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Memphis Pol Gets Cold Shoulder in Racially Charged Electoral Rematch
In an election year dominated by the issue of race in the presidential campaign, a Jewish congressman from Memphis, Tenn., is crying foul over the reluctance of his African American colleagues to lend a hand to his re-election bid. Freshman Rep. Steve Cohen — one of a handful of white lawmakers to represent a majority-black…
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Hamas Rockets Hit Closer to Heart of Israel
Beersheba, Israel – Atypically for Israel, Anat Weinstein-Berkowitz is dressed so smartly that she would fit in comfortably at any Wall Street law firm. Except for her sneakers. She traded her high heels for flats earlier this week, after Ashkelon, where she is municipal spokeswoman, became the newest target for Hamas rockets. “I can run…
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McCain Picks Up Endorsement From Baker, To Little Protest
Washington – Along the way to winning the presidential nomination of the Republican Party this week, Senator John McCain picked up the endorsement of James Baker, a former secretary of state with a long history of rocky ties with the American Jewish establishment. In the weeks since the February 28 endorsement, little protest has been…
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Rabbis Form New Orthodox Organization
After years of tension between more liberal and conservative elements of the American Orthodox Jewish establishment, several liberal Orthodox rabbis have banded together to create a new rabbinic organization that offers an alternative to traditional Orthodox authorities. Rabbis Marc Angel and Avi Weiss have convened an organization they are calling the Rabbinic Fellowship, a national…
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GELT COMPLEX: Museum Faces Protests, New Israel Studies Post
Museum Faces Protests Outside a March 4 fundraising dinner for Manhattan’s Lower East Side Tenement Museum, women in babushkas and men in top hats gathered to protest what they see as an unfortunate irony: The museum, which teaches visitors about labor history, has stymied its employees’ efforts to form a union. In an attempt to…
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Palestinians Question Own Advocacy Group
Washington – The American Task Force on Palestine, a moderate group that has emerged in the past several years as the most prominent pro-Palestinian voice in Washington, is fighting off criticism from within the Palestinian American community that it has cozied up to the Bush administration at the expense of the Palestinian cause. The struggle…
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Yiddish Letter Opens Window Into One Of Argentina’s Many Disappeared
Like many unresolved crimes, the tragedy of the Argentine citizens kidnapped by agents of the murderous military régime that ruled from 1976 to 1983 doesn’t seem to go away. Late last month, while continuing his examination of the trove of 4,700 documents known collectively as “The Argentina Declassification Project,” Carlos Osorio, director of the Southern…
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Oscar-Winning Film Strikes a Chord
“COUNTERFEITERS” — A REAL OSCAR WINNER By the time I attended the reception, hosted by Elie and Marion Wiesel, for the film “The Counterfeiters,” held at Sony Corporation’s headquarters two weeks before the movie won an Oscar for best foreign film, I had relished the film’s dialogue and unexpected twists at three prior screenings. Among…
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Are Jews Less Attached to Israel? Maybe Not
A new study is challenging the notion that American Jews are growing less attached to Israel. According to a study released by three researchers at the Steinhardt Social Research Institute, a prominent demographic research center at Brandeis University, an analysis of survey data going back more than a decade suggests that American Jewish attachment to…
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Bully for You
Adventures in sibling conflict, installment #3,121: Three months ago, at the Sacred Ritual Changing of the Toothbrushes, it was Josie’s turn to choose a brush. She chose the pink My Little Pony version with lavender bristles, leaving the purple one with blue bristles for Maxie, who wailed in thwarted fury. (If I could get the…
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Eating (Jewish) in India
The candles were lit just before sundown, and the Sabbath meal was about to be served. Instead of challah, though, we started off with tapioca chips. And there was no sign of brisket anywhere. For we were in Kochi, India (formerly known as Cochin), and the setting for Friday dinner was at one of the…
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