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End of Long Jewish Era for Garment Union
The annual commemoration of the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist fire has long been a chance for the leaders of the old Jewish garment unions to come out and memorialize the Jewish roots of the labor movement. The commemoration went ahead as scheduled on March 27 — with the names of the 147 fire victims being read…
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Green Engagements: The Search for Kosher Organic Caterers
Three months into planning our wedding, my fiancé and I found ourselves playing the unlikely role of matchmaker. As a farmers’ market shopping, eco-minded Jew, I wanted the food at our reception to be fresh, local and organic. Meanwhile, my fiancé’s Orthodox family required anything we served to have the kosher stamp of approval. After…
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Southern Fried Jewish Bride
I was 5 years old when I realized that I was a freak show. In Macon, Ga., good ole boys go huntin’, muddin’ and beer guzzlin’. Peroxide blondes drive pick-up trucks with gun racks. Prayer kicks off sporting events. A Jewish girl is like a werewolf-midget contortionist. My mother always dreamed I’d be married in…
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Two Orthodox Groups Are Opposing Sex Abuse Bill
Two influential Orthodox organizations, Agudath Israel and Torah Umesorah – The National Society for Hebrew Day Schools, have come out against a New York State bill that would create a one-year window in which child sex abuse victims could sue their molesters, no matter how long ago the abuse happened. The bill has been a…
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Podcast: SEIU President Andy Stern
Listen to a podcast featuring Andy Stern speaking about his Jewish and labor roots:
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Yid.Dish: Asparagus Risotto
Now that Pesach has come and gone and we are back into the swing of eating leavened things again I though I would share a great spring recipe with you. I think I’ve mentioned before that my dad has always been the cook in my family – and fortunately he’s very talented at it. One…
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Tovah Feldshuh Shines on Broadway
HEAVENLY ACCOLADE AT BROADWAY OPENING OF FELDSHUH IN ‘IRENA’S VOW’ Those present at the March 29 Broadway opening night of Dan Gordon’s “Irena’s Vow,” starring Tovah Feldshuh, will always remember the thunderclap that shook the Walter Kerr Theatre. During the post-performance question-and-answer session with Janina Opdyke Smith, daughter of Irena Gut Opdyke, whose heroism fuels…
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Bibi’s ‘Economic Peace’ Faces Key Test at Quarries
Complaints over Israel’s conduct on Palestinian land are well-known. Less commonly heard, however, is the accusation that Israel is actually removing the land. “How is it that they are taking our land to Israel?” asked Ibrahim Abder, a Palestinian man standing at a stone quarry near his home a few miles south of Bethlehem during…
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Rabbinic Job Market Tries Anxious Souls
After five years of rabbinical school, Benjamin Berger was looking forward to leading the life of a pulpit rabbi: getting to know his congregation, sharing his love of the Torah and leading a community. But when he started searching for jobs in his fifth year at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School, a Modern Orthodox seminary…
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Hebrew Catholics Follow Their Own Church
The traditional Jewish blessings over wine and bread, the Kiddush and the Motzi, echoed through the sanctuary at 10 HaRav Kook Street in Jerusalem. It was a room of striking simplicity — with just one small cross in brown wood. Four Catholic priests wearing white robes and green stoles stood at the altar, as one…
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On the Jersey Waterfront, Jews Return, But Jewish Community Still Struggles
Aside from a few buckets to catch water where the roof leaks, Congregation B’nai Jacob in Jersey City, N.J., looks much as it did 40 years ago, when 900 people would show up for High Holy Day services and the Hebrew school was packed with 175 students. But the Hebrew school has been closed for…
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