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Board Fight, Staff Cuts at Yiddish Center
A few weeks ago, the Jewish institute and archive known as YIVO hosted a public discussion about the financial downturn and the alleged misdeeds of Bernard Madoff. Now, YIVO is dealing with financial problems of its own. Following other Jewish organizations that have made cutbacks, YIVO this month fired five staff members. Among those laid…
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N.J. School May Get Hebrew Track
A school district in New Jersey may become the first in the nation to create a Hebrew-language immersion track in a public school — and to supplement it with voluntary after-school religious classes paid for by parents in space rented from the district. Proposed by Richard Segall, interim superintendent of schools in Englewood, N.J., the…
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Book Collector Sells the Fruits of a Lifelong ‘Lunacy’ for Jewish Texts
Although the world’s foremost collector of rare Jewish books has traveled the globe seeking books printed in the Far East, the Ottoman Empire and throughout Europe, his greatest collecting triumph took place virtually at his front door. Jack Lunzer, 84, a producer of industrial diamonds from Africa, spent six decades assembling the Valmadonna Trust Library,…
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Facing The Flood
I’ve been thinking a lot about resilience lately. When faced with adversity and horror, why do some people crumple like used tin foil while others manage to cope? The story of Noah and the Ark is an interesting window into the notion of resilience. Maxine, age 4, is obsessed with a book by Lucy Cousins,…
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Urban Vines
Is it possible that the vibrations of New York City’s subway lines could be an unforeseen new contribution to winemaking? “There’s been no scientific research about the consequences of vibrations on winemaking,” said David Lecomte, head winemaker at City Winery, as we sat in the basement conference room of the new winery and concert venue…
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Psychotherapy’s Jewish Roots
Although the Pentagon recently decided against awarding the Purple Heart to veterans suffering psychological trauma as a result of war, America has come a long way in acknowledging the prevalence of mental distress — whatever its source — and embracing psychotherapy as a treatment. The evolution of the so-called talking cure during the second half…
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White House Reaches Out to Jewish Groups in Advance of Durban II
Senior officials in the Obama administration have reached out to Jewish leaders in an attempt to address the community’s concerns regarding the upcoming United Nations’s World Conference Against Racism, scheduled to take place in April. Israel and American Jewish groups have been uneasy with the possibility that the U.S. might attend the conference, commonly known…
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In Sweden, Middle East Conflict Plays Out in the Town Square
After counter-demonstrators critical of Israel interrupted a recent pro-Israel rally in Malmo, Sweden, the Jewish community held a second rally last week. The follow-up gathering was a bold challenge not only to the community’s increasingly vocal pro-Palestinian neighbors, but also to a perceived rise in anti-Israel sentiment in the Swedish media and government and in…
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Obama Backtracks on Reform of Faith-Based Initiative
Washington — As a candidate, Barack Obama vowed to reform President Bush’s faith-based social services initiative — in particular Bush’s endorsement of the right of religious groups to discriminate in hiring members of their own groups in programs receiving federal funds under this program. But as president, Obama backtracked on that promise February 6, when…
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American Jewish Leaders Ease Up Campaign Against United Nations
National Jewish leaders have pulled back on their long-standing campaign against the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, which provides humanitarian services for Palestinian refugees — an early sign of caution in confronting a new administration, and of Congress’s determination reshape the country’s stance toward the U.N. more favorably. The Jewish leaders’ push to reform…
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Salon Series Celebrates 20 Years
AUTHOR ERICA JONG AT CHARLOTTE WHITE’S SALON DE VIRTUOSI CONCERT Several years ago, during my first lunch with Charlotte White, founder of Salon De Virtuosi, she told me: “My father and grandfather began each day with the Forverts, and my mother loved A Bintel Brief.” We were at the Regency Hotel, and a stack of…
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