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Charities Change Course After Madoff
Los Angeles — In the wake of the ever-widening Madoff scandal, prominent Jewish fundraising experts are calling for a return to the days when Jewish charities engaged the entire community — not just an elite group of mega-donors. “The glass is both half empty and half full,” said David Mersky, a Boston-based fundraising consultant who…
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Learning From Lebanon, Israel Sets Up Press Operation
Tel Aviv, Israel — Even as their surprise military campaign remained secret, Foreign Ministry officials scurried to put in place another dimension of modern warfare that they considered crucial to their success. In Sderot, a town pummelled by rockets that Hamas had launched from Gaza, a pressroom was set up to offer Israel’s perspective on…
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Dovish Jewish Groups Break Ranks, Call for Cease-Fire
Washington – Breaking ranks with most Jewish organizations, several dovish pro-Israel groups have come out against Israel’s military operation in Gaza and called on the United States to push for an immediate cease-fire. The calls for Israel to hold its fire were in striking contrast to the otherwise solid support in the Jewish community for…
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Rabbi Arnold Wolf, 84, Was Progressive Leader
Rabbi Arnold Jacob Wolf, a prominent Chicago spiritual leader and rabbi emeritus of the Reform synagogue situated across the street from President-elect Barack Obama’s house, has died, apparently of a heart attack. He was 84. A longtime champion of peace and progressive politics, Wolf participated in civil rights marches in Selma, Ala., and protested the…
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YouTube Restores Israeli Army Videos
Haifa — YouTube has restored four videos posted by the Israeli army that were removed on December 31 following complaints filed by users of the video-sharing site. On December 29, the Israel Defense Forces began posting videos of its aerial strikes. The rationale was that it wanted to support the claim that it is not…
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Un Ladino, Dos Ladino, Tres Ladino, Cuatru
A reader who prefers that his name not be published writes: “I am trying to learn how to count to ten in Ladino. I found a list of the written words, but with no pronunciation guide. Also, this written list appears to be inconsistent with some pronunciations that my young son came home with in…
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P.A. Denies Border Crossing to Injured Gazans
Tel Aviv, Israel — Wounded residents of Gaza have been refused urgent medical treatment because the Palestinian Authority will not transfer them to Israeli hospitals, the Forward has learned. When doctors at Shifa Hospital in Gaza found out that requests to move five seriously ill patients to Israel had been refused, they presumed that Israeli…
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Teen Lit Takes the Road Less Traveled
For someone who’s recently written a novel about teenage Orthodox Jewish lesbians — it could even be called the definitive novel, since there isn’t exactly a surplus of teen Orthodox lesbian fiction floating around — Leanne Lieberman isn’t really the ideal spokeswoman for the “Orthodyke” community. As a matter of fact, she’s neither Orthodox nor…
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Living Like a Lord
As the waters of the Sea of Galilee lapped at the foot of the back garden, I rocked gently in a hammock and pondered the possibilities. Should I stroll down to the beach, where the children played in the sand? Feed the carp in the fishpond, or curl up with a book in the Bedouin-style…
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YouTube Yanks Israeli Army Videos
Tel Aviv — YouTube has removed videos that the Israeli army posted as part of a public relations effort to rally world opinion behind its operation in Gaza. On December 29, the IDF began posting videos of its aerial strikes. The rationale was that it wanted to support the claim that it is not targeting…
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In Gaza Campaign, Israel Seeks To Change the Rules of the Game
Jerusalem — Israel’s retaliation against persistent Hamas mortar and rocket attacks on civilians in southern Israel was far more ferocious than anyone, including Hamas, expected. The first three days of intensive Israel Air Force bombing in Gaza reduced hundreds of Hamas government buildings, military compounds, laboratories, metal workshops and supply tunnels to rubble and left…
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