Michael Kaplan
By Michael Kaplan
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Opinion 7 Coolest Haggadahs for Your Passover Seder
1. The world’s oldest illuminated Haggadah This 14th century Haggadah is the earliest known Ashkenazi attempt to artistically depict the story of Passover. It’s a pretty creative retelling of the story, mainly because the people depicted in the story have the heads of animals — hence the manuscript’s title, “The Bird’s Head Haggadah.” This is…
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Fast Forward Colorado Man Dies After Xbox Robbery Beating
A 30-year-old developmentally disabled Jewish man has died in a Colorado hospital from injuries sustained during an alleged robbery in his home last week. Aaron Tuneberg died Tuesday. Boulder prosecutors have now filed felony murder-charges against two men being held in the case. Tuneberg suffered serious head injuries from the attack that left him unconscious…
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Food Katz’s Wins in a Battle of the ‘Reuben Orgasm’
Katz’s Deli is the one and only Katz’s in town — and don’t you forget it. The 125-year-old deli recently won a legal battle against a food truck called “Katz & Dogz,” arguing that the moniker was an attempt to co-opt the famed-restaurant’s name. “It has taken over a century of dedication, hard work and…
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News Challenger Wins Bloomingburg Vote as Orthodox Newcomers Ruled Ineligible
Sullivan County’s Board of Elections has backed claims that more than 100 residents of the upstate New York village of Bloomingburg — including Orthodox developer Shalom Lamm and his family — were not legally eligible to vote in last month’s contentious local elections. Lamm announced Wednesday that he would end his fight over the election…
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Food Is This Site the Kosher Seamless?
Brace yourself: you can now browse kosher restaurants and order food right to your doorstep at the click of a few buttons. It might sound a bit like Grubhub or Seamless, but founder Morris Sued says his startup, which carries only kosher restaurants, “Is like going to a non-kosher supermarket versus a kosher supermarket. You…
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The Schmooze PBS Station Loses Much-Maligned Yiddish Quiz
I may have gone too hard on my bubbe in a blog post last week. As it turns out, she may not have been at fault for my abysmal score on Thirteen-WNET’s Yiddish quiz, created in honor of Simon Schama’s five-part series, “Story of the Jews.” In fact, my poor score may not even have…
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Opinion Stop Comparing Jewish and Palestinian Refugees
Yemeni Jews get instruction at a center for immigrants in Israel. / Getty Images As the Israeli-Palestinian peace process grinds on, and the issue of Palestinian refugees continues to be a sticking point, some Jewish groups are arguing that these aren’t the only refugees we should be considering as the parties move forward in negotiations….
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Fast Forward Brooklyn Hatzoloh Fails To Report Hit-Run to Police
A Jewish emergency medical service is receiving flak for failing to report a hit-and-run to the New York Police Department last week. The Flatbush Hatzoloh arrived to the Brooklyn scene where a minivan struck an 8-year-old Brooklyn child early Thursday morning and transported the boy to a nearby hospital, but it took hours before police…
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Yiddish די קונסט פֿונעם ייִדישן מאָנאָלאָג און אַנדערע מיני־קורסן אויף ייִדיש‘The Art of the Yiddish Monologue’ and other mini-courses in Yiddish
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