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A ‘Jewish Missionary’ Takes On Hunger
It’s easy to get Enid Borden on a roll. Just mention hunger. “When you think we live in the richest nation on the earth and people are hungry, and these people are seniors, the people who raised and nurtured us — we’ve got to take care of them,” said Borden, the president and CEO of…
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Some See Extended Olive Branch For Israel In Ross Appointment to NSC
The promotion of Middle East adviser Dennis Ross to a senior White House position may open the door to a more positive tone by the United States toward the Israeli government, experts believe. Ross, a veteran peace negotiator known for his strong ties with Israel and his past work with a Jewish think tank, will…
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Judge: Kosher Company Illegally Coerced Workers Before Union Election
A company that recently became the largest kosher meat producer in the United States, Alle Processing, was found by the National Labor Relations Board to have illegally intimidated its employees before a union election last fall. Raymond Green, a judge with the government’s labor board, found that the Queens-based company had violated labor law on…
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Once Labeled An AIPAC Spy, Larry Franklin Tells His Story
Former Pentagon Iran analyst Larry Franklin recently quit his job cleaning the restrooms at his local church in West Virginia. He still keeps his weekend job, mopping the floors at a nearby Roy Rogers restaurant. In recent years, Franklin also has gained experience in parking cars, digging trenches and cleaning cesspools. In between, he has…
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Forget the Game… How’s the Grub?
So A-Rod finally breaks his slump with a long drive into the seats, the fans leap to their feet — and wet tuna plops into your lap. Even if there weren’t the usual spat over who makes and packs the snacks for a game, a tuna sandwich or PB&J just doesn’t cut it. At ballparks,…
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Art Pop Indie Rock Meets Midrash
A tough room, lousy sound and half a band. Given the poor hand she was dealt, it’s a testament to Alicia Jo Rabins’s onstage appeal that she came across as well as she did at a showcase for emerging Jewish performers presented June 17 at the Museum of Jewish Heritage — A Living Memorial to…
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Yid.Dish: I-Can’t-Believe-It’s-Not-Dairy Chocolate Cake
I had my sweet “eureka!” moment in the health food store yesterday, more specifically in the canned goods aisle. With a glance at a can of coconut milk, all my non-dairy dessert dissatisfaction just fell away. My devotion to dessert is almost religious. I believe that no good meal is complete without a sweet ending,…
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A Mother-Daughter Moment
JERRY SEINFELD, JOE NAMATH, DR. ERIC KANDEL, GLORIA AND EMILIO ESTEFAN HONORED WITH ELLIS ISLAND FAMILY HERITAGE AWARDS “Imagine what it must have been like to come here as an immigrant.” said Candice Bergen, host of the 2009 Ellis Island Family Heritage Awards ceremony, held May 19 and honoring Joe Namath, Jerry Seinfeld, Dr. Eric…
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State Left Unmanned in Dixie-Land
NEWS ITEM: South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford disappeared for a week, explaining he would be hiking in the mountains on vacation. Actually, he engaged in a secret tryst in Argentina with his inamorata. Should we forbid a governor From dallying with sweet amour? His job is hard beyond belief, So why deny him some relief?…
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Why Defining ‘Natural Growth’ Is So Confusing, On Purpose
Givat Ha’eytam, a lonely hill in the Israeli occupied West Bank, seems like anything but a natural part of the bustling 8,000-person Jewish settlement of Efrat. Indeed, the stony outcrop, with its view of Efrat’s buildings in the distance, soon will be cut off from that settlement by the separation barrier Israel is building across…
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New ‘Pay Czar’ Walks Familiar Path
The age-old Jewish antipathy toward the murderous, antisemitic monarchs of pre-communist Russia was never captured better than in the old joke, retold in “Fiddler on the Roof,” in which a rabbi asks if there is a special prayer for the czar. Yes, the rabbi replies: “May the Lord bless and keep the czar — far…
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