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L.A.’s Main Jewish Thoroughfare Threatened by Looming Traffic Plan
Los Angeles – When Aviva Krieger needs a loaf of challah or kosher groceries to feed her Orthodox Jewish family of five, she routinely visits the stretch of Pico Boulevard that has become this city’s central Jewish shopping district. Now, with the threat of a new city-mandated traffic plan looming over the area, many, including…
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Fractured Black Vote May Send Indiana’s Sole Jewish Lawmaker to D.C.
When the Democratic presidential contest comes to Indiana in several weeks, Senator Barack Obama will not be the only politician counting on a multicultural coalition. Further down the ticket, in a primary race packed with more than a half-dozen candidates, the state’s only Jewish lawmaker is looking to a biracial, interfaith coalition of voters to…
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As Controversy Over French Author Simmers, Museum Plans To Enter Fray
With a mix of excitement and trepidation, New York’s Museum of Jewish Heritage announced this week that it is planning to stage an exhibition devoted to the writer Irène Némirovsky in the fall. The exhibition, the first museum show ever devoted to the recently rediscovered French author, is in many regards a coup for the…
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A Rabbi With a Knack for Publicity Wins Coveted and Historic Visit From the Pope
When Benedict XVI pays his respects at Manhattan’s Park East Synagogue on April 18, it will be the first visit by any pope to an American synagogue. It will also be a crowning achievement for the man who greets him: Rabbi Arthur Schneier. Yet Schneier was not selected for the honor because he represents America’s…
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Hasid Goes Undercover To Aid Drug Sting
Haifa, Israel – A few months ago, Israeli police planning a sting were hard-pressed to find a convincing small-time dealer who could buy large quantities of drugs without arousing suspicion. In the end, they settled on a novel solution: a Hasidic man who would claim he was buying for students at his yeshiva. The case…
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Passover Law Roils Israel’s Orthodox
Haifa, Israel – Israel’s restive religious parties exploded in fury last week after a court gave an apparent carte blanche to shops and restaurants to sell bread and other leavened goods during the Passover holiday. Jewish religious law forbids the possession during Passover of bread and similar products, known in Hebrew as hametz. In Israel,…
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Study Estimates Assets of Arab Lands’ Jews
In the first effort to methodically calculate the amount lost by Jews who fled Arab countries after the creation of Israel, a Holocaust restitution expert estimated that the losses amounted to $6 billion. The study, performed by Sidney Zabludoff and published this month in a journal published by the conservative Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs,…
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Carter’s Planned Hamas Meeting Draws Boos
Washington — Former president Jimmy Carter’s plan to meet with the exiled leader of Hamas in Damascus is drawing criticism from Democrats and Republicans alike. According to an April 9 report in the London-based Arabic daily Al Hayat, Carter is scheduled to meet April 18 with Khaled Meshaal. Carter would become the first American senior…
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Deep South Christians Take Seat at Seder Table
A shofar blast is not the traditional opening of a Passover Seder. Neither is an invocational prayer to Jesus. But Christ Our Passover is no ordinary Passover gathering. When some 1,300 Christians take their seats inside the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Ala., on April 15, they will have assembled into one of the largest…
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Two Radio Stations Bump Israel Ads
For the legions of commentators and bloggers who try to discern the Middle Eastern bias of the New York Times, this week offered two contradictory pieces of evidence. On the Gray Lady’s front page April 5, there was a story describing the plight of the residents of Sderot, the Israel town under fire from Gaza….
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Peres To Convene Confab on Israeli and Jewish Future
Jerusalem — More than a thousand leading politicians, scholars and scientists from around the world are set to convene in Jerusalem next month with the lofty goal of outlining a blueprint for the future of Israel and the Jewish people. The global leaders will gather in the Jewish state May 13 for “Facing Tomorrow,” a…
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