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British Day Schools: More Students, Fewer Pounds
London — As the school year begins, new research out of Britain is shedding light on the resurgent effort to create successful Jewish schools. On the one hand, a study that was released this summer by a Jewish organization suggests that British schools are in the midst of a decade-long expansion, with 8% growth since…
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Israel’s Military on Display in Georgia
When an Israeli-made drone was shot down over the Black Sea this past spring in the run-up to the war between Russia and Georgia, it brought to the forefront a recurrent Israeli dilemma: By exporting its military know-how, is Israel endangering its diplomatic standing? Israel’s military assistance to Georgia, including the doomed drone, thrust into…
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Biden to Headline Jewish Democrats’ Conference
U.S. Senator Joseph Biden, the Democratic vice presidential candidate, is expected to headline the National Jewish Democratic Council’s upcoming Washington conference, which is focused on mobilizing the Jewish vote, NJDC officials said. Democrats hope that Biden of Delaware will be able to counter some of the influence that Senator Joseph Lieberman has had among Jewish…
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Just in Time for Yom Kippur, and Sentencing, Abramoff Paints Himself as Repentant
Washington — As he serves time in federal prison, a picture is emerging in court documents and in a newly published book of a repentant Jack Abramoff, who is embracing the Jewish notion of “Teshuva” and turning his back on the days of power, money and politics. At least that is what the once-powerful Republican…
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Spotlight Falls on Minneapolis Suburb That Bred Franken, Coen Brothers, Friedman
Though certain neighborhoods, such as Manhattan’s Lower East Side, have become legendary as incubators for Jewish genius, that appellation has rarely been applied to St. Louis Park, Minn. But now the prominent progeny of this leafy suburb are receiving some serious attention. On September 9, comedian turned politician Al Franken used support from the northern…
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GOP Shops Palin to Jews
Republicans are gearing up to defend the nomination of Sarah Palin as John McCain’s running mate in light of Democratic charges that she is out of step with Jewish voters. Palin has become the focus of criticism since her surprise selection, with Democrats claiming that her conservative views and staunch opposition to abortion rights will…
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Koch Goes for Obama
Only four years ago, Edward Koch — famous for his independent streak and for backing Republicans almost as often as he has backed fellow Democrats — threw his support behind President Bush’s re-election over John Kerry, who, he told a reporter, “doesn’t have the stomach to go after terrorists.” Koch still worries about the threat…
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Barack Obama’s Rabbi(s)
Will a rabbi’s blessing help Barack Obama? What about 300 rabbis? And will the IRS find this arrangement kosher? “Rather than sit and yell at my television, I thought there was an opportunity to do something,” said Rabbi Steven Bob of Congregation Etz Chaim in Lombard, Ill, in the western suburbs of Chicago. Rabbis for…
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The Teyglach Challenge
Along with the custom of eating apples, honey and round challah for Rosh Hashanah, many Jewish cultures have developed their own traditional holiday foods. Some Jews of Sephardic origin, for example, serve a baked fish head to symbolize “the head and not the tail,” while in Egypt, black-eyed peas and pomegranates are featured as symbols…
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Kosher Industry Looks to Future in Wake of Agriprocessors Charges
Just weeks before the High Holy Days, when demand for kosher food is at its peak, the kosher industry has been thrown into flux by criminal charges against what was, until recently, the largest supplier of kosher meat in America. Agriprocessors and its owners, Aaron and Sholom Rubashkin, were charged with more than 9,000 counts…
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Eulogy for a Fading Jewish Wonderland
There’s a strain of Zionism peculiar to the Q train — that subway line wending its way from Manhattan’s Lower East Side and over the Manhattan Bridge into Brooklyn, through Hasidic Midwood, past the Russians in Brighton Beach, then terminating at Coney Island’s Stillwell Avenue stop, “the largest subway station in the world.” If Brooklyn…
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