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Israeli Boycott Effort Deemed Illegal in Britain
Britain’s largest academic union decided this week not to go ahead with discussions about potentially boycotting Israeli universities. Last May, the country’s University and College Union voted to open up discussions about the “moral implications” of ties with Israeli institutions in light of the “denial of educational rights” to Palestinians. Last week, the union’s legal…
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Debate Over Sabbatical Year Drives Up Prices, Spurs Challenges to Chief Rabbinate
Kibbutz Be’erot Yitzhak, Israel – Debate over how to implement the biblical injunction to let the Land of Israel lie fallow every seventh year is sowing the seeds for a potential rebellion against the state’s chief rabbinate. Since Rosh Hashanah, when the most recent sabbatical — or shmita — year began, Israel’s Modern and ultra…
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Former Secretary of Defense Puts Up Mezuza After D.C. Rabbi Reaches Out
Washington – Former secretary of defense William Cohen had long had a mezuza sitting around his house, but it was only during the recent High Holy Days that he got around to putting it up on his door. Cohen grew up going to synagogue, but after being spurned by his childhood rabbi, he distanced himself…
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Gelt Complex: Jewish Sites Get Grants, Big Bucks for Methane
Jewish Sites Get Grants Jewish institutions were the primary recipients of federal grants from the Department of Homeland Security meant to help not-for-profits cope with security risks. Out of $24 million allocated this year, synagogues, Jewish community centers and other communal institutions received $19.6 million. Of the 308 not-for-profits that were awarded the grants, 251…
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Sephardic Flavors
For us Ashkenazim, getting guidance in cooking the cuisine of our ancestors is easy: We just consult one of the many Ashkenazic cookbooks in our libraries. But for Syrian Jews raised in the Sephardic tradition, finding recipes that existed outside the minds of aging Syrian women has been nearly impossible. Until now, that is. Poopa…
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Long Lost Twins, Reunited
Human beings have always been fascinated by twins. Romulus and Remus, Jacob and Esau, Mary-Kate and Ashley. We love ultrasound images of twins hugging (or punching) in utero, stories about shared secret languages, notions of twin-to-twin ESP, movies like “The Parent Trap.” (But c’mon, identical cousins? That’s crazy talk!) As children, many of us fantasized…
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McCain Slammed for Saying U.S. a "Christian Nation"
Republican presidential candidate John McCain is under fire from Jewish groups after saying the U.S. is a “Christian Nation.” In a video interview with beliefnet.com the Arizona senator said America was founded “on Christian principles” and that it is in fact a “Christian nation.” McCain, however, did add that he meant that “in the broadest…
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The Aipac – Moran Face Off
Rep. Jim Moran is still feeling the heat after saying that Aipac pushed America to war in Iraq. First it was the Jewish lawmakers’ letter denouncing him, then came the rebuke from the Democratic leadership. Finally, Moran heard it from Aipac directly. The Washington Post reports that six Aipac members from Moran’s district met with…
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Dance the Night Away
Over the past few years, some congregations in New York City have put a new spin on the old song “Dancing in the Street” as they celebrate Simchat Torah, the annual completion and recommencement of the cycle of reading the Torah. The festival, which this year begins October 4 at sundown, is observed amid much…
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Film: Rescued Art Of WWII
“THE RAPE OF EUROPA”: A MUST-SEE FILM “The Rape of Europa” (based on the eponymous book by Lynn Nicholas) is a film that needs to be seen by every high school student, college student, history teacher, history buff, art teacher and museumgoer worldwide. It is not about the famous allegorical painting by Titian (1487-1576); it’s…
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Congress Throws Covert Israeli Attack on Syria Out Into the Open
Washington – As Israel and the United States struggle to maintain a veil of ambiguity over Israel’s alleged air strike against Syria earlier this month, Congress is bringing the issue out into the open and giving American sanction to an event that now seems all but confirmed. Democrat Robert Wexler from Florida introduced a resolution…
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