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Settlers Overplay Hand With Violence, Protests
TEL AVIV — Ariel Sharon was in a confident, almost cheerful mood when he appeared this week before a joint meeting of two important Knesset committees. In a rare step, the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee was holding a public session, together with the Law and Constitution Committee, to discuss the state of preparations for…
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Confessions of a JCP (The ‘C’ Is for Cuban)
The following is an excerpt from Gigi Anders’s new book, “JUBANA: The Awkwardly True and Dazzling Adventures of a Jewish Cubana Goddess” (Rayo, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers). It’s the classic Latina position: Be pretty, get married, and shut up. I am not a classic Latina. I am a Jubana, a Cuban Jewess. And when…
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Study of Interfaith Kids Upends Ideas of Identity
Advocates of outreach to interfaith couples are touting a new survey that they say upends previous arguments against efforts to reach out to the children of mixed marriages. The survey, released last week by the Jewish Outreach Institute, found that young adult children of intermarried couples maintain strong cultural ties to the Jewish community, despite…
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Folk Tales Beyond Chelm
A Jew brought the first umbrella to Latin America. With all the attention paid to the hardy entrepreneurs who 350 years ago settled on the New World’s northern Atlantic coast, i.e., North America, it has been all too easy to overlook those Jews who instead schlepped their goods (including families and traditions) south — that…
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Judge To Rule on Commandments Display Given by Jewish Community
Like many judges following the Supreme Court’s split decision on displays of Ten Commandments monuments in Texas and Kentucky, Robert Freedberg is struggling to determine whether the display in his Pennsylvania courtroom passes constitutional muster. Yet, at least one fact stands out about the large plaque of the Ten Commandments that hangs directly behind the…
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Latin-Jewish Duo Bridges Cultures in Rhyme
Shout “1492” in a crowded bar, and some alter kocker may sing out, “Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” While the equally truthful “Ferdinand decreed killing Jews the thing to do” maintains the rhyme, it lacks the singsong syncopation necessary to indoctrinate generations of school children. Alas. Inquisitionally, 1492 was a banner year — 200,000 Spanish…
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African Poverty Surging on Communal Agenda
With a G-8 summit and a wave of worldwide protests shining a sudden global spotlight on African poverty, several major American Jewish organizations are taking steps to put the continent’s troubles high on the agenda of Jewish advocacy and planning in the months ahead. The American Jewish Committee confirmed this week that it is moving…
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Looking Out for the Evil Eye
Karen Schwartz was determined not to miss out on a baby shower. She’d passed on the bridal shower, thinking that a wedding shouldn’t be a celebration of materialism, but eventually came to regret her decision. However, one thing stood between her growing abdomen and a mound of bow-wrapped packages: that demonic spirit that seeks to…
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Gay Jewish Groups Take Root on College Campuses
An article in the July 1 issue (“Gay Jewish Groups Take Root on College Campuses,” July 1) misspelled the names of Hillel officials Rabbi Mychal Copeland and Seth Brysk.
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Finding History In Attics, Cellars And Desk Drawers
History comes to us in a variety of ways. Sometimes we stumble upon it, suddenly coming face to face with a historic marker or an age-old monument. At other moments, like family or holiday celebrations, we deliberately pay homage to it. And still at other moments, we simply accumulate it. Intentionally or not, most of…
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Conservative Officials Clarify Bolton Letters
Officials at the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism are denying that the organization sent letters to senators praising John Bolton, President Bush’s embattled choice to serve as ambassador to the United Nations. In its June 24 issue, the Forward reported that the “United Synagogue, which represents about 800 Conservative congregations, sent a pro-Bolton letter to…
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