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Down and Out in the Hollywood Hills: A Reunion
Seth Greenland’s debut novel, “The Bones” (coming out next month from Bloomsbury), follows Lloyd Melnick, a TV comedy writer who has stumbled onto accidental success in Hollywood, and Frank Bones, a racy stand-up comedian whose once-thriving career has stalled. With hopes of hitching his broken-down wagon to Lloyd’s rising star, Frank has arranged a meeting…
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Chabad Prize to Putin Spurring Debate Over Russian’s Actions
WARSAW — Just before the sun set over Auschwitz on January 27, ending the international ceremonies that marked the 60th anniversary of the notorious death camp’s liberation, President Vladimir Putin of Russia stepped forward to receive a medal from Rabbi Berel Lazar, one of the two men who claims the title of chief rabbi of…
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A Brief on Bokser
Last week we observed Tu B’Shvat, the Jewish tree-planting day — or at least it is that in Israel, halfway through whose mild, rainy winter the earth is moist and receptive and the time for planting is ideal. As a boy in a Jewish school in New York, on the other hand, I can remember…
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Jewish Power Struggle Stirs Passion in Prague
PRAGUE — An ugly struggle for control of the Prague Jewish community ended officially late last month when the Czech Federation of Jewish Communities recognized a loose-knit opposition group as the legitimate steward of one of Europe’s oldest Jewish communities. In fact, however, the fight goes on despite the January 20 decision. The ousted community…
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Prayer Fare: A Look Back at ‘Jewish Science’
‘The Jew of today needs, more than ever, a spiritual influence as a bulwark against worry, fear and anxiety. He needs that source of inspiration that will bring peace to his restless soul, free his heart from forebodings and cares… and replenish the springs of his happiness.” Although these passages strike a decidedly New Age-y…
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Differences About Mideast Policy Divide U.S. Communal Groups
WASHINGTON — Sometimes, it seems, even good news is bad news when it comes to organized Jewish life. As Israel’s government prepares to pull out of Gaza and parts of the West Bank and resume talks with the Palestinians, American Jewish communal leaders are striving to protect their community from polarizing and to create a…
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Cheney Ratchets Up the Pressure on Iran Over Nukes
In a week rife with speculation about America’s plans to attack Iran, Vice President Richard Cheney stepped up the pressure on Tehran by declaring that Israel might strike Iran’s nuclear facilities if ongoing diplomatic efforts fail. In response to a question by radio talk-show host Don Imus about the possibility of Israeli action, Cheney said,…
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Columbia Conference Postponed
Campus tensions regarding the Middle East spilled over into the political realm at Columbia University this week when Israel’s ambassador to the United States called off an appearance at the university. Ambassador Daniel Ayalon had been scheduled to appear at an all-day conference, sponsored by Columbia’s Center for International Conflict Resolution on the crisis in…
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Gaza Settlers Brace for Disengagement
ELEI SINAI, Gaza — If Israeli soldiers come to remove the Farhan family from their home here in northern Gaza, it will not be the first time the Farhans experience dislocation at the hands of their own government. The Farhans are among the 5,000 Jewish settlers who were made to leave their homes in the…
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Public Opinion Sinks Proposal on Subsidies for Quebec Day Schools
MONTREAL — In a humiliating reversal for Montreal’s 90,000-member Jewish community, Quebec’s provincial government has retreated from plans to subsidize the province’s Jewish day schools fully, following accusations that the ruling Liberal Party was simply trying to reward the Jewish community for its financial contributions. Quebec already provides the most generous benefits in Canada for…
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Holocaust Memorial Performs A Strained Balancing Act
PARIS — On Tuesday, French President Jacques Chirac inaugurated France’s official Holocaust Memorial and “renew[ed] our country’s promise never to forget what it proved unable to avoid.” The memorial’s patrons — the French government, a supporting foundation and the Jewish community, among others — intend the museum as “Europe’s institution of reference for the Holocaust,”…
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