen — including fruit, meat,…
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