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Lawsuits Dropped, But Battles Over Boston Mosque Continue
Boston – At a June 20 meeting at a synagogue in the Boston suburbs, a pro-Israel group quickened the drum beat against a local Muslim group accused of receiving funding from Saudi Arabia. Charles Jacobs, president of The David Project, received a standing ovation from a crowd at Kehillath Israel Synagogue in Brookline after he…
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GELT COMPLEX: Challenger Wins at EJC, GOP Reaching Out, Birthright Milestone, Aipac Launches Digest
Challenger Wins at EJC In a watershed election, Russian tycoon Moshe Kantor won the presidency of the European Jewish Congress, marking the first time that an Eastern European has taken the reins of an international Jewish organization. In the secret-ballot election, Kantor won 55 votes. The incumbent, Pierre Besnainou, won 30 votes in the bitterly…
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Kitsch Corner
Forget those old tin containers. Pull out the crayons and glue, and let young philanthropists put their personal stamp on artful tzedakah boxes. The Creative Judaica Kit Company’s do-it-yourself set comes with a blank cardboard money box, colorful stickers, a giving goal sheet, decorating tips and activity suggestions for kids to enhance their tikkun olam…
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Polish Museum Draws Scant Protest
On Tuesday, a “Who’s Who” of American Jewish philanthropists joined Polish President Lech Kaczynski in Warsaw to break ground on the Museum of the History of Polish Jews, an institution being billed as a foundation on which to rebuild understanding between Poles and Jews. The scene would have been hard to imagine just a generation…
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Togs for a Cause
When Ilanit Levinger’s marriage fell apart, she took what seemed to be the next logical step: She sought a divorce. But for the 34-year-old Israeli, the painful process of severing ties with a spouse became one that was drawn-out and bitter, spanning seven years. Her husband refused to grant her a get (bill of divorce),…
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Out to Eat: A Restaurant Guide
Everyone has a kids-in-restaurants horror story. My friend Lily watched two grade schoolers methodically finger-painting with ketchup all over the walls and window of her local diner. My friend Idit watched two boys loudly playing catch with packets of jelly in front of the swinging doors to the kitchen. At a family-owned fish place in…
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Supreme Court Hobbles Taxpayer Church-State Suits
The Supreme Court dealt a blow to church-state watchdogs this morning with its ruling in the Hein v. Freedom From Religion Case. In a 5-4 decision authored by Justice Alito, the Court ruled that the Freedom From Religion Foundation does not have the legal right to challenge the use of government funds by the White…
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House Republicans to Aipac: Don’t Take Our Vote Personally
Thursday’s House vote on the foreign operations bill provided Democrats with an opportunity in the latest round of the never-ending “who is better for Israel” debate. Having been bashed on this issue in the past, House Democrats now came up with a winning card. It all started with a memo distributed by the Republican leadership…
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Hamlisch Hits The Keys at ISEF Benefit
ISEF OFFERS ISRAELI YOUTH A CHANCE AT A FUTURE Marvin Hamlisch, guest artist at the May 14 International Sephardic Education Foundation benefit, told the black-tie crowd at New York’s Mandarin Oriental that as a graduate of the Juilliard School, he’d landed a job as rehearsal pianist for “Funny Girl,” which starred Barbra Streisand. This led…
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Union Boss: Bloomberg "Sure Sounded Like He Was Thinking About" Running
Those are the words of Joseph Hansen, the international president of the United Food & Commercial Workers International Union, who spoke with the Forward at a dinner put on by the Jewish Labor Committee in NYC last night. According to Hansen, Bloomberg met with top union leaders, including the Teamsters’ general president, James P. Hoffa,…
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Footlik v. Seals
It turns out that Jay Footlik, the former Clinton aide running for Congress in the 10th district of Illinois, will have a primary opponent. Dan Seals, who nearly upset U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk in last year’s election, announced today that he will run again. Meanwhile, Josh Kraushaar of the Politico has a post up about…
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