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UCLA Rabbi Apologizes For Attacking Activist
What began as a campus dispute over Israel resulted in a four-year legal battle that came to an end only this month, after a top campus rabbi in Los Angeles issued a formal apology. “I am deeply sorry that I hit, kicked and scratched you and called you a liar on October 21, 2003,” Rabbi…
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A Night Full Of Maazel
YOU GOTTA HAVE A LITTLE MAAZEL — ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA BENEFIT Led by conductor Lorin Maazel, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra’s January 30 concert in New York at Carnegie Hall’s Isaac Stern Auditorium led off with a flawless rendition of Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No 3. Guest artist Maxim Vengerov performed a bravura interpretation of Beethoven’s Violin…
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Homeland Security Official: A Disaster is an "Unexpected Event"
The need for Americans to manage their expectations of how well the government can respond in the event of a disaster was a consistent theme struck by Department of Homeland Security official George Foresman in his interview with NPR’s Steve Inskeep this morning. Below are some telling excerpts from the interview, beginning with Foresman’s response…
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Life in the Fast Lane
Jon Denning was recently driving down Interstate 81 to Danville, Va., near the South Boston Speedway, to begin training for the first Nascar race of his second season, scheduled for March 10 at Orange County Speedway in North Carolina. He is at home behind the wheel. Denning spoke to me on his cell phone, with…
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The Coat Conundrum
I made a parenting mistake the other day. (Just one, you say?) (Shut up, I say, before realizing that those voices in my head are not real.) There was a teachable moment dangling right in front of me and I missed it. Just totally whiffed. Here’s what happened. I got Josie the hat of her…
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Ladies’ Night
The newly formed Professional Women’s Theatre presents its debut production, “Shir La Maalote — Elevating the World Through Song and Dance.” The group was created to increase opportunities for Torah-observant women entertainers wishing to perform halachically. The production, which is by women and for women only, is made up of dancers and a diverse line-up…
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Pious Playmates
Look out, Barbie! Gali Girls just released a new line of Jewish dolls decked out in full-length denim skirts, complete with a wooden toy Sabbath kit, a Hebrew/English-name birth certificate, and matching Star of David bracelets for doll and owner. These little frum girls have hair that is either curly or straight, in blond, brown…
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Yiddish’s Linguistic Drift
Stephen Fisher of Missouri writes: “My grandparents were native Yiddish speakers and my parents were native English speakers. I heard my grandparents speak Yiddish among themselves, but they spoke English to their children and grandchildren. In my childhood, we used a number of Yiddish words in our English; however, I soon learned not to include…
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Let the Boredom Begin
This week’s reading begins: “The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Tell the Israelite people to bring Me gifts…” (Exodus 25:1-2) The rest of the book of Exodus deals with the construction of the Tabernacle, a portable temple, from these gifts, with a short reprise for the production of the golden calf, and a few pronouncements…
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Which is the Bigger Threat: Iran or Hamas?
Most pro-Israel activists agree: Hamas is a bad thing, Iranian nukes are a bad thing. For Israeli and American policy-makers, the tough question is: Which threat should take priority? At the American Jewish Committee, it depends who you ask. Yehudit Barsky, director of the organization’s New York-based Division on Middle East and International Terrorism, says…
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