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Cleveland-based Philanthropist Ruby Bass, 91
Ruby Bass, renowned philanthropist for State of Israel Bonds and the women’s division of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, died September 28 at the age of 91. “She was ageless and elegant,” said Barbara Goldfarb, development director of Cleveland Heights’s Park Synagogue. Bass was a “lifelong” member for the synagogue for more than 50…
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Gimme Temporary Shelter
Last year, we held Josie’s birthday party in our sukkah. As a kid, I had loved making construction-paper chains to drape gaily around the s’chach. So at my behest, Jonathan bought a forest-stripping ton of construction paper at Costco and I painstakingly cut it into strips and stocked up on glue sticks at the dollar…
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Family Affair
You polished the silver. You rolled 129 matzo balls. You made gefilte fish from scratch. And you entertained your mother-in-law. Feeling fatigued from the High Holy Days? Celebrate Sukkot this year amid the tranquil apple orchards of the National Yiddish Book Center, and forget about the kitchen. The Sweet Harvest Festival, a daylong event for…
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Mass Production: Sukkahs-A-Plenty
In the days leading up to Sukkot, Sukkah Depot, a superstore that’s been compared to Wal-Mart (except that it only sells Sukkot-related items and there are no guns of any kind on the premises), was busy selling off as much of its inventory as it could. From sukkahs to wall decorations to the leafy s’chach,…
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Are Secular Israelis Jewish?
My education and experiences as a secular Israeli made me consider “Israeli” to be a different identity from that of “Jew.” Under this perception, American Jews are those who exchanged the Eastern European oppressive shtetl for a new, more prosperous Diaspora existence. I was surprised, if not embarrassed, when, during trips abroad, I was sometimes…
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Not Quite in Time for Yom Kippur, Sen. George Allen Apologizes
For seeking a correction in 2003 when a reporter wrote that Allen’s mother was raised as a Jew.
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NJDC Fights Back
The National Jewish Democratic Coalition is fighting back against the Republican Jewish Coalition’s Jimmy Carter ad campaign. (“Does the Democratic Party still represent you?)
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Warning: Your Sukkah could be mobbed this year – by a pack of Jewish artists
From October 9-13 the “Sukkas Mob,” led by performer/director Jenny Romaine of Great Small Works theater group, will be making the rounds in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Long Island. The artists will explore the traditional aspects of the holiday while infusing it with secularism, humor and art – and attempt to trigger some public discussions of…
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Staffer Loses Her Witz
Note to Democratic staffers: “Macacawitz” jokes can be hazardous to your professional health.
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Pro-Israel PAC Gives McCain A Pass On Chafee
It doesn’t seem like pro-Israel PACs are getting too riled over Sen. John McCain’s stumping for embattled Senator Lincoln Chafee in Rhode Island this week. McCain is a close friend of the pro-Israel community who collected money from several groups in recent years, while Chafee is among the least popular members of Congress for friends…
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Weeks, Not Months
California Congressman Howard Berman, the ranking Democrat on the subcommittee set up to investigate the Foley affair, said yesterday that their probe would take “weeks, not months.” Haven’t we heard that one before?
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