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Ron Kalom writes from Taos, N.M., to ask: “Dos pintele yid? Dos pintele yud? Dos pintele yod? Which one is correct, and how does one translate this Yiddish idiom?” Let’s take these words one by one. Dos means “the” or “that” in Yiddish — in this case, “the.” Pintele (PIN-teh-leh), a noun with a diminutive…
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Auschwitz Survivor, 92, Testified at War-crimes Trial
George Edward Preston, longtime engineer for du Pont, E.I. and a survivor of the Nazi death camps at Auschwitz and Birkenau, died last week at his home in Wilmington, Del. The cause of death was multiple organ failure. He was 92. In 1965, his testimony at the Auschwitz war-crimes trials in Frankfurt am Main, Germany,…
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Intel Post Fuels New Dem Fight In Congress
A California lawmaker’s campaign to become chair of a key congressional committee over the objections of House Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi is dividing Jewish lawmakers and failing to attract public support from Jewish groups. For months, speculation has bubbled in Washington over Pelosi’s alleged desire to keep the reins of the House Intelligence Committee out of…
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Pelosi’s Price is Right for Jewish Community
The front of the room is where the action is: Democratic lawmakers are spouting their pro-Israel credentials and their initiatives for health care reform; the Jewish donors, who came to Washington for intimate meetings just like this one, are eating it up word for word. In the back stands Reva Price, with a ubiquitous smile,…
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Soros Sits In as Fledgling Dovish Coalition Sets Out To Raise Millions
Planners of a new pro-peace Jewish lobbying initiative say they are considering an initial, two-phase strategy, entailing fundraising for existing peace groups in its first stage and launching a new action initiative in the second stage. The group aims to raise millions of dollars in the coming months to fund existing groups working toward a…
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U.S. Groups To Host Rightist Minister With Anti-Arab Plan
In a further indication of his acceptance into the political mainstream, controversial right-wing Israeli politician and newly minted government minister Avigdor Lieberman will be hosted next month in New York by the most influential umbrella organization of American Jewish groups. The leader of the secular nationalist Yisrael Beitenu party, Lieberman is best known for his…
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Funds Flow South as Sderot Flees
As Qassam rockets launched at Israel from Gaza continue to terrorize residents of Sderot, the slow trickle of charitable dollars that previously flowed into the Jewish state’s poverty-stricken southern region is poised to become a tidal wave. Last week, Russian Israeli billionaire Arkady Gaydamak set a high bar for philanthropic giving in Israel’s south when…
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Federations Set To Push Agency On Ethiopians
The national arm of North American Jewish charitable federations is stepping up pressure on the Israeli agency responsible for immigration to take over a camp in Ethiopia, where thousands of would-be immigrants are waiting for permission to enter the Jewish state. Signaling its frustration with government inaction, United Jewish Communities is pressing the Jewish Agency…
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Groups Push U.S.-Israeli Energy Bill
Jewish groups are waging an 11th-hour fight to fund joint American-Israeli projects for the development of renewable energy sources. The U.S.-Israel Energy Cooperation Act provides grants of up to $20 million a year for joint research and development projects in the fields of renewable energy and alternative energy sources. The legislation was passed by the…
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Chabad vs. Chabad: Rabbis Duel in Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine – Since assuming the title of chief rabbi of Ukraine last fall, Moshe Reuven Azman has hosted Ukraine’s president, helped negotiate American-Ukrainian trade deals and invited Israeli soldiers to his Kiev synagogue. All of this might appear to be a big step forward for the Brooklyn-based Orthodox Hasidic sect that trained Azman, Chabad…
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Swedish Right Delivers on Security Funding
The new center-right Swedish government has announced that it would cover the majority of the rising security costs of the country’s Jewish institutions. In a move aimed at sending a reassuring message to Sweden’s small Jewish community and a warning to Muslim radicals, the new Cabinet pledged to pay $424,000 of the community’s $707,000 security…
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