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Stirring ‘Harts’ And Minds at A Tribute Gala
At the November 21 Metropolitan Opera Guild’s “Hart to Hart: A Celebration of the Lives and Achievements of Kitty Carlisle Hart and Moss Hart” at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall, those in the audience who never knew or who had forgotten Carlisle Hart’s vocal pyrotechnics discovered what a magnificent soprano the “To Tell the Truth”…
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Major Rabbinical Council Slammed For Releasing Names in Sexual Abuse Case
The nation’s leading Orthodox rabbinical organization is being accused of betraying women who say they were sexually abused or harassed by a prominent New York rabbi hailed for counseling women about their troubled marriages. Critics of the Rabbinical Council of America are blasting the group for giving Rabbi Mordecai Tendler and his attorney, Arnold Kriss,…
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As Israel Debates Syrian Overture, Washington Presses To Stop Talks
WASHINGTON — While Syria’s repeated offers to reopen peace talks with Jerusalem are triggering a fierce debate within the Israeli military and political establishment, the Bush administration appears united in its opposition to launching such negotiations. The administration is not officially advising Israel against such talks, Israeli and American sources said. But Washington has refrained…
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Talk Show Host Blasts Caller’s ‘Anti-Christmas’ Attitude
Fox News talk show host Bill O’Reilly chastised a Jewish caller on his radio show who objected to “Christmas going into schools.” The caller said he “grew up with a resentment because I felt that people were trying to convert me to Christianity.” In response, O’Reilly, a self-described traditionalist who has suggested that much of…
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Florida Woman Wanted After Abduction Threat
A woman from Boca Raton, Fla., who in recent years has placed ads in the Forward imploring readers to pressure courts to return custody of her two children to her, is wanted by the police for nonpayment of child support and for improper contact after placing ads in a local newspaper seeking others to help…
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O.U. Reverses Stance on Slaughterhouse
In a significant shift, the Orthodox Union has moved from supporting the controversial practices employed by a kosher slaughterhouse under its supervision to requesting that certain of these practices be changed. The move came amid a furious publicity blitz conducted by the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Armed with a…
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Agency Slow To Handle Holocaust Claims
In 1998, when an international agency was formed to help Holocaust survivors collect on their prewar insurance policies, Alex Moscovic thought he finally might be able to recover the policy his parents whispered about as the Nazis were marching into his native Hungary in 1944. Moscovic filed his claim in 2000 with the agency, known…
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GOP Activist Calls for Halt To Federation Donations
A Jewish GOP leader is calling on his fellow Republicans to withdraw their financial support from Jewish charitable institutions — especially federations — that express “hostility toward Republicans” or pursue “a differing political agenda.” Bruce Bialosky, former president of the Southern California region of the Republican Jewish Coalition and the Bush-Cheney ’04 Jewish outreach chair…
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CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
Election Dissection: Democrats must formulate much stronger national security and anti-terrorism positions and language if they expect to win the trust of American voters, a number of analysts and party operatives said at a post-election symposium December 3. “The public simply doesn’t trust us to keep them safe,” said Democratic strategist Jim Jordan at the…
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Mounting Scandal at Aipac Prompts Talk of Lobbying Powerhouse’s Demise
WASHINGTON — With senior officials at America’s top pro-Israel organization facing the specter of federal indictments, staffers at other groups are beginning to waver in their support and are warning that the mounting legal scandal could damage the political credibility of the entire Jewish community. The doubts were prompted by last week’s FBI raid of…
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DER YIDDISH-VINKL December 10, 2004
In tune with the season, Der Yiddish-Vinkl devotes its column this week to the ever-uplifting subject of Hanukkah. What follows are two poems (songs) about this joyful holiday. The transliterations are by Goldie A Gold; the English versions are by Gus Tyler. The first piece is by M. Rivesman. Khanike, Oy, Khanike Khanike, oy, Khanike,…
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