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‘Lemony Snicket’ Creator Comes to Grips With Fame
“A Series of Unfortunate Events” is actually a series of simultaneously-occuring events: The name refers to both a bestselling series of children’s books and an Oscar-nominated movie, its author is both Lemony Snicket and Daniel Handler and, even in the actual story, a Victorian atmosphere is dotted with 20th-century artifacts: phones, cars, refrigerators. And so,…
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Hip-hop Mogul’s Ad Campaign Fuels Feud Between Groups
The announcement that hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons is spearheading a celebrity-driven campaign to fight antisemitism has triggered a feud between two national Jewish organizations dedicated to promoting tolerance. At issue is the participation of Simmons in the “I Am a Jew” ad campaign of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, a New York-based group founded by…
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George Bush: The Reincarnation Of Ronald Reagan
We in the United States are now living through a mean moment predicted by sages throughout centuries. One prediction says, “History repeats itself.” Famous American philosopher George Santayana, who said, “Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” spells out the reason. Both Ronald Reagan and George Bush, as presidents of…
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Doctor Takes Recreational Activities to the Extreme
At a certain martial arts studio in Canarsie, Brooklyn, Tuesdays are known as “Beat Up the Jew Night.” At least, that’s what the Jew in question calls it. Every Tuesday at around 8 p.m., Dr. Barry Grossman sheds his yarmulke and ritual fringes, puts a bite plate in his mouth and takes his place with…
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Jewish Meaning Seen in ‘Gates’
On Saturday, thousands of people watched as miles of orange-hued fabric were unfurled, adorning the 7,500 “Gates” that artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude had arrayed along the serpentine byways of New York City’s Central Park. To some observers, though, the launch of the art project, the largest in New York’s history, hinted at deeper and more…
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Multiplying Moguls’ Multi-millions
Our corporate-friendly White House is now taking another step to enrich the moguls of corporate America. It applies to the billions of dollars that American corporations hold in countries that are established “tax havens.” They keep these billions in these foreign countries because if the money were repatriated to the United States, the corporations would…
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Longtime Democrat Advising a Republican Governor
OAKLAND, Calif. –– When they first met 25 years ago, Bonnie Reiss was a staffer in the U.S. Senate and Arnold Schwarzenegger was best known as a bodybuilder. But even then, Reiss told the Forward, she could see the optimism, ambition and charisma that would propel Schwarzenegger to larger fame. And his political leanings, too,…
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Gwen Stefani Pays Tribute to Tevye During the Super Bowl
Never mind the close contest or the 24-21 final score; the real excitement this Super Bowl Sunday came — as usual — not from what happened on the playing field, but from what came onscreen when the game clock was still. The Super Bowl commercial remains one of our best gauges of the Zeitgeist, our…
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Mohel Investigated After Death of Baby
New York City health officials are investigating whether a baby died after contracting herpes during a ritual circumcision. The city officials believe that at least three babies might have contracted herpes, and one died, after Rabbi Yitzchok Fischer performed a process known as “metzizah b’peh,” in which the mohel puts his lips to the wound…
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Rabbi Rebuked but Not Expelled
The Conservative movement’s rabbinical union rebuked Rabbi Ayelet Cohen last week over alleged violations of the organization’s strictly enforced placement rules, but opted against expelling her. Cohen’s story had grabbed headlines in both Jewish and mainstream newspapers because of her vocal support for ending the Conservative movement’s prohibitions against gays and lesbians, and because she…
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Bill To Revise Holocaust Classes
Bowing to protests from Jewish organizations, two Illinois state legislators have altered their proposal to include contemporary examples of genocide in mandatory Holocaust education courses. Jewish organizations were troubled last week over House Bill 312, a measure that would amend the state’s groundbreaking 15-year-old law requiring Holocaust education in public schools. In particular, critics complained…
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