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Pirates, Pishkes And ‘Pacific Overtures’
“We’re here… to celebrate one of the most powerful and influential groups advocating for women’s health, empowerment, and rights in Asia, Africa and Latin America — the International Women’s Health Coalition,” actress and emcee Kathleen Turner said at its January 11 dinner at Cipriani 42nd Street. Alluding to the tsunami disaster, Kati Marton, IWHC board…
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Harry’s Biggest Crime? His Nazi Joke Wasn’t Funny
In the January 21 article “Harry’s Biggest Crime? His Nazi Joke Wasn’t Funny,” writer Ros Taylor was misidentified. She is a journalist with the Guardian newspaper. A January 21 article on the International Sephardic Film Festival failed to note that the sponsoring agencies are the American Sephardi Federation, Sephardic House and Yeshiva University Museum.
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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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Yid.Dish: Savory Hamantaschen with Mushroom Filling
Dough: 1/2 cup butter 1 egg 1 tbsp sugar 2 1/4 cups flour 2 tsp baking powder 2 tbsp milk 1 tsp dried rosemary, basil, or oregano Cream butter, sugar and egg. In a separate bowl, sift flour, baking powder, and herbs together. Add 1/2 of dry mixture into wet ingredients and combine until smooth….
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Of Biblical Proportions
If you read the newspapers or watch the news on television, you couldn’t have avoided hearing, probably more than once, the expression “of biblical proportions” in connection with the Asian tsunami. “A disaster of biblical proportions,” the New York Daily News reported. “A humanitarian crisis of biblical proportions,” the Washington Post declared. “A tragedy of…
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Slogan Stirs Concern
Far-right Israeli activists put out a bumper sticker threatening Ariel Sharon’s life. Police sources said Sunday that the distributors of the sticker, which reads, “Sharon: Lily Awaits You,” could be probed for incitement to murder. The slogan refers to Sharon’s wife, Lily, who died in 2000. According to media reports, the outlawed far-right group Kach…
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Student Overdoses
Four American yeshiva students were arrested in Jerusalem in a sting operation Tuesday for dealing drugs, The Jerusalem Post reported. The arrests of the three 18-year-olds came a day after the death of a 19-year-old American yeshiva student from an apparent drug overdose. The 19-year-old, identified as Erik Nathan Fogel, was found dead near the…
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Violence Ends P.A. Chief’s Honeymoon
TEL AVIV — Israel’s military chief of staff, Lieutenant General Moshe Ya’alon, has made no secret in the last year of his high regard for the newly installed chairman of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas. A little more than a year ago, Ya’alon went so far as to criticize his own government openly for failing…
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