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UJC Exec Rebuffs Critical Study as Work of ‘Naysayers’
An ambitious study of the United Jewish Communities by two top academics, exploring the charitable giant’s initial stumbles and recommending course corrections, has won a dismissive response from the organization’s chief executive. The study, released February 4, is the product of nearly 90 interviews with founders and participants in the famously troubled organization, which was…
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Rice Crowns ‘President Abbas’
Can a 15,000 mile round trip be remembered for a single word? It probably will be in regard to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s recent visit to Jerusalem and Ramallah, the capital of the P.A. In her two days in the region, the secretary of state, who otherwise talked in the usual platitudes, signaled the…
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Super Soups
THE FOOD MAVEN by Matthew Goodman Soup is among the oldest of all foods; in biblical times, earthenware pots placed on clay stands were used to prepare soups made from vegetables and pulses and flavored with onion and garlic. Prominent among those pulses were lentils, out of which Jacob made a very famous soup, the…
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The Frozen Chosen How the Israeli Bobsled Team Slid Into Existence
If you think an Israeli bobsled team seems like an alien concept, you are not alone. Call the Israeli Olympic Committee, and chances are you’ll be told that the team doesn’t exist. “We don’t have a bobsled team. Not from Israel. No, no, no,” office manager Etty Glickman said. Her colleague, Rakeset Waintraub, had said…
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Columbia Students Say Firestorm Blurs Campus Reality
Even as Columbia University faces a torrent of allegations of anti-Israel and anti-Jewish bias, the Jewish students at the center of the controversy say their cause has been misunderstood. In a recent meeting with the Forward, several students involved in making and distributing the documentary film “Columbia Unbecoming,” which triggered the media firestorm engulfing the…
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DER YIDDISH-VINKL February 11, 2005
Once more the inimitable Stanley Siegelman returns to Der Vinkl with a rare news item and his Yinglish versions in Yiddish mixed with English and in English mixed with Yiddish. In England, he reports, an 18-year-old girl has openly advertised the sale of her virginity for several hundred British pounds. Hundreds of men have responded…
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Sharon Faces Problems at Home After Triumph of Egypt Summit
TEL AVIV — Fresh from his triumphant summit meeting with Arab leaders in Sharm el-Sheikh, Prime Minister Sharon promptly ran into new political trouble this week when one of his top aides formed a tactical alliance with his right-wing opponents, threatening to undermine the prime minister’s do-or-die Gaza disengagement plan. The February 8 summit, Sharon’s…
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Fierstein Fires Up ‘Fiddler’
Crooner Julius La Rosa (!), film star Danny Kaye and comic Alan King were among those considered in 1964 for the role of Tevye in “Fiddler on the Roof,” notes Carol Ilson in her 1989 biography, “Harold Prince — From ‘Pajama Game’ to ‘Phantom of the Opera’” (UMI Research Press). In the end, Prince’s choice,…
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British Labour Party Slammed for ‘Antisemitic’ Ads
LONDON — Britain’s governing Labour Party is under a hail of criticism following the release — and hasty withdrawal — of a pre-election poster campaign widely condemned as antisemitic. The controversial posters, reportedly the personal handiwork of one of Labour’s top strategists, used what critics called thinly veiled stereotypes in their portrayals of opposition Conservative…
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The ‘Hebrew QB’ Is Hall of Famer
More than two decades after his death and half a century after he revolutionized the forward pass, Benjamin “Benny” Friedman — the so-called “Hebrew quarterback” — has been voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Friedman, the gridiron wizard from Cleveland’s Jewish ghetto whose unprecedented passing skills forever changed the game of football, was…
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Synagogues Joining Efforts for Community Organizing
Due to an editing error, the February 4 article “Synagogues Joining Efforts for Community Organizing” failed to mention the previous employment of the author, Sara Marcus, by one of the organizations featured in the story. Marcus previously worked part time for the Jewish Fund for Justice, but did not have any direct involvement with the…
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