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Uzbek Unrest Shines Light on Leader’s Ties to Jewry
The recent violence in Uzbekistan has cast a spotlight on the cozy relationship between the authoritarian regime of President Islam Karimov and Israel and its American supporters. Earlier this month, Karimov unleashed his security forces to quell an opposition demonstration in the east of the Central Asian republic, causing hundreds of civilian deaths. Even before…
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Over the past 50 years, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University gained $100 million for research — thanks to the fund-raising magic of its National Women’s Division. At its New York chapter’s May 3 Spirit of Achievement Luncheon at The Waldorf-Astoria, among the accomplished women honored were television’s nationally syndicated, best-selling cookbook author…
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Buffalo Synagogue Boycotts a Paper For Nixing Gay Ad
A Reform synagogue in Buffalo, N.Y., is boycotting the local Jewish newspaper after the Orthodox owners refused to print an advertisement for a synagogue concert featuring a gay men’s chorus. Temple Beth Zion, which hosted the event in January, is withholding all paid advertisements and event listings from the Buffalo Jewish Review, according to a…
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DER YIDDISH-VINKL May 27, 2005
On the occasion of his 85th birthday, Khayim Beyder was featured in the Forverts on the pages devoted to Pearls of Yiddish Poetry. He was no stranger to readers, as he wrote weekly about the classicists. He also conducted a program on the paper’s radio show, Forverts Hour. In 2000 the Yiddish Writers in Israel…
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Arts & Culture article about artist Martin Wilner
In the May 20 issue, an arts and culture article about artist Martin Wilner failed to note that his work is available through Pierogi, a gallery located at 177 N. 9th St., Brooklyn, NY 11211. Images from his recent exhibition, History and Evidence, can be viewed on the gallery’s Web site, www.pierogi2000.com.
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Warm Welcome in Warsaw for Ya’alon
WARSAW — In the Jewish community in Warsaw, the visit of Israel’s military chief of staff was a source of visible elation. On a weekday, at an awkward hour, dozens of members of the 1,500-person community waited in the Nozyk Synagogue, which had been used as a stable during the Nazi occupation, to hear Moshe…
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Africa Question Puts Ross on Hot Seat in Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa — Dennis Ross, America’s point man on the peace process during the 1990s, came to Iowa last week to talk about the Arab-Israeli conflict. But his speech, made to 450 people at a local Conservative synagogue, took an unexpected turn when a tall man in traditional African garb approached the microphone during…
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Mayor Virtually Assured of Jewish Agency Job
JERUSALEM — Ze’ev Bielski, mayor of the Tel Aviv suburb of Ra’anana, can be seen in the mornings opening car doors for school children, ushering them toward their classrooms with a smile. Now Bielski, 58, may be heading to one of the most powerful offices in the Jewish world: chairman of the Jewish Agency for…
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Race Tension Vexes Contest For Senate In Maryland
Racial tensions are simmering in Maryland’s Democratic senatorial primary race, in which a nationally known black leader, former congressman Kweisi Mfume, is squaring off against a white congressman, Ben Cardin, who is Jewish. While the contest is still in its early stages, and other candidates — both black and white — may enter the race,…
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Dershowitz Fires Back at His Critics
An academic battle simmering for two years is coming to a boil with the release next month of a new book taking aim at Harvard University professor Alan Dershowitz and his support for Israel. In the new book, “Beyond Chutzpah,” DePaul University professor Norman Finkelstein attempts to discredit Dershowitz’s 2003 bestseller, “The Case for Israel.”…
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Sharon and a Critic Jostle for Limelight As Gaza Pullout Feud Comes to America
When Israeli Prime Minister Sharon comes to the United States this week to stump for his Gaza disengagement plan, he will be competing for the spotlight with the most prominent opponent of the initiative, Natan Sharansky. Sharansky, the former Soviet refusenik, resigned from Sharon’s government two weeks ago to protest the disengagement plan, but he…
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