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In Israel, Change You Can Xerox
In advance of Tuesday’s election in Israel, candidates of various persuasions have shown no shame in cribbing from the storied presidential campaign of Barack Obama — regardless of their ideological similarities or differences with the American president, The Daily Beast reports. The Shas Party, whose constituency traditionally has been composed of Orthodox Sephardic Jews, has…
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The Source of That Mysterious Maple Syrup Smell: Israel
The source of a mysterious maple syrup-like odor, which wafted over the island of Manhattan on several occasions since 2005, appears to be the 76-year-old, Haifa-based company Frutaron, according to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The New York Times reports: “The city revealed on Thursday that the culprit was the seeds of fenugreek, a cloverlike…
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Madoff’s Lawyer Not Part of ‘Madoff Diaspora,’ After All
Even though his name and the names of his late parents appear on the 162-page list of purported Bernard Madoff investors, Ira Sorkin, Madoff’s attorney, tells The Wall Street Journal: “I have never been an investor or customer of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities. I’m not going to talk about my family members.” If the…
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Could Bernie Madoff Not Find a Lawyer Whom He Hadn’t (Allegedly) Bilked?
In what The New York Post has dubbed “Swindler’s List,” a document containing some 13,000 names and addresses of those who claim to have invested with Madoff was filed Wednesday in federal bankruptcy court. To see the list, click here. Not surprisingly, it is chock-full of Jewish names — including retired baseball pitcher Sandy Koufax,…
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Old Is the New Young
What happens when the Apple advert aesthetic hits a bunch of white-haired Jews with jokes? Pretty much this. The editor’s knife is so much kinder than the plastic surgeon’s. These short, funny pieces make you want to have Sam Hoffman (the director and editor) around to edit your parents friends after-dinner stories down to a…
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Joint Ventures: Green Leaf vs. Green Leaf Graduates
You have probably heard the joke about the Jew on a desert island who built two synagogues, so he could attend one and assiduously avoid the other. That’s all the explanation you need as to why there are more than 30 parties running in Israel’s election next Tuesday. Parties here split more regularly then amoeba….
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Colorado’s Michael Bennet: America’s Newest Jewish Senator
Those who delight in counting Congressional Jews have a reason to rejoice: Another Jew has joined the U.S. Senate. The Rocky Mountain News reports that the Colorado’s new senator, Michael Bennet has a Jewish mother — thus making him a Member of the Tribe, as far as Jewish law is concerned Still, that might not…
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Ayelet Waldman on Encouraging Your Child To Choose a Jewish Spouse
Dear Ayelet, We live in such a great, multi-culti time. I want my school-age children to have friends of every race, creed and color — and so far, they do. On the other hand, I want them to grow up and marry Jews! Why? Because I love Jews and want our people to continue. I…
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Write Them Upon The Doorposts of Your … Space Station
The seven astronauts aboard the shuttle Endeavor signed on to repair the International Space Station on their recent journey into space. But one of them, Garrett Reisman, also decided to pursue his own personal interior design agenda upon arrival: He put up a mezuzah. “I did not consult any rabbi, so I hope I did…
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Who Lost What With Madoff, Courtesy of Nick Kristof’s College Housemate
Foundations with monikers such as Eisenberg, Felder, Gottleib, Gottesman, Greenman and Kaufman are among those that may have lost big as a result of Bernard Madoff’s alleged Ponzi scheme. That’s according to columnist Nicholas D. Kristof’s post Thursday on the New York Times Web site. He writes: “A few private foundations have owned up to…
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The Rabbi That Roared
Rabbi Marc weighs more than 400 pounds, and boasts a flowing blond mane. His namesake can’t relate. Named this week for Rabbi Marc Schneier, the president and founder of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding in New York, Rabbi Marc is an Asian Lion holding court at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo. The naming ceremony was held…
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