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Bintel Brief: Blu and Yitz Greenberg Say ‘Think Twice’ Before Wishing the Kids Had Married Non-Jews
Dear Blu and Yitz, All of my daughters married Jewish boys. But sometimes I think it might have been better had two of them married non-Jewish boys who would at least have been supportive of their wives trying to bring some form of Judaism into their homes and into the lives of their children. One…
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‘Jews 1, Nazis 0’
That’s the score, according to anti-fascist demonstrators who blocked a neo-Nazi march through Prague’s Jewish quarter on the anniversary of Kristallnacht. The JTA has a nice story on the demonstrations.
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In Other Jewish Newspapers: Chabon on Israel, Kushner on Mamet, Redford on ‘Tikkun Olam’
For those religious readers of this column, I apologize for not writing one last week. We were super-busy week with the Forward 50. Hope you enjoy this week’s edition! KILLER’S CULT: New York Jewish Week Israel correspondent Michele Chabin looks at the campaign to free Yitzhak Rabin’s murderer. Also in the Jewish Week: Editor Gary…
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Mayim, Mayim, Mayim, Mayim
The JTA reports: A thousand Orthodox rabbis are sending an emissary to Atlanta to pray for rain. Rabbi Yehuda Levin will perform an ancient prayer ritual Wednesday seeking divine help to end the drought in the South, the Christian Newswire reported. Levin reportedly performed the ritual in 1986, after which there was four days of…
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Bintel Brief: Yitz and Blu Have Advice for You
This month the Bintel Brief features advice from a Jewish power couple: Blu and Rabbi Irving “Yitz” Greenberg. Blu was the founding president of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance. She is the author of “On Women & Judaism” and “How To Run A Traditional Jewish Household,” among other books. Her husband’s no slouch either. Yitz…
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A Living Lens: First Stop, Rochester, N.Y.
“Everyone we knew read the Forverts. After my father was finished with it, my mother would use it to wash the floor, and one of my earliest memories is of walking on that sea of Yiddish letters…” “My sister! The woman in this picture, right here, that’s my sister!” “Miss, I’m 98 years old, and…
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Yid Vid: Jerry Seinfeld vs. Larry King
Which is more obnoxious: Larry King’s refusal to prepare for interviews or Jerry Seinfeld’s thin skin?
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Are Jewish Smarts All in the Genes?
Is Jewish intelligence genetic? Slate’s William Saletan, who recently attended a panel discussion on the topic, doesn’t want to think so. Still, he grudgingly admits: A culture that trains its young people to procreate only with one another becomes, over time, a genetically distinct population. And if that culture glorifies intelligence to such a degree…
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A Bipartisan Sport: Blame the ADL
The ADL has “allied itself with right-wing forces in our country.” ADL chief Abraham Foxman soft-pedals his criticism of the religious right “in the name of solidarity toward Israel.” The ADL’s positions are “usually those of the liberal wing of the Democratic party”. Foxman fights those on the religious right so strenuously that maybe they…
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Bar Mitzvah Smackdown: Chabad vs. Reform
Are Chabad bar mitzvahs a joke? Are Reform bar mitzvahs “institutional extortion”? The JTA’s Ami Eden has the blow-by-blow on the debate over which movement does a better bar mitzvah.
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The Glass Is 85% Full
The ADL concludes from its latest survey that 15% of Americans have “unquestionably antisemitic” views. Interestingly, this proportion matches perfectly the percentage of Americans who said, in a different survey, that they wouldn’t want a Jewish president. In any case, according to a recent Pew survey, we’re better liked than many other religious groups: 76%…
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