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A Bronx Tale: What Did the Archdiocese Do With Those Stained-Glass Windows?
Not many people are talking these days about the Mosholu Jewish Center, once a hub of Modern Orthodox life in the Bronx. The synagogue closed its doors in 1999, after many members of the congregation had moved or passed away. In a strange twist of fate, the person who may be most actively engaged in…
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Looking for Knesset Toehold, Oligarch Cozies Up to Pensioners
Haifa, Israel — Ehud Olmert, already struggling with a corruption investigation and criticism from left and right over a troubled peace process, now faces a new, potentially crippling threat to his political survival: squabbling retirees. The Pensioners Party was a powerless splinter from its birth in the early 1990s until the elections of 2006. That…
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Candidates Remain Cautious on Hamas
In response to news of a looming cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza, advisers for Senators Barack Obama and John McCain have said that the United States should maintain its current diplomatic freeze on dealings with Hamas, the militant Islamic group that seized control of the coastal enclave last year. Staffers for both…
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Secular Court Called on To Enforce Beth Din Ruling
A prominent Modern Orthodox rabbi is at the center of a case being taken to secular court on the grounds that his organization ignored the ruling of a rabbinical court in a contract dispute. A former employee of Ohr Torah Stone, which was founded by Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, has filed suit against the organization in…
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Bunk Raids, First Kisses, Color Wars: A Book of Memories
Did you hear about the kids at Camp Tel Yehudah in upstate New York who wrote and performed a stage version of Elie Wiesel’s Holocaust memoir “Dawn” — set to the music of Billy Joel? How about the ones at Camp Ramah in the Poconos, who teamed up for basketball every Tisha b’Av — kids…
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Remembering the ‘Thunder Years’
Author Stephanie Klein spent five of her teenage summers at what she bluntly calls “Fat Camp.” In her new memoir, “Moose” (HarperCollins), a childhood nickname, Klein compresses those summers into a single, lightly fictionalized one. Though she changed a few identifying details, she assures the reader early on that she’s no James Frey. “Sadly enough,”…
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Comic Creators Discuss Legacy
A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME GATHERING OF COMIC BOOK CREATORS IN NEW YORK Michael Uslan, executive producer of the Batman movies, hailed the nine panelists at the “The Legends Behind the Comic Books” forum, for which he served as moderator. Uslan called the forum, which was held at the Jacob Javits Center as part of the recent New…
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Evangelical Group Cuts Off Donations to Jewish Agency
A group that directs evangelical Christian donations to Jewish causes has cut off funding to the Jewish Agency for Israel, imperiling a controversial partnership agreement that was signed only months ago. At the beginning of this month, as the JTA first reported, the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews withheld a scheduled $1.5 million contribution…
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Seattle Activists Aim To Put Israel Divestment on City’s Agenda
Los Angeles — If a local activist group has its way, Seattle could soon become the first major American city to divest from companies that provide material support to Israel. Seattle Divest From War and Occupation, a citizens group, is angling to get an initiative on the ballot that would mandate city pension funds to…
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In Novel Move, Jews Push for Farm Bill
Washington — Entering a new field of advocacy, Jewish groups played a leading role in ensuring the passage of the Farm Bill, which could increase federal funding for nutrition programs as well as for farming subsidies. Congress gave the bill its final approval May 15, and although President Bush has made clear that he will…
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