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Forgive Me, Forgive Me Not: How Not To Atone
September 5, 2005 Dear Jerry, Before the High Holy Days hit, I need to formally apologize. I am on my shul’s nursery school waiting list and if the rabbi saw how devoted I am he might put a good word in. No, I’m not even pregnant, but it’s never too early, you know? Anyway, about…
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Philly D.A. Feuds With Church Over Abuse
Philadelphia’s “tough cookie” Jewish district attorney is feuding with the Catholic Church over a report her office issued last week alleging five decades of child sexual abuse by priests in the local archdiocese. The district attorney, Lynne Abraham, released the 418-page grand jury report, the culmination of a 40-month investigation, at a September 21 press…
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Guide for the Perplexed
The day it is suggested that your mother’s kitchen isn’t kosher enough is the day the cinnamon-raisin kugel hits the fan. The Jewish holidays can be a stressful time for families, particularly for those whose members adhere to different levels of religious observance. Nearly every clan has someone in need of a special diet, but…
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FORWARD FORUM Since the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees was established 55 years ago, the number of Palestinians registered on its dole has expanded exponentially. What was originally intended as a temporary agency has become a vast entitlement program, feeding, housing and clothing tens of thousands of people and providing free…
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Yeshiva University Catching Flak For Dropping Old Hebrew Slogan
Yeshiva University is under fire for dropping its longtime motto — Torah u-Madda — and replacing it with the non-sectarian slogan “Bring wisdom to life.” This week, one prominent Y.U. alumnus, Dr. Mandell Ganchrow, launched an online petition calling for the old motto to be incorporated into the school’s new logo. Ganchrow, a past president…
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ADL Honors Polish President
‘This is a special moment… full of honor, so full of hope,” said Abraham Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, as he presented the ADL’s Distinguished Statesman Award — a menorah designed by Israeli artist Yaacov Agam — to Aleksander Kwasniewski, president of Poland. An emotional Foxman added: “To be a child of Poland,…
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FORWARD FORUM Since the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees was established 55 years ago, the number of Palestinians registered on its dole has expanded exponentially. What was originally intended as a temporary agency has become a vast entitlement program, feeding, housing and clothing tens of thousands of people and providing free…
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Jews Dispersed by Gulf Hurricanes Find a JCC on the World Wide Web
The recent evacuation of New Orleans was not the first time that Jews have been scattered to the four winds — but with this Diaspora, there is a new solution for holding an exiled community together: the Internet. Since being forced out of New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina, the city’s Jews have reconstituted their community…
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FORWARD FORUM Since the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees was established 55 years ago, the number of Palestinians registered on its dole has expanded exponentially. What was originally intended as a temporary agency has become a vast entitlement program, feeding, housing and clothing tens of thousands of people and providing free…
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FORWARD FORUM Since the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees was established 55 years ago, the number of Palestinians registered on its dole has expanded exponentially. What was originally intended as a temporary agency has become a vast entitlement program, feeding, housing and clothing tens of thousands of people and providing free…
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Conservative Writer Keeps Islamic Group in Sights
One of President Bush’s former speechwriters is unrepentant after settling a lawsuit with a Canadian Islamic organization that had sued him. David Frum, the speechwriter who helped coin the term “axis of evil,” was sued in 2004 by the Canadian division of the Council on American-Islamic Relations over columns he wrote in Toronto’s National Post…
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