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Finding God on a Roundabout Path
Danya Ruttenberg breaks for kitsch. Weeks after receiving her rabbinic ordination in the spring, Ruttenberg and her husband embarked on a road trip to explore, in her words, “all of the fun, crazy, outrageous stuff that you don’t see when confined to the coasts.” Stops included the theme park resorts of Las Vegas; the…
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Hebrew-Speaking Chinese Look West to Zion
A few months ago I got into an elevator in one of the new glass towers that dot Beijing’s Central Business District, joining two Chinese men and a foreigner for the ride down to the lobby. As we descended, the three men began talking, and for a second I thought my ears were deceiving me,…
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Writer-Editor Ted Solotaroff, Literary Democrat
Ted Solotaroff, who died August 8 at the age of 80, was, among his many literary virtues, a good writer of obituaries. He had his finger on the pulse of his era, and the press could count on him to sum up the lives and works of key literary figures — Irving Howe, Meyer Schapiro,…
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Jewish Congressman Wins Landslide After Racially Divisive Primary
Washington — Rep. Steve Cohen was all smiles after resoundingly winning his August 7 primary in Tennessee, but it was hardly a pleasant campaign for the freshman Democrat. A white Jewish incumbent representing a predominantly black Christian constituency, Cohen defeated Nikki Tinker by a 4-to-1 margin, despite efforts by his black opponent to insert race…
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For the More, uh, Bookish of the Tribe, Olympic Rings Made of Bagels
It’s no surprise that Jews from Brooklyn to Berkeley get a thrill out of seeing their fellow Yids competing for and winning medals at the Olympics. In Judaism, 10 Jewish men (and women) usually form a minyan, rather than a team. So it was only a matter of time before the more irreverent of the…
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Musical Remembrance
THE OPERA “BRUNDIBAR” AND “DIARY OF ANNE FRANK” EXCERPT SHOWCASED AT AN ‘ISRAEL AT 60’ CONCERT AT USDAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS The July 17 “Israel at 60 Concert of Remembrance & Celebration,” held at Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, provides reassurance that the children who perished in the Holocaust will…
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Yid.Dish: Israeli Caprese Salad
I made mozzarella cheese last night. This is not a shechechiyanu moment – I’ve done it before, using this, highly recommended, cheese making kit. But every time I accomplish the feat of turning a gallon of milk into two fistfuls of salty, stretchy, kosher cheese, it feels rather profound. It also feels a little wasteful,…
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Obama’s Muslim Outreach Effort Stumbles as New Liaison Resigns
Washington — The effort of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama to reach out to Arab and Muslim Americans is facing difficulties, as the first and only coordinator for outreach to these communities resigned after just 10 days on the job. Mazen Asbahi, a Chicago lawyer who was tapped July 26 to serve as Obama’s Arab…
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Israel’s Powerhouse Paralympics Squad Hamstrung by Dearth of Government Support
Haifa, Israel — In what should be the final push of preparations before its departure to Beijing, Israel’s Paralympics delegation has been forced to halt training for some sports because it has run out of money. Given that it took Israel 52 years of competing in the Olympics before it struck gold at the 2004…
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Polish Investigators Tie Partisans to Massacre
As Paramount Pictures gears up its ad campaign for a new movie about a band of Jewish partisans who fought the Nazis, some in Poland are suggesting that the partisans in question may also have been murderers. In anticipation of the December release of “Defiance,” — starring Daniel Craig, the actor best-known as the latest…
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Store Owners Shift Gears as Meat Prices Rise
As kosher meat prices climb in the wake of the mid-May raid on the Agriprocessors slaughterhouse, at least one purveyor, the online supermarket Kosher.com, is trying to make the best of tough times by getting creative: The store now offers high-end specialty meats in addition to more traditional fare. If consumers balk at higher prices…
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