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Following the Path of Many Jews Before Him, Victim Went to India Seeking
The Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries who died in the terrorist attacks in Mumbai have been the most prominent faces of the Jews murdered there. But about two miles from the apartment building where the couple and four others died, the attacks claimed the life of another Jewish victim, Alan Scherr. His story, it could be said, represents…
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Terrorist Group Moves Beyond Kashmir
Lashkar-e-Tayiba, the jihadist group suspected as perpetrator of the stunning terrorist attack last month in Mumbai, has expanded its ambitions greatly since the late 1980s, when it was founded, with Pakistani military sponsorship, to battle the Indian Army in Kashmir. The terrorist group is now closely intertwined with Al Qaeda and its global agenda, say…
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A Day of Reckoning for Indian Jewish Detective
In the midst of the Mumbai terrorist attacks, Samson Talkar did something he had never done before on Shabbat: He packed a pistol before leaving for synagogue. Talkar, a retired chief of homicides with the Mumbai police, was not frightened. But as last week’s terrorist siege on his city entered its third day, the unflappable…
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In Terror, Satmar and Chabad Rabbis United
While most of the media attention in the wake of the attack on the Chabad-run Nariman House in Mumbai has focused on slain Lubavitch emissaries Gavriel and Rachel Holtzberg, less noted was the death of a third Hasidic Jew in the assault, Aryeh Leibish Teitelbaum, a member of the Satmar sect. What makes Teitelbaum’s death…
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Rabbis Go to Business School for Tools To Deal With a Difficult Economy
Evanston, Ill. — With the economy in turmoil, rabbis around the nation are under increasing pressure to raise funds to keep their synagogues healthy and oversee budgets that are being squeezed as members lose their jobs. But little of what the rabbis learned in rabbinical school prepared them for the management skills they need to…
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New National Security Adviser Sparks Talk of International Troops in West Bank
Washington — The selection of retired Marine General James Jones as President-elect Barack Obama’s National Security Adviser has reopened discussions over deployment of international forces to the Palestinian territories, an idea fathered by Jones last year. Jones, a former commander of NATO forces, raised the suggestion in talks with Israelis and Palestinians last year, but…
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Steinhardt Ally To Head Birthright
One of the most prominent Jewish organizations has announced that it is replacing its current executive with the ally of one of its signature donors. The Birthright Israel Foundation, which raises private donations to support free trips to Israel for young Jews, announced that Robert Aronson would assume its helm at the beginning of 2009….
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Fear of Frying — A Healthy Holiday
There’s good news and there’s bad news. The bad news: A single latke contains about 65 to 100 calories. (And who eats just one?) The sour cream? Another 60 calories per glob. Other Hanukkah foods, such as fritters in syrup eaten by Sephardi Jews and deep fried chicken, popular with Jews in Italy, are not…
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The Perfect Potato
In years past, you had one option for making latkes: the potato. Now countless variations exist, such as latkes made from zucchini, beets or vegetable medleys. Still, there is a surprising array of possibilities available from just sticking with the potato, provided you experiment with different types. A traditional dietary staple of a diverse group…
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A Cheesy Festival
When we think of Hanukkah food, we usually think of mouth watering, belly expanding latkes, or round, jelly doughnuts. Both are fried in oil — a staple of Hanukkah cooking. Another ingredient linked to the Festival of Lights is cheese, but dairy dishes are often forgotten, buried beneath pounds of potatoes and vats of oil….
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Yid.Dish: Winter Spark Salad with Orange and Pomegranate
This past weekend, I saw my first snowfall of the year. The plump flakes reminded me of the short, crisp days to come, of walks where a bright red berry or a still-green blade of grass will surprise me. As winter days wink by, flanked by longer and longer intervals of darkness, I’ll be more…
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