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Reform Chief Outlines Big Challenges as He Announces His Retirement
In an address at the recent board meeting of the Union for Reform Judaism, Rabbi Eric Yoffie outlined in stark terms some of the greatest challenges facing the organization he has led for the past 14 years. Yoffie spoke of a Reform youth movement that is struggling, and of severe difficulties keeping young Jews involved….
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Push To Sanction Backers of Gaza Flotilla Gains Steam in U.S.
Jewish groups, working with congressional leaders, are pressing to designate one of the main organizers of the humanitarian flotilla that sought to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza as a terrorist group. With a boost from Senate leaders, the Jewish groups are lobbying the administration to sanction Insani Yardım Vakfı, the nonprofit sponsor of the ship…
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Israel’s Sex-Segregated Buses Riding High
“Hey, lady!” yelled the bus driver. He was loud but friendly. “You forgot your Psalms booklet.” It was a typical weekday afternoon in Tel Aviv, Israel’s secular metropolis, and the Route 322 bus is picking up its first passengers as it gets going to Ashdod. On this particular 322, the driver, a jolly middle-aged man…
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Sderot, the Capital of Rockets and Rock
You know you’ve arrived in Sderot because you turn from the dusty highway onto a city street bordered by a thin roadside park with new decorations and beautifully manicured lawns. Three years ago this park was a dump, but donations from Jewish National Fund groups — like the one holding a ceremony in the park,…
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Muslim Student Group May Face Suspension at Irvine
The University of California, Irvine has taken a step toward suspending a Muslim student organization over it says was the group’s role in orchestrating the disruption of a campus speech by Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren. A disciplinary report by a university administrator recommended that U.C. Irvine’s Muslim Student Union be suspended for a full year….
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Rabbi: ‘Divine Intervention’ Played a Role
An e-mail inbox flooded with hate mail and death threats might force some people to consider a career change, but Rabbi David Nesenoff sees it as an opportunity. Nesenoff, of Stony Brook, N.Y., was caught in a media whirlwind after capturing on video longtime White House correspondent Helen Thomas telling Jews to “get the hell…
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Israel’s Flotilla Raid Commission Is Criticized for Its Scope and Its Members
As Israel attempts to stave off international pressure to put in place a United Nations investigation of its deadly flotilla raid, the credibility and transparency of its efforts have been called into question. The centerpiece of Israel’s strategy to avoid a U.N. Security Council–sponsored probe has been the creation of what the Israelis are calling…
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Hukkat: Recharging Our Batteries
“I’m fine,” I lied to my friend on the phone, but the truth is I’m burned out. I was seriously ill a few weeks ago. Thankfully my symptoms are gone now, but I have yet to recover the spring in my steps. My three-year-old daughter (who recently transitioned from a crib to a bed) woke…
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Self-Defense or Just Another Exercise Fad?
The class begins with a bow to a picture on the wall of Imre “Imi” Lichtenfeld, a slight, balding man who looks more like a grandfather than a self-defense guru. Then the yelling begins. “Stand on the line!” “Everyone face forward!” “Don’t move!” “Don’t talk!” It’s Monday night and the onslaught of commands renders most…
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Toasted and Roasted
SETH LIPSKY TOASTED AND ROASTED AT AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY AWARD DINNER You could almost smell the newsprint and hear the purr of printing presses at the Harvard Club on June 2, when Seth Lipsky, founding editor of the Forward and the New York Sun newspapers, was presented with the American Jewish Historical Society’s 2010…
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Maya Beiser: A Rebel With a Cello
Listen to Maya Beiser’s “Memories”: When Maya Beiser was growing up on Kibbutz Gazit in Northern Israel, her teachers expected that she would learn an instrument, maybe the violin. Instead, the aspiring musician decided she wanted to take on something bigger — literally. So she chose the cello. “They wanted me to play the violin,…
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