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Israel Embarks on Global PR Campaign To Recruit Support for Gaza Raids
Israel is kicking off a public relations campaign with the intention of widening a basis for international support of a military offensive on the Gaza Strip. Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni has instructed Israeli representatives abroad to begin diplomatic efforts focused on members of the United Nations Security Council and Europeans states. The foreign minister told…
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Yid.Dish: Whole Grain Chocolate Chip Cookies
From Myra Kornfeld’s The Healthy Hedonist ½ cup softened unsalted butter or 7 tablespoons coconut oil ¾ cup maple sugar, sucanat or evaporated cane sugar 1 egg (or egg substitute for vegans) 1 ½ cups whole wheat pastry flour or whole grain spelt flour for wheat-free ½ teaspoon baking soda Pinch of salt 1 cup…
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Yid.Dish: Cardamom Scented Oatmeal
Slush. Snow. Wind. Cold. It’s been that kind of weekend around here in Brooklyn and – so I’ve heard – in pretty much the rest of the country. Aside from a brief foray outside en route to the gym, and two neighborhood Chanukah parties this evening (including one in my building, to which I didn’t…
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Focus on Domestic Issues at Transition Team’s Meeting With Jewish Leaders
Washington — In their first meeting with Jewish leaders Thursday, the Obama transition team proved that change is indeed on its way. For the first time in years, a full spectrum of Jewish groups sat around one table for a lengthy, detailed and civilized discussion about the future. Representatives of 29 Jewish groups — from…
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‘Teflon’ Netanyahu Sidelines Feiglin
Jerusalem — It seemed like a disaster for Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu when ultra-hawks triumphed in the party’s December 8 primary. Moshe Feiglin, a far-rightist best known for advocating mass civil disobedience to protest the Oslo peace process in the mid-1990s, scored 20th on the party’s roster, all but guaranteeing him a place in…
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‘Gimpel’ Revival A Must-See
LIES, LUST AND PATHOS IN FOLKSBIENE’S NEW MUSICAL, “GIMPEL TAM” From his literary perch in heaven or hell — both of whose existence he doubted — Nobel laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer must be applauding the National Yiddish Theatre-Folksbiene’s delicious musical “Gimpel Tam” (“Gimpel the Fool”). Based on Singer’s 1945 short story, translated into English by…
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Tallying the Jewish Communal Losses
In the week since Bernard Madoff was arrested and accused of running one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history, hundreds of millions of dollars in losses to Jewish foundations and social service organizations have been totaled; two charities that backed mostly Jewish and Israeli causes have been shuttered. The ripple effect of the alleged…
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Madoff Scandal Rips Apart Close World of Jewish Philanthropy
Back before he was disgraced for losing investors billions in a massive alleged Ponzi scheme, financial adviser Bernard Madoff offered his services with a soft sell. Mark Seal, a longtime veteran of Jewish organizations, recalls watching Madoff make his pitch twice to Jewish organizations — once in the early 1990s, and once 10 years later….
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Sconces and Scrapbooks: A Visit to the Madoffs
We arrived, two scribes-for-hire, at the Madoff residence on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. “Queens High Baroque,” we said sotto voce in unison as we stepped off the elevator and into the vestibule of the Madoffs’ apartment. It was a wet day, and we quietly removed our galoshes. We had been summoned by the lady of…
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Why the Jews? Debate Erupts Over How to Explain the Mumbai Terror
On December 5, just one week after terrorist atrocities left at least 180 dead in Mumbai, The Jewish Week of New York published a blistering editorial, consecrating the event as one more milestone in antisemitism. “And so Mumbai joins Kishinev, Hebron, Berlin, Babi Yar, Maalot, Sbarro’s, Sderot (we could easily mention 150 other sites) to…
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U.N. Resolution Is Bush’s Last Attempt To Save Annapolis Peace Process
With its days in office running out, the Bush administration turned to the United Nations to put its imprimatur on the struggling peace initiative that the United States launched in Annapolis, Md., a little more than a year ago. In a resolution co-sponsored by the United States and Russia, the U.N. Security Council declared its…
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