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U.S. Attorney’s Office Decries Being Depicted as ‘Nazis’ by Rubashkin’s Supporters
In an unusual move, prosecutors in the trial of kosher meatpacking executive Sholom Rubashkin have publicly decried a “concerted campaign” by Rubashkin’s defenders that they said aimed to portray them as “racists, Nazis, and zealots.” “This office followed the law, stood silent in the face of vicious and false accusations, and worked to the conclusion…
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Summer Camps Try To Stay Affordable for Parents in Tough Economic Times
With their bunk-crowded cabins, unpredictable changes in shower temperature and air conditioning usually limited to the infirmary, summer sleepaway camps hardly conjure thoughts of luxury. But as the U.S. economic crunch continues, Jewish summer camp administrators, who say their programs are crucial to building Jewish identity, are concerned that financially strapped families may see them…
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In Brooklyn, Passengers Aboard the Flotilla Ship Give Eyewitness Accounts
The deaths of nine Turkish nationals aboard the Mavi Marmara as it tried to breach the blockade of Gaza has brought a flood of attention to the coalition that co-sponsored the flotilla. But the deaths have also brought to light apparent contradictions between the public aims of the coalition and the views of some of…
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Erekat Voices Frustration With Israel’s Unwillingness To Play ‘End Game’
The fourth round of Israeli-Palestinian proximity talks were just getting under way and George Mitchell, the Obama administration’s American special envoy to the Middle East, was a few miles away in Jerusalem, but you wouldn’t have guessed it in the control center for the Palestinian negotiating team. In the offices of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s…
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Sidelining Conflict
Under a full moon in Bethlehem’s Manger Square, two lovers recite poetry — the late Palestinian national bard Mahmoud Darwish’s words of affection and longing. Shadows cast on the stones of Christ’s birthplace merge. The scene shifts to an acrimonious meeting at a sports club. Debate flares over which game to watch and over politics….
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A Time To Teach
The Talmud tells us to teach our children to swim, I mused to my father as we watched a 3-year-old toddler melt down in hysterics while refusing to enter a hotel pool. (Granted, every kid has his bad days.) My parents were in town visiting my 17-month-old daughter, Orli, and me; my partner, Ian, was…
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Reporters’ Roundtable: Remembering a Milestone in the Soviet Jewry Movement
This week on the Forward Reporters’ Roundtable, reporter Josh Nathan-Kazis sits down with staff writer Gal Beckerman and arts and culture editor Dan Friedman to discuss the anniversary of an important milestone in the Soviet Jewry movement, and the efforts in Israel to rename Turkish coffee in the wake of the flotilla debacle.
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Report: Rubashkin Will Receive 27-Year Sentence
Sholom Rubashkin won’t officially receive his sentence until tomorrow, but according to the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, he will be receiving 27 years in a federal penitentiary without parole. That is two years more than federal prosecutors requested. The sentence was revealed in an order filed today by U.S. District Court Judge Linda Reade. She wrote…
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Yid.Dish: Homemade Yogurt and Buttermilk
“That’s disgusting.” “But how can you be sure it’s safe” “I guess I won’t be eating that from now on.” I’ve received all of these reactions and more from friends when they’ve heard me explain that my wife and I make our own sourdough bread, yogurt and buttermilk. The products aren’t so distressing, but the…
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Yid Lit: Emily Gould
Whether she meant to or not, 28-year-old Emily Gould has become something of a poster child for a life lived openly online. As an editor at the online magazine, Gawker, she documented the comings and goings of New York media elite, and on her personal blog, she wrote about dating, cheating and searching for love….
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A Down-to-Earth Dilemma
NEWS ITEM: Should gentiles be excluded from burial in Jewish communal cemeteries? The question is being debated among rabbis, some of whom complain that it’s difficult to find Jewish cemeteries that will bury intermarried congregants. May gentiles be with Jews interred? We all await the final word From rabbis who seem loath to state Opinions…
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