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When Bad People Want To Be Jewish
Can someone be too evil to convert? That’s one question raised by the reported conversion to Judaism of former Liberian dictator Charles Taylor, who is currently awaiting trial on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in The Hague. Taylor’s wife, Victoria, told the BBC that the accused war criminal is “now a Jew….
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Is Seaside Construction Causing Israel’s Cliffs To Crumble?
A debate about whether construction along the Israeli coastline is playing a key role in causing more seaside cliffs to collapse has been reignited by the death of a camper whose tent was pitched below a sand pillar that crumbled. Harel Barlin, 26, of Kfar Monash, was killed and another man was injured at about…
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A Murder Highlights Holocaust Museum’s Value
From its inception, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., has regarded itself — and been regarded by others — as a high-priority target, and for good reason. Though not a Jewish institution but a government institution, it is one of the most visible manifestations of the prominence of American Jewry — its…
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Hoenlein Hits Obama On Speech, Then Retreats
A top Jewish leader whose coalition speaks on behalf of organized Jewry is again under fire after being quoted as saying Jews were “very concerned” about President Obama’s recent speech reaching out to the Muslim world. Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, American Jewry’s umbrella group…
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In Hard Times, Jewish Theological Seminary Looks to New Leadership
The flagship seminary of the Conservative movement continued its ongoing shake-up as its longtime lay leader stepped down and the school announced additional measures to balance its troubled finances. Abby Joseph Cohen, a prominent Wall Street analyst, will succeed Gershon Kekst as the chairman of the Jewish Theological Seminary. Kekst, who has been chair for…
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Moroccan Tradition
As our rundown Mercedes puttered past the olive groves and wheat fields of Morocco’s Atlas Mountains, our taxi driver, Mohammed, pulled off the dirt road to ask a shepherd for directions. “Do you know how to find David Dra’a?” I was skeptical that the Arab shepherd would be able to lead us to the tomb…
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Swine of the Times
Last December, the blogosphere ignited over a culinary curiosity called the Bacon Explosion. Best visualized as a pork lover’s jellyroll, the dish calls for a weave of bacon wrapped around sausage and smoked on the grill. The original post on bbqaddicts.com received 835 comments (and counting), including one that read: “I feel sorry for the…
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Chicago Public Radio Interview
Chicago Public Radio recently interviewed the Forward’s Nathaniel Popper about his coverage of Jews and the labor movement as it relates to his recent article about a six-year-strike at the Congress Hotel on Chicago’s lakefront.
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Isaac Mizrahi’s ‘Green’ Dress
BACKSTAGE AT ‘IRENA’S VOW’ TOVAH FELDSHUH RECALLS BARBRA STREISAND “Barbra Streisand was very good to me,” Tovah Feldshuh told me recently backstage at the Walter Kerr Theatre, where she stars in “Irena’s Vow.” It was my fourth viewing and her 101st Broadway tour de force performance in the role of Irena Gut Opdyke, a young…
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As Layoffs Mount, Which Jewish Executives Shared the Pain?
A tide of red ink is coursing through the hallways and balance sheets of Jewish charitable organizations, leaving slashed programs, reduced allocations and large staff layoffs in its wake. But in the current economic and financial meltdown, the suites of top executives have in many cases stood on high ground, beyond the reach of the…
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Debating, Again, the Founding of Israel
As the Obama administration deepens its outreach to the Muslim and Arab world, it faces the difficult task of countering Holocaust denial without reinforcing an increasingly popular anti-Zionist narrative that ties the legitimacy of the State of Israel to Jewish suffering in Europe. And as discussion of the Holocaust becomes more widespread, so does the…
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