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As Shekel Rises, Israelis Question Sense of Fixing Economy to Dollar
Haifa, Israel – Israeli economic experts are worried that the country’s economy may face a rude shock in the months ahead as the American dollar’s plummeting position in world trading leaves the shekel dangerously overvalued. The dollar’s plunge is sending tremors around the globe, but Israel is expected to suffer more than most countries, according…
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Clinton’s Ally in Pa. Talks Off the Cuff, But Doesn’t Wear Identity on Sleeve
Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell has grabbed headlines in recent weeks as a staunch, if unscripted, supporter of Hillary Clinton. But just a decade ago, he found himself thrust into a critical media spotlight by what today might best be described as a Barack Obama moment. In the spring of 1997, Rendell, one of the country’s…
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Israel Targets Millionaires in Bid to Up Aliyah
Jerusalem – The search for new ways to promote Jewish immigration to Israel has led policymakers in Jerusalem to target a new group of potential olim: Jewish millionaires. On March 13, the Finance Ministry rolled out a new plan promising financial incentives and a generous tax-benefit package for Jews seeking to take their fortune to…
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Young Hollywood Finds Fertile Networking Ground at L.A. Federation
Los Angeles – When Geoff Silverman, a Hollywood literary manager, made his first foray into Jewish charity work, the draw was not purely philanthropic. The program he joined, the Entertainment Council of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, offered an enticing component that few other Jewish philanthropic endeavors could match: the chance to network…
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Cheney’s Middle East Visit Draws Yawns
Jerusalem – Vice President Dick Cheney traveled to Israel and the West Bank this past week, but in a sign of what some Middle East scholars are calling “peace process fatigue,” the visit drew scant attention from the Israeli press and resulted in barely any progress on the ground. Cheney’s visit to Israel, part of…
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Clinton’s Jewish Backers Divided Over How Long To Stay in the Fight
As Hillary Clinton’s odds of winning the Democratic nomination grow longer, some of her top financial backers are finding themselves divided over whether she should fight on to the convention. In interviews with the Forward this week, nearly a dozen Clinton supporters displayed a variety of opinions and emotions about the campaign, ranging from concern…
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Rabbi Eli Teitelbaum, Dial-a-Daf Creator, 68
Rabbi Eli Teitelbaum, an ultra-Orthodox educator and innovator who created a series of dial-in phone lines with lectures on sacred texts, died March 23 at the age of 68. Teitelbaum pioneered the now-popular concept of a subscription phone service that allowed users to listen over the phone to lectures on the Talmud with his Dial-a-Daf…
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GELT COMPLEX: Studies Suggest Possibilities for Engaging the Intermarried, Online Rally Draws Jews from Around the Globe, UJC May Face Budget Cut, Knesset Members To Meet With Mainline Protestants
Studies Suggest Possibilities for Engaging the Intermarried Three new studies about interfaith marriage have been released in recent weeks, all supporting the increasingly common notion that intermarriage isn’t necessarily fatal to Jewish continuity. Taken together, the three studies suggest that a combination of Jewish education, outreach and sensitivity can bring interfaith couples and their children…
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U.N. Taps American Jewish Critic of Israel as Rights Expert
As if relations between Israel and the United Nations had not deteriorated enough, a new cause for strain arose this week when a prominent American Jewish law professor, who accuses Israel of genocidal policies in the Palestinian territories, was named by the world body’s top human rights entity to monitor the situation in the Palestinian…
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The BRCA Gene: A Positive Test, A Personal Choice
If a blood test revealed that you were likely to contract the same cancer that painfully and violently killed your mother, what would you do? Have radical surgery to prevent it? Undergo frequent screenings and aggressively treat cancer at its earliest signs? Or would you not take the test at all? Jessica Queller shares her…
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Preserving History: The Jews of Greece
The Romaniote Jews are said to be vanishing, but photographer Vincent Giordano is dedicated to preserving their history before it drifts away. Their fading legacy is captured by Giordano in Before the Flame Goes Out, an exhibition that explores two small communities rooted in ancient traditions. There were large groups of Romaniotes living in Greece…
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