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I’ll Take Belgian Waffles With My Falafel, Please
At lunchtime on a street corner on the west side of Manhattan, a spot not typically known for its cuisine, people with palates from East and West line the sidewalk for one thing — falafel. Customers at the Quick Stop truck, a “Moving Kosher Experience”, hungrily accept their large pita sandwiches stuffed to the brim…
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Battle for Jewish Votes In a Florida Race That Threatens To Oust Incumbent
A race in one of the country’s most heavily Jewish congressional districts is pitting an incumbent Jewish Democrat against a rising Republican star. Running in Florida’s 22nd district, Republican Allen West raised more money in the second quarter of 2010 than any other congressional challenger, according to Politico. West, a former Army lieutenant colonel who…
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New Israel Fund Considering Red Lines
The New Israel Fund, the target of attacks by right-wing organizations accusing it of supporting anti-Zionist groups, is discussing the possibility of specifying in its guidelines that grants will be given only to groups that accept the idea of Israel as a Jewish homeland. The discussions have been taking place in recent months in Israel…
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Young Russian-Speaking Jews Gather for a Day of Knowledge and Connection
“Immigration is a very big and a difficult process,” said Yan Klats, sitting at the back of a classroom at the Hampton Synagogue surrounded by other young, Russian-speaking Jews. “Our parents came here in their 40s and 50s, and they had to deal with rejection and with learning a new language. We all went through…
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A Different Kind of Israeli Magazine
In June 2006, the Supreme Court of Israel handed down one of the most important but barely publicized rulings in the history of the Jewish state. The decision to cancel the Law for the Privatization of Prisons halted a process that would have abdicated an unprecedented amount of state authority — that is, the correctional…
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Ki Tetzei: The Right To Grieve
“I miss Gan Edna,” my three-year-old daughter told me this morning at breakfast. Gan Edna was the nursery school Hannah attended two years ago, but out of the blue, she decided she missed it. We spoke about it, and I assured her we could go back and visit it if she’d like. She loves her…
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Reporters’ Roundtable: Jewish Genetics
In this week’s Reporters’ Roundtable, staff writer Josh Nathan-Kazis speaks with Berlin-based Forward contributor A.J. Goldmann about Muslim leaders’ recent visit to two Nazi death camps. Then opinion editor Daniel Treiman joins Nathan-Kazis to discuss the Forward’s annual supplement on Jewish genetics. <strong>Subscribe to Forward podcasts on iTunes.</strong>
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Music for a Better World
UJA-Federation Summerfest Concert Showcases Hall & Oates Welcoming a record 1,200 Long Islanders to the Theatre at Westbury on July 27 for UJA-Federation of New York’s 20th annual Summerfest Concert, Erik Gershwind, who, with his wife, Jackie, chaired the event, defined the organization’s ethos by citing Greek general and statesman Pericles: “What you leave…
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At the Death Camps, Muslim Leaders Grapple With Jews’ Pain
It was a perfect summer day at the Dachau concentration camp. The clear skies and pleasant breeze seemed almost offensive. And there, beneath the main monument, a bronze sculpture of writhing bodies intermeshed with barbed wire, was an uncommon sight: a group of Muslims leaders prostrate in prayer. At the end of the service, prayer…
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These Jewish Interns Campaign for Washington, Not Against It
They flocked to Washington during the summer months, driven by their desire to get a taste of politics and maybe gain some points in the networking game after they graduate college. Crowding the Metro during rush hour, they often irritated locals by standing on the left side of the escalator, which by local custom is…
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‘Other’ Jews in a Catholic Nation: A Community of Working Class Converts
Like many 21-year-old travelers, I had no plan. No money. And no real assurance that I was even going to be picked up from the airport on a late rainy evening in Central America’s most notoriously dangerous city. Because I also knew no one. All the same, I hopped on a plane to Guatemala City…
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