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Paying Tribute to a Master Yiddishist
During an intermission of the Gotham Chamber Opera’s October 17 performance of excerpts from Handel’s “Ariadne Unhinged” and the duet from Bizet’s “The Pearl Fishers,” hosted by British consul-general Sir Philip Thomas at his home on Manhattan’s East Side, Carl Bernstein (of Woodward and Bernstein of the Watergate exposé) told me, “My great uncle Itzev-Isidore…
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French Jewish Delegation Cites Progress
Just as France was engulfed in a wave of rioting, a delegation of French Jewish leaders visited New York last week to deliver a decidedly upbeat message. In meetings with American Jewish communal leaders, members of the French delegation — representing the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions in France, known as CRIF — described France…
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Nashville’s Temple Cemetery Added to Historic Register
Nashville’s Temple Cemetery offers, in capsule form, a taste of the rich history of the city’s Jews. In one section there rests Zadock Levy, who, with eight nephews in tow, arrived in “Music City” from Bavaria in the 1850s and promptly opened a clothing store that exists to this day. In another there is Judah…
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Rabbi Resigns After Televised Sex Sting
An official with an educational program for Jewish high school students has resigned after allegedly using the Internet to seek out liaisons with underage boys and to transmit naked pictures of himself. Rabbi David Kaye resigned from the Washington-based Panim: The Institute for Jewish Leadership and Values on October 31, several days before being shown…
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Credit Card Leading Charge for Charity
Starting this month, shoppers will be able to show their support for Israel when they’re buying new shoes, purchasing Hanukkah presents or just filling up their gas tanks. Menachem Landau and Zev Dobuler founded Heritage Affinity Services to launch the HAS Advantage Card, a specialty credit card that generates money for charitable groups in Israel…
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The Young Face of Philanthropy
Jewish teenagers are learning that tzedaka involves more than slipping a few coins into the collection box at synagogue. In innovative programs around the country, teens are being given control over thousands, or even tens of thousands, of dollars in an effort to teach them the ins and outs of philanthropy — from reading budgets…
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Jerusalem, Groups Launch Campaign To Isolate Iran
In an effort to capitalize on the international outrage over Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s recent call to “wipe Israel off the map,” Israel and several American Jewish organizations have launched a coordinated attack to isolate Iran and force Tehran to renounce its nuclear ambitions. Several Israeli officials and Jewish organizational leaders called for Iran to…
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Looking Anew at Bulgaria’s Jews
A must-see documentary, “The Optimists: The Story of the Rescue of the Bulgarian Jews From the Holocaust,” by filmmakers Jacky and Lisa Comforty, premiered October 10 at the Center for Jewish History. It is the most recent cinematic tribute to the Bulgarians for their heroic efforts on behalf of their fellow (Jewish) Bulgarians. The first…
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Supreme Court Pick Presenting Test for Leading GOP Moderate
The confirmation battle over President Bush’s conservative Supreme Court nominee, Judge Samuel Alito, is likely to pose a daunting political test for the GOP chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Arlen Specter. Bush chose Alito, 55, a federal judge on the Philadelphia-based Third Circuit Court of Appeals, to succeed retiring Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, following…
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TAKING ACTION
TAKING ACTION For information about financial incentives for buying hybrid cars, see www.hybridcars.com/incentives-legislation.html. For more information on how to replicate Congregation Bet Haverim’s One for Each Night program, visit http://bellsouthpwp.net/c/b/cbhdsl/tikkun_olam/cfl/cfl_index.htm. To find out more about financial incentives for installing wind and solar power, check out www.dsireusa.org. To find out if green power is available in…
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LETTER FROM SOUTH FLORIDA: Thousands of Seniors Are Left Stranded in the Wake of Wilma
Life in South Florida on the holiday of Simchat Torah last week came down to lines. Miles-long lines of vehicles waited to purchase gasoline to fuel generators providing the only power to the millions of households blacked out by Hurricane Wilma. Similarly daunting lines of people waited more-or-less patiently at government distribution centers for deliveries…
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