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Jerusalem Wary Of Bush Vision For Arab World
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration’s promise three years ago that toppling Saddam Hussein would trigger a chain reaction of democratic reform in the Arab world drew a half-joking reply from an Israeli diplomat in Washington. “Let’s just hope,” the diplomat then quipped, “that these domino blocks don’t all fall on us.” Since then, the Bush…
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Remembering Both Jerusalem and Gaza Beneath the Wedding Canopy
In almost all respects, Aryeh Gottlieb’s Israeli wedding late last month was a standard Orthodox affair. The bride and groom were separated for a week beforehand; the ceremony took place under a chupah in a Jerusalem banquet hall, and the men and women danced — unmixed — until well into the night. And then there…
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Probe of Shul Group Had N.Y. Crimebuster’s Office in Tangles
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, renowned for his jousts with the titans of corporate America, recently saw his own office tied in knots and thrown into turmoil during a three-year investigation into a small Orthodox synagogue organization. The group, the National Council of Young Israel, came under scrutiny in 1999 after applying for a…
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Jewish Paganism: Oxymoron or Innovation?
I was skinny-dipping in the mud springs on the shores of the Dead Sea with Rabbi Ohad Ezrahi, a longhaired renegade kabbalist who runs a commune in the Judean Desert. We were enveloped by the softest, silkiest mud I’ve ever felt — it was like moving through thick cream. Then the rabbi told me to…
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Pending Execution of Gang Founder Heats Up Death Penalty Debate
The fight over whether California should carry out the execution of Crips street gang founder and convicted murderer Stanley “Tookie” Williams is drawing intense Jewish reaction and heightening debate of the death penalty. Williams is scheduled to die by lethal injection at 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday, December 13. With his appeals exhausted, only a federal…
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When the Past Becomes Safe Enough To Revisit
Once upon a time, back in the halcyon days of the 1980s, there was celebrated a Jewish rite of passage known as the bar or bat mitzvah. Upon arriving at such an affair, one was greeted with a sign-in board adorned with photos of the celebrant; the assembled were dressed in an array of cringe-inducing…
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Israeli Aides Warn U.S. Not To Drop Ball on Iran
WASHINGTON — As Israeli-Iranian tensions mount, Jerusalem is increasingly concerned that the Bush administration is not doing enough to block Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons. The American-Israeli disagreement over Iran policy is just one of several that has emerged in recent weeks, the Forward has learned. The tensions were visible last week in Washington, during…
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ADL Extends An Olive Branch To L’Oréal
Rapprochement was the subtext of the Anti-Defamation League’s November 14 International Leadership Award dinner, held at Cipriani 42nd Street. The event was in honor of Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones, chairman and CEO of L’Oréal. The white tablecloths, white-covered chairs and white gardenias in water-filled vases reflected the evening’s theme of reconciliation and a past best forgotten….
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No Consensus at Conservative Meeting
BOSTON — The highly optimistic motto at the biennial convention of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism this week was “lighting the way.” But as delegates debated a variety of hot-button issues, it was clear to many who attended the gathering here that Conservative leaders do not have a consensus vision for which direction the…
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DER YIDDISH-VINKL December 9, 2005
Once again, Stanley Siegelman startles our readers with his novel choice of subjects, delightfully presented in his habitual “Yinglish.” In describing his subject, he writes: “Minuscule, nonkosher crustaceans flourish in New York City’s tap water. They are harmless, but their presence renders the water off limits to observant Jews, according to the Orthodox Union. The…
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Berlin Retailers’ Heirs To Get Restitution
In one of the largest Holocaust restitution cases in German history, the heirs of the Wertheim family, one of prewar Germany’s largest retailers, stand to receive more than $100 million in property looted by the Nazis. The development follows a decision by the current owner, retail conglomerate KarstadtQuelle AG, to drop its claims to three…
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