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Ethics of Charity Is Far From Black and White
My sister, with whom I have a difficult relationship, works full time for a charity for which I have little respect. She has asked me to donate to her charity a five-night stay in a resort that I own. I donate room stays often, but there is no public-relations upside from her group, and five…
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Rabbi, Can You Spare a Dime? Coping With Hard Times in a Town That Was Just Getting By
LYNBROOK, N.Y. — Rabbi Howard Diamond is smoking a cigarette, standing outside his synagogue, Congregation Beth David. It’s just a few blocks from the Lynbrook stop on the Long Island Rail Road, within rattling distance of the overhead tracks. It’s late and he’s tired, but there is always, always work to be done in this…
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White-Collar Blues in a ‘Jobless Recovery’
The recession that officially began in March 2001 ended within a year after it started, most economists agree. You would not know it, however, from the masses of job seekers — often solidly upper middle-class — still lining up for the services of the nation’s Jewish vocational agencies. Even as the American economy has seen…
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RSVP — And Keep Your Mouth Shut!
While going over our calendars for the next few weeks recently, my husband informed me that that coming Sunday evening we would be going to a Harvard Hillel dinner and that the Monday of Memorial weekend we are to attend a bat mitzvah. I should add that Labor Day Monday is slated for a family…
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Treating All Daughters Equally
I am the father of two wonderful daughters: One recently got married, and the other is a single mother with two children. I am in a position to secure a home equity loan at a low rate, and I would like to help buy a house for my single daughter and her children. My concern…
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Upping the Ante: Poker Night Is for Real Men
For a while the Hapless Jewish Writer nursed the delusion that he was not a bad poker player. You might say it began one night in Israel, when he relieved his Israeli and American co-players of more than a hundred shekels (about $25). He was euphoric. As it turns out, it shouldn’t have surprised the…
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Workmen’s Circle Seder Hits High Note
More than 300 guests joined in celebrating the Workmen’s Circle/Arbeter Ring star-studded April 13 gala Seder at the Grand Hyatt. Narrated by Eleanor Reissa and Adrienne Cooper, the streamlined program, under the baton of artistic and musical director Zalmen Mlotek, showcased the Workmen’s Circle Chorus, New Yiddish Chorale and a roster of artists including African-American…
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Greenspan’s Limited Power To Fix the Economy
The American economy is in trouble and seems to be headed for double trouble. Will the reappointment of Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan help to turn things around? Based on the record — three consecutive terms of the Fed under Greenspan — the answer is a resounding no. And it is not Greenspan’s fault….
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Looking to the Marshall Plan as an Iraqi Model
The following is an open letter to President Bush on rebuilding Iraq. Dear Mr. President, The big shooting is pretty much over in Iraq. What you have done will undoubtedly make history. Now, as you know, comes the hard part. How to make peace — a peace that will win back old friends and make…
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Argentine Military Battles Antisemitism
In another sign of change in South America, the Argentine military signed an agreement earlier this month incorporating the Anti-Defamation League’s educational materials on racism and antisemitism into the curriculum of the country’s military schools. The agreement between the army and the Rioplatense foundation, an Argentine human rights group, was supposed to have been celebrated…
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Fugitive Saddam May Have Changed His Look
One never had to walk more than a block or two in Baghdad to see the ubiquitous image of Saddam Hussein. In large, colorful murals on campuses and in hotel lobbies and mosques, Saddam pasted his image all over Iraq. The dictator with the bandit mustache could be seen in a scholar’s cap and gown,…
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