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Despite Allegations, Gala Honoring Political Donor Will Go On
Under his bail agreement, Charles Kushner, the real estate mogul and political fund raiser arrested last week for allegedly hiring a call girl in an effort to blackmail a witness, is not allowed to leave his home state of New Jersey. But he will still be one of the guests of honor at a fund-raising…
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Hotelier Planning Downtown Inn With Tenement Chic
Sure, it’s on Orchard Street and there will be a bowl of borscht waiting for you when you come in, but at the Blue Moon Hotel — a new boutique inn inspired by tenement life at the turn of the century — there’s also Internet access, whirlpools and a chi-chi lounge in the basement. The…
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After 40 Years, School Is Finally Out — for the Principal
The final school bell rang for Rabbi Meir Shapiro last week. Shapiro has retired after 40 years as principal of the Arie Crown Hebrew Day School in Skokie, Ill. He leaves behind a powerful legacy for the Chicago Jewish community, which paid tribute to Shapiro earlier this month, when more than 1,200 parents and students…
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Forward Picks Up Journalism Prizes
The Forward won six Simon Rockower Awards for Excellence in Jewish Journalism, tying with the Los Angeles Jewish Journal for first place in the category of newspapers with circulations of more than 15,000. The awards were announced at this year’s annual conference of the American Jewish Press Association in Atlanta. Boris Fishman won first place…
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Louis Vuitton’s Vichy Ties Alleged
First, it was the Mercedes, then it was the Swiss bank account. Now, women’s beloved Louis Vuitton handbags may be the next high-class item to be tainted by the Holocaust. According to a report in The Guardian, a new book alleges that both the company and members of the Vuitton family supported the Vichy regime,…
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Rabbi Blasts Material Girl in Tirade Against Kabbalah Centre
The Material Girl has become a material setback for Rabbi Phillip Berg of the Kabbalah Centre, as another rabbi known for his association with questionable celebrities, Shmuley Boteach, attacked the star’s endorsement of the celebrity-heavy establishment. In a syndicated essay last week, Boteach — best-known for his 1999 best seller, “Kosher Sex” — described the…
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Hoop Dreams: Israeli High-scorer Shoots for the NBA
On Monday, Elad Inbar came one step closer to going where no Israeli has gone before: the National Basketball Association. At a practice facility in the industrial wastelands of northern New Jersey, Inbar had a tryout in front of the general manager and CEO of the New Jersey Nets, Rod Thorn — the same man…
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Two Finkelsteins Share a Name But Not a Political Perspective
Oh, what a difference a middle initial makes — at least when it comes to Norman Finkelsteins. Just a single-degree shift in the alphabet, from Norman G. to Norman H., takes you from an ardent pro-Zionist to one of the world’s most famous Israel bashers. “I’ve often wanted to change my name to Lance,” kidded…
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Keeping a Dying Musical Tradition Alive With Passion
What’s in a name? Sometimes a great deal. Take, for example, Ralph Selig, the son of German-Jewish émigrés. In German, the phrase “Seliges Angedenken,” means “of blessed memory,” and it is perhaps no accident, then, that Selig has become a one-man-act advocating for a tradition that threatens to die out with his parents’ generation: German-Jewish…
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Brown Attorney Recalls His ‘Most Meaningful Case’
It was a half-century ago, at the tender age of 28, that Jack Greenberg appeared in front of the Supreme Court for the very first time to argue that, no, separate schools for blacks were not equal. This week, Greenberg recalled how he stood before Chief Justice Earl Warren that day. He had little idea…
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Takes-a-Village Outlook Marks Citizens of NYC
“Tonight is all about our love for New York City,” Mike Wallace said as he raised the curtain April 14 on the Citizens for NYC’s awards dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria. The event, dubbed “New Yorkers for New York,” honored Kati Marton, Nane Annan, Walter Cronkite and Kevin Roberts. The benefit raised $700,000 for the organization’s…
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