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Organization Helps the Visually-impaired Feel Their Way Into the New Year
There is not a spot of ink on the pages of one of the High Holy Day prayer books produced by David Toiv’s nonprofit organization, the Jewish Heritage for the Blind — just line after line of raised bumps. The prayer book, which is in Braille, has been distributed free of charge for more than…
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Ex-Yeshiva Head Outs Himself, Leaves Fold
A former principal of one of New York’s most illustrious Modern Orthodox high schools has announced that he is gay and no longer an Orthodox Jew. Rabbi Alan Stadtmauer, 42, stepped down as head of the Yeshivah of Flatbush High School in June, after serving as a teacher and administrator for more than a decade….
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A Fruitful History
Pomegranates have been around since ancient times. The fruit has many biblical links, from ornamenting the high priests’ robes to decorating Solomon’s temple. Some scholars say that the pomegranate, rather than the apple, was the fruit that Eve gave to Adam in the Garden of Eden, as apples aren’t indigenous to the area. They can…
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Interview with author Marek Halter (Correction)
In the September 16 issue, an interview with author Marek Halter referred to a biblical figure incorrectly. Moses’ brother was Aaron, not Isaac.
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Paying Homage to a Fruit Rich in History — and Seeds
At the Rosh Hashanah table, as at all Jewish holiday meals, symbolic foods take pride of place. For the New Year, they will include two round challahs — symbolizing the cycle of life — apples and honey for a sweet year, and sometimes even beets, leeks and a fish head. But to Israeli-American food writer…
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College Columnist Fired Over Call for Profiling
A Jewish undergraduate at the University of North Carolina has been booted from the student newspaper after writing a column in defense of racial profiling. “I want all Arabs to be stripped naked and cavity-searched if they get within 100 yards of an airport,” 20-year-old junior Jillian Bandes wrote in a column that appeared in…
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Female Athletes Give New Year Some Muscle
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Rabbis, Cantors Step Up Campaign Against Torture
WASHINGTON — An interdenominational group of more than 700 North American rabbis and cantors is stepping up its “campaign to end U.S.-sponsored torture” through a combination of political lobbying, protests and grass-roots mobilizing in synagogues. Last week the group, Rabbis for Human Rights North America, sent orientation packages to about 4,000 rabbis across the nation,…
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Group’s Staffer Indicted on Count Of Embezzlement
A grand jury in New York has indicted a longtime employee of one of the country’s most storied and influential Jewish organizations for diverting at least $1 million from the company, the Forward has learned. The employee, Donalde Fergus, worked in financial department of the American Jewish Committee. He was indicted August 24 for grand…
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Newsdesk September 16, 2005
Security Up at L.A. Shuls The mayor and police chief of Los Angeles assured the Jewish community of a strong police presence during the High Holy Days. The move was meant to calm nerves following new threats from Al Qaeda and recent terrorism-related indictments. “We will raise our visibility to an even higher level than…
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U.N. Congo Force Modeling Shift in Peacekeeping
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo —When the bulky white United Nations trucks rumble into this dusty, hardscrabble town on the border with Rwanda, cars, motorcycles and bicycles move aside. Passersby gently wave at the peacekeepers — Pakistani soldiers with U.N. blue helmets — on board. It is a stark change from several months ago, when…
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