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Hillel Releases First Guide for Gay, Lesbian Students
Last week, Hillel’s president announced the completion of a guide that aims to help its staff members welcome “lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning” students. The 186-page resource was written and edited by a largely gay-and-lesbian-identified group of Hillel professionals, several of whom have been discreetly meeting for years. This is their most concerted…
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Debate Underscores Orthodox Community’s Rightward Drift
Los Angeles – At a recent debate over which party should receive the Orthodox Jewish vote, the strongest Democratic Party defender was a man who once headed up Democrats for Richard Nixon and later supported former Republican senator Alfonse D’Amato. The debate, held here at the Orthodox Union’s West Coast Torah Convention, pitted Democrat David…
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Hasidic Leaders Arrested
A chief rabbi of the Spinka ultra-Orthodox sect and his aide were indicted in California last week for using their synagogues to launder money. Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Weisz was arrested in Los Angeles along with his top aide, Moshe Zigelman, for what the U.S. Attorney’s Office describes as a “sophisticated tax fraud and money laundering…
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Ethiopians Face Unclear Future as Immigration Ends
A medical clinic in Ethiopia that emerged as an icon of the Jewish rescue effort in the country will close its doors next month, leading relief organizations to wonder about the future of those who remain in the country. The clinic, which was set up in 1990, emerged as the de facto capital of the…
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A Portrait of the Artist as a (Very) Young Man
According to the London-based Saatchi Gallery’s Web site, painter Freddie Linsky, who has recently shown in Boston and in West Palm Beach, Fla., has dedicated his “whole life” to his art and is a “familiar face” at press viewings held at London’s major galleries. But though Saatchi’s mission is to present work by “largely unseen…
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Online Battles: Thoughts on Video Games
In addiction, the first step is admitting you have a problem. And Josie has a problem. She’s jonesing for Toontown. Toontown is an online multi-player game. The Toons, cute animated creatures, struggle to defend Toontown from the Cogs, soulless corporate robots in boxy business suits trying to turn the colorful town into a dreary gray…
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"Frontline" Producer Honored
ISRAELI-BORN FILMMAKER OFRA BIKEL HONORED WITH CHANCELLOR AWARD “Journalism is our first line of defense against those who will spread lies,” said Alan Brinkley, Columbia University’s provost, at the November 13 John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism dinner. Brinkley was quoting none other than the late NBC News anchor Chancellor. The black-tie event honored…
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Israeli Operations in Gaza Meet Little Resistance in Washington
Washington – As Israel stepped up air attacks on Gaza this week, the Bush administration refrained from blocking any measures or criticizing Israel’s activity. The Israeli Air Force last week renewed the practice known as “targeted killing” against members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group in Gaza. Israeli officials have said in recent weeks that…
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Rural Converts Journey Into Judaism
A rural community described as “far away from everywhere,” Cairo, Ill., boasts 40 churches, 40 blocks and fewer than 4,000 people — and as of earlier this month, it also has 55 brand-new Jews. Dozens of Cairo’s residents — all African American and ranging from toddler to senior citizen — visited a mikveh in Memphis,…
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Decades After Camp David, Resistance to Normalization Endures in Egypt
Cairo, Egypt – The American University in Cairo is a neatly landscaped stronghold of Egypt’s ruling elite, the alma mater of the wife and children of the country’s autocratic and deeply unpopular president, Hosni Mubarak. As a symbol of the ruling class and its close ties to the United States, the university has long been…
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As Torture Debate Heats Up, Jewish Groups Stay Mum
The American Jewish Committee last week became the first, and to date only, mainstream Jewish group to give strong public backing to proposed legislation that would ban the use of torture by American military, intelligence and law-enforcement personnel. On December 10, the AJCommittee’s board of governors passed a resolution expressly condemning the use of so-called…
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