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Bush Administration Loses Again on Terror Financing
It was supposed to be the mother of all terrorism financing cases. Government prosecutors had worked for years to prepare for the trial of what was the largest Muslim charity in America, the Texas-based Holy Land Foundation for Reconstruction Relief and Development, on charges of providing material support to Hamas. But this week, after a…
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Gelt Complex: Bukharians Swing Big, A First For Russian Jews, Arab Principal Honored
Bukharians Swing Big America’s Bukharian Jewish community may only number 75,000 people, but last Thursday it was swinging well above its weight. At a Thursday event in a Senate building, the Bukharian Jewish Congress attracted six senators and three members of the House for lunch on a busy day. Among those paying tribute to the…
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Comments by Belarus’s President Draw Ire
Moscow – After Belarus’s president made a stinging remark about Israel and his own country’s Jewish community, some local Jewish communal leaders say they fear they may be caught in the crossfire of Iran’s growing relationship with their country. The offending comments came during a live radio broadcast October 12, when the president of Belarus,…
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Chai for Hillary
If you’re in DC tonight, check out Chai for HIllary – a network of Jews backing the junior senator from New York. Suggested contribution? You guessed it: $18.
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Frontier Fighters
When Israeli sergeant Ben Kubani was killed in action on October 17 on the outskirts of the city of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, the men responsible for his death came from a Hamas militia known as el-murabitun. This is Arabic for “the frontier fighters” — unless, that is, one is discussing medieval…
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Holy Runners
This year, on November 4, the New York City Marathon Minyan will celebrate its 25th year of enabling runners to join a minyan, lay tefillin and really shout out the blessing “hanoten layaef koakh” (“He who gives strength to the weary”), all prior to setting out on the grueling 26.2-mile course through the city’s five…
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Kosher Calls: Online Ring Tones
When a cell phone goes off in synagogue, it usually elicits dirty looks and snickers. But when one California-based entrepreneur heard a fellow shul-goer’s Matisyahu ring tone, a light bulb went off in his head. “I wanted to find more kosher mobile content that could appeal to the religious community as well as to kids,”…
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Bible Study
For his first book, “The Know-It-All” (Simon & Schuster, 2004), Esquire editor A.J. Jacobs tasked himself with reading the entire Encyclopedia Britannica — from “a-ak” to “zywiec” — to become the smartest person in the world. When it came time for him to pen a second work, he wanted to immerse himself in something even…
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Singing the Gospel for Obama
The Obama campaign is announcing the launch of an “unprecedented gospel concert tour” in South Carolina as part of the campaign’s grassroots “40 Days of Faith & Family” effort. The concerts, which will be next week, will feature Mary Mary, Donnie McClurkin and Hezekiah Walker, Grammy Award winners all, as well as gospel quartet the…
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Foxman Pens New Tome
A MYRIAD OF GOLDAS AND A FOXMAN BOOK PARTY It’s raining Goldas! First came Sholem Aleychem’s Golda, Tevye the milkman’s wife. In 1982, Ingrid Bergman portrayed Golda Meir in the TV bio-film “A Woman Named Golda.” In 2003, Tovah Feldshuh channeled Meir in William Gibson’s Broadway hit “Golda’s Balcony,” and she also portrays Meir in…
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GOP Candidates Use Jewish Forum To Knock Bush’s Push for Peace
Washington – In an appearance before Jewish voters Tuesday, all five Republican presidential candidates expressed skepticism about the Bush administration’s current push for peace between the Israelis and Palestinians. The event, hosted by the Republican Jewish Coalition, featured the leading contenders for the GOP nomination: Rudy Giuliani, Sam Brownback, John McCain, Mitt Romney and Fred…
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