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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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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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Next Generation Of Pulpit Rabbis Shakes Up L.A.
Across Los Angeles, the nameplates on the rabbis’ doors have been changing at an unusually fast rate. Last week, in the latest instance, Edward Feinstein officially took over as senior rabbi at the largest Conservative synagogue in the area, Valley Beth Shalom. All told, within the last five years close to 25 new rabbis have…
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Sharon Extends Visit To Meet Jewish Leaders
Prime Minister Sharon came to New York for the United Nations General Assembly, but he stayed on for the weekend to meet with Jewish communal leaders and donors. On Friday, Sharon met with close to 150 top donors to the United Jewish Communities, the national roof body of North America’s local Jewish charitable federations, to…
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As a Budget Storm Gathers, Bush Ignores Fiscal Forecasts
Ever since the Bush administration came to office in January 2001, it has repeatedly expressed overly optimistic views of the future. No sooner are the sunny pronouncements out of their mouths, it seems, that disaster strikes. This may be the first president who bases the defense for his performance on all the bad things that…
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Newsdesk September 23, 2005
Ex-Bush Aide Arrested A top former American official under arrest for allegedly lying about his relationship with a Jewish lobbyist is accused of using his influence to procure government land for a Jewish school. American agents arrested David Safavian on Monday, three days after he abruptly quit his position as top procurer for the Bush…
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Reform Rabbi Sues Israel for State Salary, In Latest Bid To End Orthodox Monopoly
TEL AVIV — In one of the strongest challenges ever to Orthodox religious dominance, an American-born Reform rabbi who serves a kibbutz of mostly American immigrants has petitioned Israel’s Supreme Court to demand a state salary as a municipal rabbi. The suit, submitted to the court this week by the Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism,…
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The Dusty Abacus
Avi Atias, my computer technician in Israel, has a small company called Abacus. The other day, I asked him how he came to choose the name. “A friend suggested it,” he said. “I was looking for a word that wasn’t Hebrew and that had an international sound. But, hey, you’re the word man. What language…
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