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In Academia, Yiddish Is Seen, But Not Heard
If Yiddish has a future on college campuses, it may literally go unspoken. In Yiddish studies programs across the country, a new generation of scholars are learning Yiddish as a language of scholarship, but many of them never master Yiddish as a language of conversation. This was in evidence at a graduate student conference on…
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Next for New Orleans: A Jewish Mayor?
NEW ORLEANS — A three-man band played bluesy tunes from a makeshift stage. A woman conducted business ladling out gumbo at $7 per Styrofoam cup. A tall man in slacks and comfortable shoes worked the crowd as residents of the Broadmoor neighborhood here held a street party Saturday to cheer themselves up and proclaim that…
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Exploring Poetry’s Feminine Side
Barnett Zumoff sat and peered through thick-rimmed bifocals at his latest book, “Songs to a Moonstruck Lady: Women in Yiddish Poetry,” as he flipped through the pages, trying to find a favorite poem. He already had found and read aloud two favorite poems — he has, he confessed, a lot of favorites — but he…
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Arsonists Attack Holocaust Archive in Texas
Arsonists struck a building near Texas’s San Antonio Airport that houses the Holocaust History Project, a Web-based archive of documents related to the genocide perpetrated by the Nazis. The fire destroyed 2,000 books related to the Holocaust, a number of backup servers and a pair of military uniforms worn by a judge at the Dachau…
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Jose Miller, Cuban Jewish Leader, 80
Dr. Jose Miller, president of Cuba’s tiny Jewish community, died February 27 at age 80. Eddie Levy, chairman of the South Florida organization Jewish Solidarity, told the Miami Herald: “If there is a Jewish community in Cuba, it’s because of his leadership. It was his job, his work, his life.” Miller was born in Sancti…
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Club Keeps Yiddish Culture Alive in Atlanta
Born in Russia in the 1930s, Zhenya Greshes didn’t grow up “religious.” But she did grow up “Yiddish,” speaking the language at home, attending Yiddish schools, reading Yiddish newspapers. After fleeing with her family to Cuba, and then fleeing again to America in the 1960s, Greshes settled in Atlanta. While America became her new home,…
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Gay Issues Roil Rabbis In Advance Of Parley
On the eve of their annual convention, Conservative rabbis are locked in a fierce debate over whether movement leaders have employed improper tactics to preserve the ban on gay clergy and same-sex marriage. The fight is expected to play out in Mexico City next week, at the annual parley of the Rabbinical Assembly, the 1,600-member…
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U.S. Urges Argentina To Indict Iranians
As part of their campaign to isolate Iran, Congress and the Bush administration are pressing Argentine officials and prosecutors to issue a new indictment against Tehran’s Islamic regime for the 1994 bombing of the Jewish communal center in Buenos Aires, the Forward has learned. Senior Bush administration officials and congressional aides recently met with top…
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Daring Raid on Prison Shows A Newly Aggressive Olmert
Whatever else he might have accomplished in this week’s dramatic raid on a Jericho prison, Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert certainly put his personal stamp on Israel’s political agenda. If any Israelis were still wondering about Olmert’s leadership skills and his mastery of things military, they’ll now have the images from Jericho to carry with…
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German Crackdown on Neo-Nazis Does Little To Stall the Movement
BERLIN — In part of a nationwide crackdown on the growing neo-Nazi movement, Germany’s highest administrative court handed down a first-ever ruling this week classifying a neo-Nazi rock group as a criminal organization because its lyrics spread racial hatred. The decision came on the heels of a national controversy stirred up here last week, when…
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How Much Is a Parent Worth? Holocaust Program Says $1,800
The Hungarian government soon will begin paying family members of Holocaust victims $1,800 for each sibling or parent who was murdered, rekindling old debates about “blood money” and the limits of reparations. The Hungarians agreed to the payments during a meeting in Budapest last week with the president of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims…
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