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‘Old Man’ of Jewish Mafia Key Informant in Killer-cops Case
At first glance, Burton Kaplan hardly seems like a formidable figure, those who know him say. At 71, he’s a bit frail and by all accounts half blind, with one bum eye peering out at the world from behind oversize glasses. He’s soft spoken, with a Brooklyn accent said to be as thick as cholent…
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DER YIDDISH-VINKL April 29, 2005
Once again Al Grand returns to Der Vinkl with another of his Yiddish translations of the works of the Savoyards (Gilbert and Sullivan). Grand has been not only a translator, but also an actor who has performed in his own creations. Indeed his life has been so involved with the Savoyards that his e-mail address…
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Sinking Into Africa’s ‘Poverty Trap’
PABBO, Uganda — Ana quietly joined the line, her 2-year-old daughter, Margaret, in tow. She carefully placed her green and yellow plastic containers behind the hundreds of others, and then joined the other women to chat and to wait for water. It is a daily ritual by which Ana receives water for her family of…
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FBI Affair Costs Lobby Dynamic Director Rosen
WASHINGTON — The FBI investigation of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee has in recent months eroded the reputation and credibility of the powerful pro-Israel lobby, Washington insiders said. But the firing of Steve Rosen, Aipac’s policy director, is the first tangible price — and a very dear one — that the organization is paying…
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International Aid to Africa Lagging
Africa lags behind other regions not only in terms of development aid but also when it comes to emergency relief, according to the United Nations’s top humanitarian official. “It is one of the biggest imbalances of our time — compassion,” undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs Jan Egeland told the Forward in a phone interview. “We are…
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Shifting Political Alliances Raise Alarm for U.K. Jews
British Prime Minister Tony Blair goes to the voters next week to seek a third term, following a brief but heated election campaign in which his most controversial decision, taking his nation to war in Iraq, hardly played a role. But while the Middle East appears to have caused few problems for Blair during the…
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Newsdesk April 29, 2005
ZOA: No Vote on Aid The Zionist Organization of America will not lobby against American aid to cover Israel’s Gaza withdrawal costs, ZOA National President Morton Klein said. Last week Klein told the Forward that his organization, which strongly opposes the Gaza redeployment plan, would consider lobbying against Israeli requests for American financial aid to…
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Russian President Planning Pilgrimage to Holy Sites
MOSCOW — The agenda for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s historic visit to Israel is undoubtedly full, and the reasons for the visit are quite numerous, but analysts say that a largely overlooked factor may be Putin’s own religious views. Official sources in Russia indicated that the visit was meant to show that relations between Moscow…
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CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
Congressional Campaign: The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is looking to the Jewish community to help it regain control of Congress, tapping Rep. Steve Israel of New York to head up an outreach effort. The campaign is designed to ensure that the House Democratic Caucus “is being aggressive in our message and our appeal to American…
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Why It Pays To Factor Income Into College Admission Policies
FORWARD FORUM A central tenet of the postwar American dream is that a bright young person from any walk of life has the opportunity to improve his or her prospects with a college degree. Veterans used the G.I. Bill to pursue their degrees in the late 1940s and 1950s, and their children followed them into…
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Seder Songs
A favorite feature of the Passover Seder for those not feeling overwhelmed by sleep or food is the music, the songs at the end of the Seder. The Haggada has four of these: “Ki lo Na’eh, Ki Lo Ya’eh”; “Adir Hu”; “Echad Mi Yode’a,” and “Had Gadya.” All four are highly repetitive, and the last…
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