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Peres Urges Jews in U.S. To Support Development
The Bush administration has “already given positive signs that it intends to help us,” he said. “The Jewish people ought to do the same.” Intense Jewish support could be vital for passing the aid package, which would supplement the annual $2.6 billion in American economic and military aid that Israel receives each year. Though the…
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Doctor’s Orders: Fruit Salad and a Cheese Sandwich
Despite the superpowers previously described in this space, medical students are normal people. They need places to lay their heads, white medical coats to keep out the rain, and three meals a day. Since their time for breakfast and dinner is sacrificed to sleep, three meals often means only one: lunch. What’s for lunch, and…
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Israel Denies Orthodox Allegations of Profiling
Israel is denying claims that it has adopted a policy of ethnic profiling aimed at Orthodox Jews. In a July 28 letter to leaders of the New York-based Orthodox Union, the deputy chief of mission of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, Rafael Barak, said that he “can say with full confidence that the State of…
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Classic Jewish Novels Trace a Community’s History
While much of America is busy these days reading about Harry — Harry Potter, that is — I’ve been spending much of my summer reacquainting myself with Sonya, Marjorie and Alexander — Sonya Vrunsky, Marjorie Morgenstern and Alexander Portnoy, that is — the fictional protagonists of “Salome of the Tenements” (1923), “Marjorie Morningstar” (1955) and…
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Theater Lover Gets Ovation
Corey (Gedalye) Breier, president of the Yiddish Artists and Friends Actors Club and the Yiddish Theatrical Alliance, celebrated his 50th birthday at the organizations’ June 27 dinner dance, held at Park Avenue Synagogue. The place was jumping as the ballroom vibrated to the music of Mitch Kahn’s orchestra, and a multigenerational crowd filled the floor…
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Forget Hip Hop — iPod Puts the Talmud in the Palm of Your Hand
One day a week, on the Sabbath, Orthodox Jews render themselves virtually Amish by eschewing technology. But during the rest of the week, they often are quicker than most in embracing electronic gadgets, especially when in the service of religion. Case in point: the ShasPod, an Apple iPod equipped with daily Talmud lessons. The brainchild…
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Left Coast Liberals Fume as Charity Taps Former Aipac Man for Top Post
OAKLAND, Calif.— In a move that has left some Bay Area anti-war activists fuming, San Francisco’s Jewish Federation has tapped a former director of America’s pro-Israel lobby, and a supporter of both Iraq wars, to serve as its CEO. Thomas A. Dine, 65, will take the federation’s reins in early November when he travels from…
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Revisiting Hiroshima, Rethinking the Way We War
Hiroshima. I heard the name for the first time when I was 9, in Kokand, Uzbekistan. Just three months earlier, we had celebrated the victory over Nazism. Stalin had spoken. I heard him on the radio. “I promised you that there would be a celebration in our street, too,” he reminded us. “Here it is.”…
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Peres Asking U.S. Jewry To Push Aid For Galilee
TEL AVIV — As Israel prepares for the Gaza pullout and presses Washington for an unprecedented $2 billion supplemental aid package to help develop its outlying regions, Israeli Vice Premier Shimon Peres is urging American Jews to support his government on both fronts. In an interview with the Forward, Peres said that Israel’s plan to…
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China Crisis Straining U.S.-Israel Ties
In what is turning out to be a rare, protracted crisis between close allies, Israel and the United States remained sharply at odds this week over the sensitive issue of Israeli arms sales to China. In interviews with the Forward, Israeli officials confirmed reports that Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz had canceled a planned trip to…
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In Mailing, Falwell Urging Backers To ‘Vote Christian’
As part of a bid to revive his Reagan-era conservative powerhouse, the Rev. Jerry Falwell, Moral Majority leader, is urging Americans to “vote Christian” in 2008. “As national chairman of the Moral Majority Coalition, I am committed to lending my influence to help turn out at least 40 million ‘faith and values’ voters in 2008…
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