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Hot Seat Expected for New Chair of Corporation for Public Broadcasting
As Republican fund raiser and pro-Israel activist Cheryl Halpern assumes the chairmanship of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, she is taking on what has become one of the most politically charged jobs in Washington — and activists on all sides are waiting to see whether she revives some of the controversial practices of her conservative…
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Rink Man Sits One Out (Correction)
The October 21 article “Rink Man Sits One Out” mentioned that there are three Jewish hockey players currently in the National Hockey League. The third, along with Jeff Halpern and Mathieu Schneider, is Michael Cammalleri.
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White House Okays Hamas Candidates
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration has agreed to the unconditional participation of Hamas candidates in the upcoming Palestinian elections, despite strong opposition from Israeli officials, Congressional leaders and Jewish organizations. Contrary to recent press reports, the administration is not insisting that Palestinian candidates — including Hamas representatives — be required to sign a pledge embracing…
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Anti-Jewish Books At Frankfurt Fair
BERLIN — English copies of “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion” and Henry Ford’s “The International Jew” were displayed on the shelves of one of the Iranian booksellers at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair, according to German political scientist Matthias Küntzel, who purchased the books there last week. Fair organizers said that they could…
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Union, Jewish Groups Unite To Help Low-wage Workers
An ad hoc coalition of liberal Jewish organizations is teaming up with a national labor union in order to promote social justice for low-wage workers in eight cities, after the success of a similar partnership in Los Angeles. The coalition — comprising groups in New York, Boston, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Toronto and…
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Newsdesk October 28, 2005
Satmar Holiday Melee Erupts A riot broke out at a Satmar synagogue in Brooklyn Tuesday, forcing police to order up to 1,000 worshippers to cut short prayers on Shmini Atzeret. The melee, at the Yetev Lev Bikur Cholim synagogue in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, included punches, slaps and beard pulling, according to the New…
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Muslim Group Slams Appointment of Canadian Jews
TORONTO — The Canadian Islamic Congress is criticizing the appointment of two prominent Jewish men to important federal posts, describing them as “bad news” for Muslims. The Islamic Congress, the most prominent organization claiming to represent Canada’s 750,000-person Muslim community, is objecting to the appointments of Leo Kolber, 76, and Jonathan Schneiderman, 43. Kolber, a…
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In West Africa, a Synagogue Where the Pavement Ends
There is a road in southwestern Ghana that heads straight into the setting sun as it leaves the city of Kumasi in the direction of Ivory Coast. It is a remarkably good road, by West African standards — wide and paved and lightly traveled. Its few vehicles, for the most part, are passenger-jammed vans or…
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To Dash or Not To Dash? G-d Only Knows
A number of you have written regarding my column of two weeks ago. In it, I commented rather acerbically on the habit some Jews have of not pronouncing the names of such cities as San Diego and Saint Louis, which are named after Christian saints, and on the more widespread custom of spelling the English…
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The Joys of Fashion
Carrie Rosten is a big believer in fate, and in letting the chips fall where they may. A woman who has worn many hats in the course of her career, she has done everything from designing her own line of clothing to providing the wardrobe styling for everyone from supermodels to rock bands to Paris…
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Retrieving the Past, One Tombstone at a Time
It’s hard enough to distinguish Hebrew letters on a weathered old gravestone — all those hays that might be chets, the vavs resembling zayins and the dalets long melted into reshes. It’s even harder when the gravestone is on the other side of the world and all you have to go on is a digital…
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