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Boston Rabbinical Program Challenges Denominational Boundaries
For better or for worse, what one first notices about the fledgling Hebrew College rabbinical program is what it is not: It’s not affiliated with a movement or committed to a single view of how Jewish law is meant to be understood. And it’s not very big or old — the first of its 45…
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Mizrahi Kills At Purim Ball
MIZRAHI PURIM SHPIEL SHOWCASES ESTHER AS AN ADOPTEE WITH TWO DADDIES When fashion guru Isaac Mizrahi mounted The Waldorf-Astoria’s ballroom stage with the aid of a walker, he assured the festive crowd at the Jewish Museum’s February 27 Purim Ball: “It was only a car accident. I’ll be fine… I’m your fabulous celebrity Purim shpiel…
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A Sense of Direction
The book of Exodus comes to a close this week with laws relating to gift-giving for the Tabernacle and the details of its construction. In what appears to be a fund-raiser’s fantasy, Moses relates God’s command that the Israelites “give their heart’s desire” (Exodus 35:5), and they give so much he has to ask them…
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Richardson On Deck
Check out New Mexico Governor and presidential dark horse Bill Richardson at the DL21C’s next Road to the White House series event. When: Monday, March 26 8:30 pm (doors open at 8:00 pm) Where: Zanzibar, 645 9th Avenue @ 45th St.
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Parental Perspectives
Anyone who has walked through a bookstore recently knows there’s no shortage of parenting books. From getting your baby to sleep through the night to understanding what your ‘tweens are doing online, shelves are overflowing with advice for the sleep-deprived, jittery or just plain puzzled parent. But what if you’re looking for a Jewish take…
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Feminist Portraits
Photographer Joan Roth focuses her lens on women living and working in the former Soviet Union whose lives have been touched by Project Kesher, an organization that helps women in the region participate in Jewish life while providing them with skills to be leaders in Jewish community building and social activism. Roth’s new body of…
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In the Desert
Howard Marblestone, Charles Elliot professor of Greek and Latin at Lafayette College, has written me often over the years, generally to correct — always gently and kindly — some Greek or Latin gaffe of mine. Now, in the course of commenting on my February 9 column, “Biblical Discontinuity,” he chides me for referring to the…
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Bronfman Pushes Longtime Lieutenant Out of the World Jewish Congress
The president of the World Jewish Congress, beverage heir Edgar Bronfman, announced Wednesday that the organization was severing all ties with his most trusted adviser during the last two decades. During a meeting of the WJC steering committee, Bronfman announced that he had decided to end the organization’s relationship with Rabbi Israel Singer, the organization’s…
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Edwards Up Next
Former North Carolina senator and current presidential contender John Edwards wasn’t on hand a Aipac’s policy conference in Washington earlier this week, but he will be appearing before a Jewish audience very soon. Edwards will appear at a meeting organized by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations next Thursday afternoon, March 22,…
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Yid.Dish: Bitter Green Salad With Roasted Pears
From the Associated Press: For years, horseradish has enjoyed a place of privilege at the seder, the carb- and symbolism-heavy meal that celebrates Passover. Along with its counterparts on the Passover plate, horseradish helps tell the story of the Jews’ liberation from Egyptian slavery and exodus into the desert: Unleavened, cracker-like matzoh recalls the bread…
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AJCommittee Boss on Jewish Support: Hill’s Up, Obama’s Rising and Rudy, McCain and Newt All Got Game
David Harris, executive director of the American Jewish Committee, tells YNET that Hillary is the presumptive frontrunner for Jewish votes in the Democratic primaries, but that he’s starting to hear buzz about Obama. On the Republican side, Harris cited Rudy, McCain and Newt as GOPers with widespread support in the Jewish community. (Go to this…
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