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The Key Dilemma
In many cities around the globe, hotel guests enjoy hi-tech conveniences. Lobby doors whiz open automatically; the faucets in public restrooms begin spurting water as soon as a hand approaches and toilets flush when the user stands up. Most important, entering one’s room is easier than ever before: Instead of the cumbersome, old-fashioned key, the…
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As Zimbabwe Votes, a Once-Proud Community Searches for Sustenance
Harare, Zimbabwe — In early March, a South African rabbi traveled to Zimbabwe’s capital city on one of the many trips he has made in recent years to give material and spiritual sustenance to a Jewish community suffering from one of the world’s worst economic crises. The rabbi, Moshe Silberhaft, held a meeting at the…
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Iowa Fines AgriProcessors for Labor Violations
The country’s largest kosher slaughterhouse, already under scrutiny for its labor practices, took another hit last week when Iowa state officials fined it $182,000. The Iowa Division of Labor cited AgriProcessors for a broad range of recent health and safety violations, including a failure to provide workers with proper safety training, insufficient programs to manage…
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Etgar Keret on Making ‘Jellyfish’
Etgar Keret’s unconventional, often surreal and highly entertaining short stories have earned him an international reputation as one of Israel’s best contemporary writers. Now, he’s garnering acclaim as a film director. Keret and his wife, Shira Geffen — a playwright, theater director and actress — co-directed “Jellyfish,” which won the Camera d’Or prize for best…
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Spitzer’s Folly
Our first Semitic president! Such was his ultimate intent. But now we’re shaken to the roots To learn about those prostitutes. His stance of moral rectitude Is shattered — now he’s seen as lewd. This great reformer, this crusader, Has morphed into a dark Darth Vader! He’s laid low by a sin that’s scarlet: Having…
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Warhol’s Chosen People
Will the irony of New York’s Jewish Museum’s fascinating new exhibition, “Warhol’s Jews: Ten Portraits Reconsidered,” on view through August, be lost on most visitors? Probably. I had commented to a friend that Andy Warhol’s 1980 project, a series of 10 portraits (from photographs) of famous (dead) Jews, looks today like the same rip-off it…
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Remembering Abraham Brumberg
PHILANTHROPIST ELLIOTT BROIDY HONORED WITH RAOUL WALLENBERG AWARD “I’ve come here to say todah rabah, thank you,” said Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu, addressing **Elliott Broidy, recipient of the Raoul Wallenberg Award at Gateway’s February 27 anniversary gala at the Waldorf-Astoria. Likud member and Israel’s former prime minister, Netanyahu declared: “We stand in the way of a…
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Dozens of Jewish Super-Delegates May Hold Key to Democratic Race
According to a new survey conducted by the Forward, a disproportionately large share of the Democratic party’s super-delegates are Jewish. Many of them have declared their support for Hillary Clinton, accounting for more than 15% of her current backers. Like the general population of super-delegates, whose support remains fluid, several Jewish supporters of the New…
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Christian Rivalry Burns at Site of Jesus’ Tomb
Jerusalem – With big egos competing for sacred space and urgent claims that a miracle is imminent, Jerusalem’s latest religious conflict has all the makings of a classic Holy City conflagration. All, that is, except for the cast of characters: There is not a single Jew or Muslim involved. Tensions are so bad between two…
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Elder Statesmen’s Push for Mideast Peace Revives Old Worries About Bias
Washington – A little-known group of rather well-known former world leaders is trying its hand at Middle East peacemaking, with a contingent scheduled to visit the region next month on a self-proclaimed mission to “help people understand the urgency of peace.” But as they attempt to help resolve one of the world’s most intractable conflicts,…
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As Acceptance Grows, Gay Synagogues Torn Between the Straight and Narrow
Atlanta – When Gayanne Geurin Weiss and her husband went looking for an Atlanta synagogue to join, they soon found one that had everything they wanted; it was warm, friendly and spiritual. There was just one catch: It was for gay men and lesbians, and Weiss and her husband are straight. Gay and lesbian Jews…
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