Max Gross
By Max Gross
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News Young Jewish Republicans Toss Off Their Family Ties
Matt Brooks, the 36-year-old head of the Republican Jewish Coalition, has what in his circle amounts to a dirty little secret: His parents were once Democrats. “I’ve always been Republican,” Brooks told the Forward. This from a boy whose mother volunteered for John F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign and whose grandparents were active in local Philadelphia…
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Culture Arabic Grows at Ivy League In Burst of Post-9/11 Interest
When Rachel Smith began taking Arabic at Princeton University two years ago, she had no choice about which class to take: Only one was offered. Today there are three sections. Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, many more students at Ivy League colleges have begun studying Arabic. Like Smith, many of these students are…
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News Sometimes a Gift Is Just a Gift — or Is It?
What does it mean when your mother gives you a pair of Freudian Slippers? Is she trying to tell you something? If your son gives you a Freud tie, is he alleviating castration anxiety? Sometimes a gift is just a gift, even if that gift bares the bearded, bespectacled face of Sigmund Freud. Here’s something…
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News Brothers’ Judaism Swings to an East African Beat
Having a tough time finding a good Jewish day school for your kids? Have you considered Semei Kakungulu School outside Mbale, Uganda? Founded in the late 1990s by the polymath brothers Joab Jonadav Keki — called J.J. by his friends — and Gershom Fizomu, the school has proved enormously popular. Dozens of Ugandan Jewish students…
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News Orthodox Council Mourns Rabbi Steven Dworken
Rabbi Steven Dworken, executive vice president of the Rabbinical Council of America, a professional body serving over 1,100 Orthodox rabbis, died suddenly at his home in Teaneck, N.J., on January 13 of a heart attack. He was 58. Hundreds of mourners came from as far away as Chicago, Boston and Miami to attend his funeral…
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News What’s Cooking, Good Looking? Newbie Chef Curries Favor
On September 1, 2002, the Hapless Jewish Writer was asked to remove himself from his place of residence. That request came from his parents. And although the HJW was known to complain loudly and frequently about living with mom and dad, there was a part of him that was terrified at being cast out of…
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News A Muslim Trawls For Jewish Souls
BETHEL, Conn. — Mohamed Ghounem is looking for a few lapsed Jews. The Egyptian-born Ghounem is the founder and Web master of “Jews For Allah,” a missionary Web site designed as the Islamic answer to Jews For Jesus. And while Ghounem is no great fan of Jews For Jesus — he calls Christians “flesh-god worshippers”…
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