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Y.U. Honors Tulane President
RESOURCEFUL TULANE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT COWEN HONORED BY YESHIVA It’s safe to say that when Yeshiva University president Richard Joel conferred the Doctor of Humane Letters — honoris causa — upon Hillary Clinton (in 2005) and John McCain (in 2006) at Y.U.’s annual Hanukkah Dinner and Convocation, those were not political endorsements. But if the president…
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Hairy Situation: A Laser Technician for Observant Women
‘Feel my leg,” said Shulamis Soffer, 27, offering up a silky, hair-free gam for inspection. The Orthodox Brooklyn native’s legs are just-got-a-wax smooth, and, thanks to the magic of lasers, they always will be. A licensed laser hair removal specialist, Soffer wants to help as many people as possible experience the same sort of razor-free…
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N.Y. Sun: Obama’s Stance on Israel Should Be Welcomed, Not Attacked
The decidedly right-wing New York Sun — a fervent defender of Israel that’s hawkish on the Mideast and bearish on prospects for peace with the Palestinians — is defending Barack Obama from Republican charges that he’s weak when it comes to supporting Israel. The Sun’s editorialist writes: New York Republicans, according to an article in…
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Rabbi’s Incitement Against Olmert Threatens To Split Apart Chabad
In a major blow to a decade-long campaign to play down divisions within the Chabad-Lubavitch ultra-Orthodox movement, the sect’s Israeli leadership appears ready to publicly distance itself from a significant messianic strand within the movement. The unexpected development has been forced on the Chabad leadership by a spreading tide of anger toward the movement this…
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Threat To Cut U.S. Aid Opens Rift With Egypt
Pro-Israel advocates in Washington refrained from contesting a congressional decision last month to withhold part of American military aid to Egypt, in what appears to be a departure from a 30-year-old unwritten understanding that Israel would help Cairo fight off any efforts to cut American assistance to Egypt. Since 1979, when Washington put together generous…
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House Leaders Vow Tough Stance on Iran
Oakland, Calif. – In the wake of Rep. Tom Lantos’s announcement last week that he will retire from Congress later this year, both potential successors to his chairmanship of the powerful House Foreign Affairs Committee are promising no significant shift in policy toward Israel and Iran. The only Holocaust survivor ever to serve in Congress,…
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Jewish Allies Quarry Support for McCain and Obama in Granite State
New Hampshire may only have 10,000 Jews, but the state’s primary election had a Jewish stamp on it. Senator John McCain’s surprising win in the Granite State came just days after he received backing from Joe Lieberman, the Senate’s most famous Jew, while Barack Obama got help from Paul Hodes, one of New Hampshire’s four…
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Kashrut Certifiers Fight Over Slaughterhouse Turf
A conflict between supervising rabbis at an embattled kosher slaughterhouse has become public, opening a window into the usually closed world of kashrut certification. Rabbis who represent K’hal Adath Jeshurun, a small ultra-Orthodox community based in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan, have announced that they will not continue to certify products at the huge…
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With Detroit Economy Sputtering, Federation Offers Housing Help
With the city’s population reeling from a battered economy and a plunging housing market, the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit has begun offering housing assistance to Jewish families to help stave off the threat of foreclosure. For the past month, the Jewish Housing Assistance Program has been providing loans, advice and negotiating assistance to community…
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Kosher Meat Company Loses Legal Fight to Union
It has not been a good week for AgriProcessors, the world’s largest kosher slaughterhouse. In addition to a falling-out between two of its kashrut certifiers, the company recently lost an appeal in federal court and continues to field attacks from the slaughterhouse workers’ union. Last week, a federal court of appeals rejected AgriProcessors’ claim that…
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Activists Push for New Religious Politics
A coalition of Jewish activists is working to inject the presidential race with “values voters” — from the left. Dubbed the “Righteous Indignation Project,” the newly launched campaign has Jewish social justice groups in 10 cities trying to mobilize liberal Jews to participate in broader voter education and registration drives in 2008. Organizers say they’re…
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