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Reporters’ Roundtable: Sporting Edition
This week, reporter Josh Nathan-Kazis sits down with editor Jane Eisner and arts and culture editor Dan Friedman for a special sporting edition of the Reporters’ Roundtable. Topics include the recent Yankee Stadium slugfest featuring Jewish boxer (and rabbi-in-training) Yuri Foreman and the ongoing World Cup. Roundtable guests discuss whether boxing is permissible according to…
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Yid.Dish: Dill Pesto
Right now, the dill is taking over my herb garden in its lovely, flavorful and feathery bloom. My attempts to use it don’t usually make a dent in the amount growing, even as I leave plenty to seed next year’s crop, or to share with the next interested gardener. Mostly, I have been cutting it…
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Abbas: Quran Recognizes Jewish Ties to Israel
The Quran itself, Islam’s holy book, recognizes the Jews’ historic ties to the land of Israel, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told a group of American Jewish leaders at a June 10 meeting in Washington. “He made clear that the Jews have a historic connection to the land and said the Quran is full of…
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Yoffie Announces Plans To Retire From URJ
Rabbi Eric Yoffie has announced plans to step down from the top organizational post in Reform Judaism, effective in two years. Yoffie, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, has headed the association of Reform congregations, previously known as the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, since 1996. In terms of members and synagogues, it is…
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Women And Israel
WOMEN’S PHILANTHROPY HIGHLIGHTED AT UJA-FEDERATION OF NEW YORK EVENT As New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenberg looked on lovingly, his wife, Bonnie Englebardt Lautenberg, and her sisters, Carol Weisman and Lois Robbins-Zaro, were awarded tzedakah boxes at the June 3 UJA-Federation of New York Women’s Philanthropy “In Her Footsteps” event at the New York Hyatt. Introduced…
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Reporters’ Roundtable: The Flotilla Fallout
The fallout from Israel’s deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla is the subject of this week’s Forward Reporters’ Roundtable. Reporter Josh-Nathan Kazis, staff writer Gal Beckerman and news editor Larry Cohler-Esses explore whether or not the American Jewish communal response to the incident proves Peter Beinart’s thesis. They also discuss J Street’s reaction to the…
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The Korah Within
Last Friday, my son’s class put on a show to celebrate their completion of kindergarten. The kids sang songs recalling all they had learned in school this year – complete with choreography and props. The evening was just wonderful! My husband and I and both sets of grandparents watched eagerly, kvelling with pride at Jeremy’s…
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Israel Tries To Walk a Fine Line In Examination Of Flotilla Raid
The deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla in the Mediterranean Sea has left both Israel and Turkey searching for answers. Who fired the first shot on the Turkish-flagged Mavi Marmara, where the nine deaths occurred? What motivated some pro-Palestinian activists to attack the Israeli commandos who boarded that ship, when other commandos boarding other ships…
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Cemeteries Are Becoming New Challenge for Interfaith Families
Four amot. That’s the distance that should separate plots for intermarried families from the rest of a Jewish cemetery, according to a new decision by Conservative Judaism’s rabbinical association. It’s roughly equivalent to about 6 feet, and for Andy Bachman, a Reform rabbi, that’s 6 feet too far. “What added insult to injury,” said Bachman,…
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Meet the Man Behind the Stadium Slugfest
Minutes after Jewish boxer Yuri Foreman lost his super welterweight title to Miguel Cotto, making the Puerto Rican superstar the new world champion, a second fight erupted in the press room. In one corner were scores of reporters trying to make sense of the match’s wild eighth round, when a towel hurled into the ring…
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Writer Takes Controversial Look at Israel-South Africa Ties
When Random House chose this summer for the publication of Sasha Polakow-Suransky’s new book documenting, for the first time, the extent of Israel’s “secret relationship” with apartheid South Africa, it had the World Cup in mind. The sporting event would put South Africa in the spotlight and the book might benefit from the attention. They…
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