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DER YIDDISH-VINKL March 4, 2005
By now, the special style and use of Yinglish (a mix of Yiddish and English) by our regular contributor, Stanley Siegelman, is known by readers of Der Vinkl. A goodly part of his genius is his rare ability to find subjects that bypass most of us. And in this column he does it again, with…
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Newsdesk March 4, 2005
Police Offer Reward The Houston police are offering a $5,000 reward for any information leading to an arrest and charges against the perpetrators of an unprecedented rash of antisemitic hate crimes that has boggled authorities. Fourteen acts of vandalism and phone threats against Jewish temples and community centers have been reported in the greater Houston…
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Rabbis To Ponder Movement’s Future
With hundreds of Conservative rabbis set to descend on Houston next week, movement leaders are pledging to take a hard look at the future of their religious movement. At a time when some say the Conservative movement is at a crossroads, and perhaps suffering an identity crisis as its membership dwindles, some 300 rabbis are…
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U. of Michigan Receives Gift Of $20 Million
The University of Michigan has received a $20 million gift to establish a research institute for Jewish studies. The money, donated by Samuel and Jean Frankel, will be used to bring together 14 scholars from every field of Jewish studies to spend two semesters together, in one building, with no teaching obligations. The Frankels created…
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Tax Filing Triggers Buzz Over Executive’s Pay
The salary of Malcolm Hoenlein, arguably the most influential chief executive of any Jewish representative organization, was the subject of a flurry of discussion this week among communal insiders. But Hoenlein, the executive vice chairman of the Conference of President of Major American Jewish Organizations, insisted that the fuss was misplaced. Hoenlein earned $819,939 in…
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Rabbis To Ponder Movement’s Future
With hundreds of Conservative rabbis set to descend on Houston next week, movement leaders are pledging to take a hard look at the future of their religious movement. At a time when some say the Conservative movement is at a crossroads, and perhaps suffering an identity crisis as its membership dwindles, some 300 rabbis are…
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Following Baby’s Death, Orthodox Group Urges Followers To Drop Disputed Ritual
In response to the death of a New York baby boy from herpes, the top union of Modern Orthodox rabbis is urging Jews to abandon the ancient ritual practice of suctioning the blood by mouth directly from the baby’s penis during circumcision. The Rabbinical Council of America, representing more than 1,000 rabbis, issued a policy…
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Bushes ‘Touched’ by Holocaust Documentary
WASHINGTON — “Paper Clips,” a new documentary film chronicling Tennessee schoolchildren’s efforts to memorialize the Holocaust, has secured a thumbs-up from two high-profile viewers: President Bush and his wife, Laura. The film was screened at the White House on February 19, just hours before Bush left for his trip to Europe. It chronicles the story…
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CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
Kate’s Brooklyn Bundle: Rep. Katherine Harris, a Florida Republican, is refusing to return $20,000 in contributions she received from five individuals associated with the Postville, Iowa, Agriprocessors plant, according to a report in The Tampa Tribune. The Postville plant, one of the largest kosher slaughterhouses in America, was the subject of an exposé last year…
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Destined To Clash: Zionism and the Settlements
Lords of the Land: The Settlers and the State of Israel, 1967-2004 By Idith Zertal and Akiva Eldar Kinneret, Zmora-Bitan Dvir Publishing House. * * *| Many studies exist detailing one aspect or another of the story of Israel’s settlement of its occupied territories. None, however, in Hebrew or in any other language, has tried…
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Rosenthal Decries ‘Disgraceful Silence of Complacency’
WASHINGTON — In her final speech as executive director of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, Hannah Rosenthal called on the organization’s members to voice “a lot more outrage” in the face of the Bush administration’s significant cuts to social-service programs. “This is a time that begs that we speak out on injustices,” said Rosenthal,…
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