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Gelt Complex: Protest in Front of U.N., WJC Official Aids Hillary, Aliyah Feud, UJC To Fund Evacuees
Protest in Front of U.N. An estimated 4,000 people protested in front of the United Nations on Monday, calling for international action to free three Israeli soldiers who were captured last summer by Hamas and Hezbollah. The event marked the one-year anniversary of the abduction of soldiers Gilad Shalit, Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev. The…
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At Least McCain Will Always Have the RJC
Floundering presidential contender John McCain is scheduled to speak at a breakfast of the Republican Jewish Coalition in New York a week from Friday. Apparently, a $1,000 donation to the RJC buys a picture with the much-fallen front-runner… As one Republican operative has snarkily observed to me: “Why would he waste his time raising $$$…
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U.N. Allegedly Rethinking Status of Disputed Border
United Nations – As the first anniversary of last summer’s war between Israel and Hezbollah approaches, the United Nations’ recognition of Israel’s full withdrawal from Lebanon in 2000 reportedly may be revoked, threatening to provide new ideological ammunition to the militant Shi’ite group. The U.N. cartographer in charge of delineating the Israeli-Lebanese border is scheduled…
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The Sholem Aleichem Bobblehead Doll
He is a central figure in Yiddish literature and one of the most beloved — and prolific — Yiddish writers of all time. And now he is available in miniature form. The Sholem Aleichem Bobblehead Doll is a 7-inch, full-color, “fabulously packaged,” wobbly-headed replica of the man who wrote such masterpieces as “Motl, the Cantor’s…
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Playing Politics
Although former president Bill Clinton fooled around with, among other things, a tenor saxophone, politics and music are nonetheless strange bedfellows. But Danny Ross doesn’t care. The 23-year-old singer/songwriter, who just released his first album, “Introducing Danny Ross!” also works as a staffer for New York City Congressman Jerrold Nadler. “I run the office operations,”…
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Pioneers in the Black Hills
It’s doubtful that Calamity Jane loved Wild Bill Hickock as much as local lore alleges, but there’s no disputing that the tomboy gunslinger bought groceries from Jacob Goldberg on Main Street. The proof is neatly written in an 1895 ledger from “J. Goldberg, Dealer in Groceries, Provisions and Produce,” on display downtown at the Adams…
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A Tribute to Sills
REMEMBERING BEVERLY SILLS: A BROOKLYN BORN DIVA WHO THRILLED THE WORLD When the Forward was preparing its 100th anniversary special edition in August 1997, Beverly Sills (who, at age 78, died July 2 of lung cancer) was one of several dozen New York personalities and politicians whom I invited to pose reading the English and/or…
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Krakow Jewish Fest Features Notable Absence: Jews
Krakow, Poland – About 13,000 people crowded the main square in the cobblestone-paved former Jewish quarter of Krakow last week for the finale of this year’s Jewish Culture Festival. The event — which is funded by the Polish government, the city of Krakow, the Friends of the Krakow Jewish Culture Festival in New York and…
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Pro-Israel Lobby Throws Support Behind Fatah-Led Palestinian Cabinet
Washington – Pro-Israel lobbyists and legislators have become unexpected cheerleaders for the Palestinian leadership after the new Fatah-led Cabinet took action against Hamas. In a memo sent out to congressional offices this week, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee commended the new Palestinian government for “taking important steps needed for peace” and for breaking ties…
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U.N. Rights Chief Takes Her Case to Congress
United Nations – It took three years for the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, Louise Arbour, to make her first official visit to Washington. When she finally made her way to the capital last month, the cause she found herself advocating was none other than her own. The House and Senate have introduced…
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Video Renews Beefs About Slaughterhouse’s Practices
A video from a kosher slaughterhouse in Nebraska is reigniting concern about the way the nation’s largest kosher meat company handles its animals. The three-and-a-half minute video shows bloody images of cows being killed at the Local Pride slaughterhouse in Gordon, Neb., which is owned by the Brooklyn-based Rubashkin family. The footage was filmed and…
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