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House of Saud Mulls Building Hotel on Tel Aviv Beachfront
Jerusalem – It is unclear how the elaborate courtship between Israeli and Saudi government officials will play out in advance of the upcoming Arab League Summit in Riyadh. But some Jewish and Arab businessmen are already looking to tie the knot on a deal that could lead to the development of a Saudi-financed hotel in…
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Aipac Conference: Pastor Hailed, Bibi Dissed, Pollard Rejected, While Politicians Preen
Washington – Perhaps the most enthusiastically received speaker at this year’s annual Aipac conference was the fiery evangelical leader Pastor John Hagee. During his speech Sunday night to the 6,000 delegates, he drew no fewer than seven standing ovations, including one that came after he bellowed, “It is 1938, Iran is Germany and Amadinejad is…
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After Longterm Arab Boycott, Coke Now the Target of Zionist Group’s Protest
For decades, the Arab world blackballed Coca-Cola over the company’s decision to enter the Israeli marketplace. Now, the oldest Zionist organization in the United States is calling for a boycott of the beverage maker. The Zionist Organization of America is accusing Coca-Cola of “antisemitic and immoral conduct” regarding a bottling facility in Egypt that the…
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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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