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That Hanukkah Business
Every Tuesday morning in the village of Chelm, Reb Cantor the merchant and Rabbi Yohon Abrahms the schoolteacher (and mashgiach) went for an early morning walk. They met in the village square when it was still black out, squinting up at the sky as the sun crept up inch by inch over the Black Forest,…
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Family Fare
Hanukkah wouldn’t be complete without a mischievous blue goblin, a conniving, busybody neighbor, a boy named Jakob and a couple of magic dreidels. The Jewish Theatre of the South presents “The Magic Dreidels,” a family show written by Jenna Zark and based on the book by Eric Kimmel. Set on the first night of Hanukkah…
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The Click of a Mouse
From MySpace to YouTube to eBay, it seems everyone is tuned into the Internet these days. So it’s surprising that it took quite so long for profit-minded members of the tribe to recognize the shortage of online spots to shop for that perfect Hanukkah gift. But in recent years, a slew of Web sites have…
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Five Fab Finds
Does your sister really need another set of scented candles? Doesn’t your father have enough ties? Forget the old standbys! Here’s a collection of brand-new finds that should satisfy even the most persnickety of relations. Tuned In Yuk it up with “George Burns: The TV Specials Collection,” a newly released four-DVD boxed set that features…
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Jacob’s Camps, Jacob’s Gifts
More than one Jewish summer camp director has a jocular placard in his office displaying this half-verse from Psalm 27: “Though a camp be encamped against me, my heart will not fear….” Okay, true, that’s a somewhat wooden translation of the verse, which might be more clearly rendered: “Should an army besiege me, my heart…
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Koch Calls for Pundit’s Ouster from Shoah Council
Former New York City Mayor Edward Koch has called for Dennis Prager to resign or be removed from United States Holocaust Memorial Council, in response to the pundit’s recent insistence that a Muslim congressman should not be sworn in using a Quran. “There is no question that Dennis Prager is a bigot who ought to…
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Emory Professor Resigns to Protest Carter Book
A prominent Middle East scholar, Kenneth W. Stein, announced his resignation as a fellow of Emory University’s Carter Center, in response to former President Jimmy Carter’s new book, “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.” Stein did not give the book’s title in the e-mail announcing his resignation, saying that it was “a title too inflammatory to even…
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David Flaum To Head Republican Jewish Coalition
David Flaum, a Rochester, N.Y.-based real estate developer with strong ties to outgoing governor and possible 2008 presidential contender George Pataki, has been named as the new national chairman of the Republican Jewish Coalition. Flaum was elected to a two-year term earlier this week at a meeting of the RJC board of directors in Las…
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Texas Run-off Turns Nasty over Terrorism
The run-off campaign between Republic Rep. Henry Bonilla and ex-congressman Ciro Rodriguez in Texas’s 23rd district is coming down to the wire, and Bonilla is slamming his opponent over alleged ties to terrorist organizations and individuals. On Monday, Bonilla held a press conference accusing Rodriguez of having “dangerous judgment” when it comes to matters of…
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John Edwards’s Campaign Manager
Today’s New York Sun has a piece on the pro-Israel crowd’s discontent with the choice of former Rep. David Bonior.
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The New Michael Bloomberg: Jonathan Tisch?
New York Magazine asks if the co-chairman of Loews Corporation might consider a run for mayor…
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