Michael Kaplan
By Michael Kaplan
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News Bitcoin Bites the Dust at Baltimore Shul After MtGox Goes Bust
A small Baltimore synagogue that pioneered use of bitcoin has decided to stop accepting the virtual exchange for donations after a leading exchange collapsed amid reports of seven-figure losses. Congregation Tiferes Yisroel had no relationship with MtGox, which declared bankruptcy over the snafu, and did not lose money when the bitcoin exchange went under. But…
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News Bloomingburg Dogged by Fraud Claims as ‘Hasidic’ Development Backers Face Voters
The last election in the quiet, one-stoplight village of Bloomingburg brought out only two dozen voters. But that was before a bitter feud broke out between locals and an Orthodox developer over a 396-unit housing development being marketed to Hasidic Jews that would likely more than double the village’s population. With the pro-development Mayor Mark…
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Fast Forward Pittsburgh Neighbor Charged in Killings of Jewish School Aide Susan Wolfe and Sister
Pittsburgh police have charged a next-door neighbor in the double murder of a Jewish day school teacher’s aide and her sister. The siblings, Sarah Wolfe and Susan Wolfe, aged 36 and 44, were found slain in the basement of their home last month. Allen Wade, 43, a convicted felon and a neighbor of the sisters,…
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Music Ukraine Rabbis Meet John Kerry in Kiev
Top leaders of Ukraine’s Jewish community joined Secretary of State John Kerry near Kiev’s Independence Square yesterday to commemorate demonstrators who were killed protesting their government last month. In an email to the Forward, the country’s Reform Chief Rabbi Alexander Dukhovny said that he presented a book entitled “Jewish Wisdom” to the secretary of state…
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Fast Forward Dov Hikind Launches Campaign Against ‘Nazi Neighbors’
A new campaign launched by New York Assemblyman Dov Hikind calls for Nazi war criminals living in the United States to be brought to justice. “Would you be a Nazi’s neighbor?”, the ad asks. The Brooklyn assemblyman, a son of survivors, said that he is committed to pursuing Nazis living in the United States. The…
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Fast Forward ‘Bridgegate’ Official David Wildstein Joked About Targeting Rabbi With Traffic Jam
The Jewish ex-New Jersey official at the center of Gov. Chris Christie’s ‘Bridgegate’ scandal joked about manufacturing a traffic jam at the home of a local rabbi, documents released as part of the investigation show. David Wildstein, the Christie appointee who admitted ordering lanes closed on the George Washington Bridge, suggested causing trouble for Rabbi…
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Fast Forward John Judis Fires Back at Critics of Book on Harry Truman and Israel
John Judis, author of the provocative book, Genesis: Truman, American Jews, and the Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, says he generally believes any publicity is good publicity. Now he is to be questioning that credo. In an article published in The New Republic, where Judis works as a senior editor, he fires back against critics…
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Fast Forward Harold Ramis, Star of ‘Ghostbusters’ and ‘Groundhog Day,’ Dies at 69
Harold Ramis, Jewish comedian, writer, actor and director, died in his Chicago home earlier today. He was 69 years old. The recipient of numerous awards for his acclaimed films, Ramis was known for films like “Ghostbusters,” “Groundhog Day,” “Analyze This. His Hollywood breakthrough came in 1978 when he co-wrote “National Lampoon’s Animal House.” Other writing…
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