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The Commentator: Is Adam Sandler Our Greatest Jewish Mind?
Is Adam Sandler the most important living Jewish commentator? Believe it or not, this actually isn’t the first time those words have appeared in print. In fact, the question was posed way back in 1999, on the cover of the national Jewish student magazine New Voices. At the time, I must confess, I thought it…
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Just Say ‘Nu?’: Second Helping
Categories of Kosher Jewish law divides permitted food into three main categories: MILkhiks dairy FLAYshiks meat PARveh neither The categories are pretty straightforward, once you know that poultry is considered meat — an instance of divine grace that has kept khayder cafeterias chicken à la king-free since before the time of Jesus, because meat and…
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Kabbalah: Ten Years After Madonna
Kabbalah is so… last decade. I still remember the flush of excitement, confusion, appreciation and concern that I felt in 1998 when I first read that Madonna was going to The Kabbalah Centre, and that her new tour design featured kabbalistic imagery. Then came Demi and Ashton and Britney and Roseanne, and a whole decade…
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A Slice Of Paradise
Writing from San Francisco on June 9, The New York Times’s Edward Rothstein reviewed that city’s new Contemporary Jewish Museum, which has recently opened its doors to the public. “The jagged lights on [its] sloping lobby wall,” he wrote, “form four Hebrew letters that spell ‘pardes.’ That word has the same Persian root as the…
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Technologically Impaired?
Honorary Member of the Tribe. Good for the Jewish people. Rabbi of technology. Three phrases I’ve heard more than once to describe myself. How, you might ask, did a girl raised in a Baptist church in Colorado (my parents lived down the road from the Focus on the Family headquarters) simultaneously learn how to correctly…
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Giving Back: A Family Tradition
Oscar Feldenkreis, president and chief operating officer of Perry Ellis International, is on a mission that extends far beyond continuing to increase company profits. That is almost a fait accompli for this talented entrepreneur with a strong vision, a creative edge and a passion for his work. Since joining his father, George Feldenkreis, founder of…
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Staying Afloat
With food and oil prices skyrocketing, the stock and housing markets in tatters, and the threat of a recession looming on the horizon, now is not the easiest time to ask donors to open their checkbooks. Across the country, these economic ills are being felt not only by individuals and families, but also by a…
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Continuing Their Mission, Jewish Hospitals Reinvest in Philanthropy
In eight American cities, there are grant-making foundations created from the sale of Jewish hospitals, with combined assets in excess of $1 billion. For American Jewry, these foundations are the most important legacy of the Jewish hospital movement, one of American history’s most ambitious undertakings in Jewish philanthropy. Between 1850 and 1955, Jewish communities in…
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Nonprofit Urges Humane Investments
When it comes to changing the world, sometimes how you invest is as important as how much you invest. Darfur activists Eric Cohen, Susan Morgan and Bill Rosenfeld believe that if you knew your nest egg might be supporting genocide, you’d want out. That’s the premise behind their group, Investors Against Genocide, a project of…
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June 27, 2008
100 Years Ago in the forward Lazarus Levi, a 65-year-old Jewish banker of the banking firm Levi and Company, was in court this week, being sued for a whopping sum of $100,000 for breaking a young girl’s heart. The actual charge, brought by one Sissy Merrill, is for breach of promise. According to Merrill, Levi…
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Unterzakhn, Part 16
Read this week’s installment of Leela Corman’s new graphic novel, “Unterzakhn,” which is being serialized in the Forward. (Or, to start at the very beginning, click here). CLICK FOR LARGER VIEW
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