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An Evening of Song
“VOICES FROM THE JEWISH DIASPORA” A MULTILINGUAL MUSICAL BANQUET Picture this: Beautiful Haifa, Israel-born mezzo-soprano Rinat Shaham, in a décolleté gown, singing “Kaddish” (from “Deux Melodies Hebraiques,” set to music by Maurice Ravel). This was one of the unexpected delights of the February 10 New York Festival of Song’s “Voices From the Jewish Diaspora” program…
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In Iran, Baha’i Leaders Stand Accused of Spying for Israel
When Pooya Dayanim, a Los Angeles-based Iranian-Jewish activist, went public a decade ago with the case of 13 Jews jailed in Iran on trumped-up charges of spying for Israel, he based his strategy on that of the Baha’is, a religious minority long persecuted by the Iranian government. “When I decided to take the Shiraz 13…
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JCPA Approves Effort To Build Dialogue With Muslim Groups
The Jewish community’s main umbrella organization for domestic policy has struck a significant blow against internal resistance to dialogue with Muslims. The Jewish Council for Public Affairs adopted a resolution March 2, calling for local and national Jewish groups to build coalitions with Muslim Americans and to oppose anti-Muslim bias. “Jewish and Muslim Americans…should work…
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Jewish Nonprofits Cautiously Push Back on Obama Tax Proposal
In the short time that Barack Obama has served as America’s president, the organized Jewish community has been one of the young administration’s most solid bases of support for its liberal political agenda. But now, many of the major Jewish organizations are taking issue with a proposal that they fear will strike at their very…
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Cantor and Specter: Alone, and Powerful
Eric Cantor, a Republican congressman from Virginia, wasn’t anybody’s idea of a household name a few weeks ago, but you’ll be hearing a lot more about him in the weeks ahead because he’s emerging as one of President Obama’s biggest headaches. As GOP whip, the No. 2 Republican in the House of Representatives, it is…
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Shame of Sexual Abuse Among Believers
On the surface, Joseph Diangelo and Flora Jessop couldn’t look more different. Diangelo grew up in a Hasidic community in Brooklyn. Jessop was raised in a polygamous compound, part of a fundamentalist Mormon sect on the Utah-Arizona border. But as Diangelo listened to Jessop tell her harrowing tale of abuse, forced marriage, spiritual threats, rape…
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Why’s a Jewish Woman Running a Black Paper?
A Jewish editor would be an unusual presence at most black newspapers, but at few places more so than the famed Amsterdam News. For the past few decades, the weekly, Harlem-based publication has achieved notoriety in no small measure due to its frequent run-ins with Jewish antagonists. Those battles were often sparked by the paper’s…
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Tikkun’s Founder: ‘I Have Cancer,’ Give to My Cause
When Michael Lerner, founder of Tikkun magazine, was recently diagnosed with lung cancer, he alerted his supporters in an e-mail message that went beyond delivering bad news. The message folded Lerner’s diagnosis in with a plea for supporters to devote more money and time to his cause, the Network of Spiritual Progressives. With a subject…
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Seeking Authenticity, Women Flock to Prayer Forum
At the first national conference on Jewish women and prayer, the numerous attendants told a story as important as the sessions themselves. Some 350 participants crowded into breakout sessions, filling every seat at the March 1 event. They stood along the walls and sat on the floors at Manhattan’s Abraham Joshua Heschel High School, where…
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Questions for Hikind at Rally for Victims
It was at the very end of his solidarity rally for Orthodox victims of sexual abuse that the tensions beneath the surface of Assembly member Dov Hikind’s approach to the problem boiled up. “When are you going to come out with the names of the murderers and molesters?” David Framowitz, an alleged victim of molestation…
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Israelis Wary of Palestinian Unity Push
Following reconciliation talks in Egypt at the end of February, efforts to reconcile rival Palestinian factions and form a unity government appear to be gaining momentum. Hamas and Fatah have formed committees to reach agreements on a range of issues. These include the formation of a transitional unity administration to govern until elections in early…
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