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Sderot Businesses Driven Out by Rockets
Haifa, Israel – The plight of the embattled residents of Sderot dominated Israel’s national agenda this week, as intensified rockets attacks on the Negev town from nearby Gaza drove protesters out onto the streets of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv to lambaste the government’s inability to quell the violence. An estimated 250 angry Sderot residents stopped…
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Rabbis Criticize Good Friday Prayer
Washington – In a last-minute scramble at their annual convention this week, the union of Conservative rabbis brought to the floor and passed a resolution warning that a newly revised Catholic prayer could damage four decades of progress in Catholic-Jewish relations. The draft resolution, which was being rushed into attendees’ hands moments before they assembled…
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Politicians Hit the Jewish Circuit in Run-up to Potomac Primary
Washington – As rival Democratic camps jockeyed for advantage in the days before the so-called Potomac Primary, Jewish residents of the Washington area got their chance this week to get up close and personal with some top endorsers of the Democratic presidential contenders, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Both candidates sent out supporters in Congress…
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Widespread Slaughter Method Scrutinized for Alleged Cruelty
Over the past few decades, kosher meat producers have learned what many others in the industry know: The broad expanses of rural Argentina and Uruguay have everything needed to make great beef, with a stable climate and seemingly endless pastures for grazing. The labor is cheap, and the open pastures on which the cows are…
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Serious Falafel: Served With(out) a Smile
On November 2, 1995, NBC aired the 116th episode of “Seinfeld,” titled “The Soup Nazi.” It featured a brilliant but moody chef known for his transcendent lobster bisque and his less-than-warm personality. Since then, fans of the show have deployed the title as something of a term of endearment for their own local culinary wizards:…
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‘Sabado Gigante’ Host Gets Personal… and Brings Cameras
As host of what the Guinness book of world records calls the “longest running show on television,” Chilean TV personality Don Francisco has hardly lived a private life. But throughout his 46 years on the air, there has been part of the talk show host’s life about which he has always remained silent. Don Francisco,…
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Keeping the Faith
Faith in its many forms is the subject of an exhibit of photographs currently on display at the Brooklyn Public Library. Diversity of Devotion: Celebrating New York’s Spiritual Harmony features some 60 works by 36 photographers. The images portray more than 27 different religions — not only those familiar to Americans, but also lesser-known faiths…
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Yid.Dish: Dreaming of Shakshuka
Last summer, during the height of tomato season, The Jew & The Carrot blogger, Alix gave us this recipe for shakshuka. Unless you live in Mexico, the tomatoes are nowhere near in season these days – but we can dream. Thanks to the folks at Jewlicious for sharing their version of Shakshuka, from a bonafide…
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Sabbath Fundraiser Draws Obama Backers
Washington — With the campaign season in full swing, politics is infusing every element of life in the nation’s capital — even the Jewish Sabbath. Last Saturday, only days before primary votes in Washington, Maryland and Virginia, supporters of Barack Obama harnessed the Havdalah ceremony, marking the end of Sabbath, to raise money for the…
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Tom Lantos Left Behind Human Rights Legacy
The flags dipped at half-staff over the Capitol, the warm remembrances flooded e-mail inboxes, the “Have you heard?” phone calls took a solemn tone. U.S. Rep. Tom Lantos (D-Calif.) earned all these tributes. He died Monday of esophageal cancer at the age of 80. The mourning was not just for a man but for the…
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Tom Lantos, Age 80, Holocaust Survivor and Congress Member
Tom Lantos, the only Holocaust survivor ever elected to the U.S. Congress, has died. Lantos, 80, a Democrat from California, died at Bethesda Naval Hospital in suburban Washington, Jewish sources said Monday. Lantos announced last month that this term would be his last in the U.S. House of Representatives; he had been diagnosed with cancer…
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