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Barry Manilow Wows 92nd St. Y’s Spring Gala Crowd “Holy Mackerel! Congratulations! Tonight you have something no one else has — me!” an ebullient Barry Manilow told the 600-strong audience celebrating the 92nd Street Y’s spring gala, held at the Y’s Kaufmann Concert Hall. “I’ve looked forward to this a whole year! I’m from Brooklyn…….
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The Rise of the Wimpel
Jake Steirn’s bar mitzvah will take place in 2011, and his mother, Dawn, is thinking about the synagogue service, the trip to Israel and the wimpel. The wimpel, a decorated ritual cloth that binds Torah scrolls, has long been a tradition with Yekkes, Jews of German descent. The Steirns are not Yekke, but they are…
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To Videotape or Not To Videotape
Attending the baby naming of his partner’s niece, Jeffrey Shandler was handed a video camera and asked to do the honors. Dutifully, he recorded the event. Then he returned to the house with the family and … promptly watched it. Why? Why do we videotape major events and, increasingly, minor ones? And what determines whether…
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Reminiscing About Chaim Grade’s Widow, a Caustic Woman Known as the ‘Black Witch’
Inna Hecker refused to allow the printing of her husband’s works in Yiddish after his death in 1982, threatening everyone with lawsuits
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Reporters’ Roundtable: A Mosque Near Ground Zero; the Rise of Israel Studies
This week on the Forward Reporters’ Roundtable, Josh Nathan-Kazis and Gal Beckerman discuss the rise of academic Israel studies programs, and the growing split between Israel studies and Middle East studies. They also look at the controversy over plans to build a Muslim community center near Ground Zero.
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A Historian’s Polemic Against ‘The Madness of False Messianism’
This article was originally published in the October 19, 2001 issue of the Forward. The Rebbe, the Messiah, and the Scandal of Orthodox Indifference By David Berger Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 195 pages, $29.50 For the past two millennia, Jews have powerfully resisted — often with their very lives — the Christian notion that…
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In Sickness and in Health
For the past 10 days, I’ve been sick. After two trips to urgent care, one to the ER, two visits with the regular doctor and even a brain scan, they think I have Viral Meningitis (but aren’t yet sure). Whatever the name of this illness, it’s not fun. With daily fevers and excruciating headaches, I’ve…
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Obama Withholds Criticism of Israel’s Actions in Flotilla Incident
U.S. President Barack Obama told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu he deeply regretted the loss of life in an Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla on Monday and urged him to quickly get to the bottom of the incident. The White House’s cautious response, which contrasted with an outcry against Israel’s actions in Europe and…
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Student Body Presidents, Countering Earlier Protests, Invite Israeli Envoy To Their Schools
Student government presidents at more than 60 predominantly Midwestern and Southern colleges have signed a statement inviting Israeli ambassador Michael Oren to their campuses — a response to recent protests against Oren’s presence at two coastal universities. The statement, which cites recent incidents at Brandeis University and the University of California, Irvine, was drafted by…
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Outstretched Arms: A Mentor’s Lasting Impact
The other day, my daughter and I went to a children’s reading hour at a bookstore by our home in Washington, D.C. As I juggled stroller and door at the entrance, a woman pushing a stroller came up to us. “Hello, Orli!” she exclaimed. I was taken aback. Orli smiled. I’d never seen the woman…
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Mosque’s Plan To Expand Near Ground Zero Sparks Debate
A plan to build a Muslim community center and mosque near the site of the September 11 terrorist attacks in Lower Manhattan has drawn fierce opposition, despite the moderate reputation of the imam spearheading the effort. Community members voted to support the project, and Jewish leaders who have worked with Feisal Abdul Rauf speak highly…
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