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HIAS Still Aids Immigrants, but Most Don’t Resemble Sergey Brin
When Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google and now the 26th richest man in the world, left the Soviet Union as a 6-year-old Jewish refugee in 1979, it was the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society that secured American visas for him and for his family and settled everyone into a new home. What HIAS did for Brin,…
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Lévi-Strauss: He Changed How We See Culture, but Ignored His Own
The death of Claude Lévi-Strauss October 30 in Paris at age 100 closed an epoch in anthropology. His name was synonymous with structuralism, the dominant theory of culture in the late 20th century, and his mind and work were emblematic of French intellectual life at its most grand. Like Emile Durkheim, the great sociologist whose…
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For Pets, a Temporary Shelter From the Storm
Robin Nafshi has always loved animals. And she’s always loved Judaism. But until recently, the Reform rabbi thought that never the twain shall meet. All that’s changed, though, as Nafshi, president of a new kind of animal sanctuary in New Jersey, is creating avenues for animal-loving Jews to connect their faith with their furry friends….
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Synagogue Auctions Its Silver Judaica
The oldest Ashkenazic synagogue in the English-speaking world, built in Plymouth, England, in 1762, plans to auction its rare collection of religious ornaments. It’s a move that has drawn criticism from a heritage group about the wisdom of selling the family silver. Up for sale will be a pair of crown-surmounted rimmonim, the decorative finials…
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Fiscal Challenges Face Federations
The umbrella organization for Jewish community federations seems to have the stars aligned for a fresh start: a new name, a bright logo and an A-list lineup of speakers, including President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at its annual General Assembly, which will take place in Washington from November 8-10. But the…
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On Campus, a Divide Over ‘Pro-Israel’
When an Israeli student at Carleton College complained that the school’s Jewish organization had made no official statement recognizing Israel’s right to exist, Jewish student leaders at the small liberal arts school in Minnesota found themselves stuck between two poles. They wanted to make the Israeli student feel comfortable, but they didn’t want didn’t want…
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Palestinian Workers Plan To Sue Settlement, Seek To Fall Under Israeli Law
In a legal battle that turns the norms of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict upside down, a group of settlers is claiming that their settlement is not in Israel, while Palestinians are insisting that it is. The issue of where exactly the municipality of Ma’ale Adumim is located is coming up in a court case in which…
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Schmutz Sandwich Anyone?
Sex, Drugs & Gefilte Fish: The Heeb Storytelling Collection Edited by Shana Liebman Grand Central Publishing, 288 pages, $13.99. The quest to be cool: Didn’t it end with high school? Not according to “Sex, Drugs & Gefilte Fish,” a new personal essay series compiled by Shana Liebman, who’s an editor for Heeb, a magazine for…
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The Doctor Who Had the Chutzpah To Write Music
Retired radiologist Albert Hurwit knows a thing or two about success. The Hartford, Conn., resident — and grandfather of eight — has a pedigree fine enough to make any mother kvell. Undergraduate education from Harvard University? Check. Medical school degree from Tufts University? Hurwit’s got that, too. Founder of a radiology practice that has multiple…
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Yid.Dish: Halva, Two Ways (Raw and Pumpkin)
Raw Halva: Recipe from Arrowhead Mills 1/2 cup Sesame Seeds (ground) 2 tablespoons Sesame Seeds (whole) 3 tablespoons Raw honey 1/4 cup Sesame Tahini (use the driest part of the jar) 1/8 teaspoon Almond extract Grind 1/2 cup seeds in a blender. Mix ground seeds, whole seeds, tahini, honey and extract in a bowl all…
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A Yiddish Fête
A LANDMARK MOMENT: MAYORS BLOOMBERG, GIULIANI, DINKINS AND KOCH TOGETHER AT NEW YORK POLICE & FIRE WIDOWS’ & CHILDREN’S BENEFIT AT HILTON The October 8 New York Police & Fire Widows’ & Children’s Benefit Fund at the New York Hilton was a historic moment. For the first time, four New York City mayors —Michael Bloomberg,…
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