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Rightist Minister Bridges Religious Divide, for Tourism
To most observers in this country, Israeli Tourism Minister Benny Elon does not readily conjure up images of pluralism and tolerance. Leader of the far-right Moledet Party, which advocates the “transfer” of Palestinians from the West Bank to nearby Arab countries, Elon is seen as one of the most politically extreme figures in Prime Minister…
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The Best Album You’ve Never Read
Michael Hearst and Joshua Camp met in 1995 while working at the Hohner musical instrument warehouse and repair center in northern Virginia. There, as Hearst tuned harmonicas eight hours a day while Camp worked as an accordion technician, the two developed a friendship based on a shared interest in oddball instruments. The Hohner factory in…
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CAPTURING THE HUMAN FORM
Under the Nazi regime, the art of Ludwig Meidner (1884-1966) was labeled “degenerate.” Today, the Jewish artist is remembered as a key figure in the history of German Expressionism. His self-portrait is on display in “Body & Soul: Expressionism and the Human Figure,” among 65 works by various artists that trace the genesis of figural…
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Back-to-School Shpilkes
It’s finally starting to feel like autumn here in New York. Apples are getting crisper. Josie wore her first jumper and tights (which she refers to as her “jump-rope and kites”). We bought new leather shoes. And all the mameles I know with kids in school are breathing huge sighs of relief and making plans…
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Capturing the Meanderings of Memory
Benjamin Balint is the assistant editor of Commentary magazine. The Hooligan’s Return: A Memoir By Norman Manea Translated by Angela Jianu Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 385 pages, $30. * * *| In one of Norman Manea’s novellas, “The Interrogation,” the main character, a young woman imprisoned in an unnamed place for an unnamed political crime,…
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In This Week’s Yiddish Forward
• Sukkot holiday folklore. • Joshua Fishman writes on the new dangers of antisemitism. • Rukhl Schaechter reviews Peter Rosen’s documentary “Khachaturian,” the story of a talented Armenian composer who reluctantly became a posterboy for the Soviet ideal. • Mikhail Krutikov writes on Jewish studies in Russia and the politics that affect them. •Gennadi Estraikh…
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Foes Warn Measure Could Hurt Efforts To Fight Bias
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s gubernatorial bid is overshadowing a ballot initiative that will either — depending upon whom one asks — bring the Golden State one step closer to realizing the dream of a color-blind society or stymie government efforts to fight discrimination and serve an ethnically diverse population. Proposition 54, a proposed constitutional amendment on the…
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Tourists Outnumber Residents In Storied Indian Community
“I feel like an endangered species, like a rhinoceros in a zoo,” Joseph Hallegua said with the faint helplessness of an old patriarchal figure slowly losing control over his domain. The 70-something Hallegua is one of the last Cochin Jews, trying to come to terms with the grim future of his community. On the island…
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Dershowitz Rebuts Critics’ Plagiarism Charges
Harvard University law professor Alan Dershowitz is firing back at critics accusing him of plagiarism in his recently released book, “The Case for Israel.” “I’m coming out swinging,” Dershowitz said in an interview with the Forward, in which he responded to the charge made last week by Norman Finkelstein, a DePaul University professor who himself…
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Keeping the Memory of Lodz Alive
At a small, impromptu gathering held September 18 at the Polish Consulate in New York, Lodz’s mayor, Jerzy Kropiwnicki, told those gathered about plans for the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the August 29, 1944, liquidation of the Lodz Ghetto. Among those gathered were Rabbi Michael Shudrich, the de facto chief rabbi of Poland,…
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Argentina: Move Trial In Bombing Overseas
In what Argentinean officials are describing as a last-ditch effort to salvage the decade-old investigation into the bombing of the AMIA Jewish communal center in Buenos Aires, the country’s top diplomat is demanding an international trial to examine Iran’s alleged role in the attack. In an exclusive interview with the Forward, Argentinean Foreign Minister Rafael…
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