Maya Shwayder
By Maya Shwayder
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Food What’s ‘Kosher’ Worth? A Hell of a Lot
How much is a kosher website worth? Apparently, half a million dollars. Kosher.com sold earlier this week for that full sticker price. But wait: It wasn’t owned before? Well, it was, but brace yourself for the actual shocking part: There is no website present at kosher.com. Navigating to kosher.com takes a netizen to a blank,…
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Life Split in Women of the Wall Widens
A subset of Women of the Wall leaders and supporters, who disagree with a plan to compromise on where the group can pray at the Kotel, has doubled in size from 10 to 21. Women of the Wall is a feminist group pushing to be able to sing, pray aloud and wear ritual garments typically…
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News ADL Releases 2013 List of Top Ten Anti-Israel Groups in America
The Anti-Defamation League on Monday released their 2013 list of the top ten anti-Israel groups based in America. The list included two groups with Jewish affiliations. They are (in no particular order except alphabetical): ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) American Muslims for Palestine CODEPINK Friends of Sabeel-North America If Americans Knew/Council…
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Breaking News Scientific American Editor Resigns After Allegations of Sexual Harassment
Following on the heels of “Urban Whore” scandal — in which an editor at Biology Online used that epithet to refer to blogger and frequent contributor to Scientific American Dr. Danielle N. Lee for refusing to take unpaid work — the American science magazine of record is facing down another scandal, this one in its…
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Opinion Meet the 94%: The Unseen Faces of American Jews
Amid the troubling statistics about the state of American Jewry in the recent Pew Research Center Survey there was one staggering, positive number that stood out to us: 94% of respondents to the survey said they were “proud” to identify as Jewish. So who makes up the 94%? We asked readers, to submit stories, anecdotes,…
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News Alabama Shul Lures 20 Families With 50K Offer
A smalltown Alabama synagogue has lured 20 Jewish families with a millionaire’s offer of $50,000 to relocate there. Temple Emanu-El in Dothan, Alabama, has offered 20 Jewish families $50,000 to move to their town, the Peanut Capital of the World, and help boost the congregation’s dwindling numbers, the Associated Press reported. Dothan, also known as…
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The Schmooze 6 Crazy Things for Thanksgivukkah
We’re two weeks from Halloween folks, which means while the rest of the country is already in the full swing Christmas kitsch, we of the tribal persuasion get to celebrate something much more special this year. And why shouldn’t we go all out? It’s going to be another 70,000 years, or approximately 2,800 generations, before…
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Breaking News 5 San Diego Students Win Sukkah Design Prize
Five students from the NewSchool of Architecture and Design in San Diego were awarded first place in the 2013 Sukkah Design Expo, the university said in a statement. The winning design, which was chosen by public vote, features sustainable materials such as repurposed wood pallets with verses carved into them. The students also provided paint…
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