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Dems Stand With Bush on Syria Attack
The top Democratic presidential candidates, who have differed sharply with President Bush over his conduct of the Iraq war, are registering their agreement with him over his support for Israel’s bombing of a terrorist target in Syria. The president called the airborne attack, which hit what Israel described as a training camp of Islamic Jihad…
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Kosher Chat & Chew on Chowhound.com
‘Chowhounders know that kosher food has come a long way from Tam-Tam crackers and Stella D’Oro cookies,” Amy Tarshis told the Forward, referring to the hundreds of thousands of Chowhound.com devotees that flock to the Web site’s message boards to swap tales of far-flung food and flavor. Once upon a time, the priority of patrons…
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CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
Dean Damage Control: Former Vermont governor Howard Dean has hired the former Washington bureau chief of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency to do outreach for him in the Jewish community. Matthew Dorf, a partner in Rabinowitz Media, a Washington public relations firm, has been hired as a senior adviser to the campaign. Before joining Rabinowitz as…
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A Hebrew Homie’s Search for a Hebrew Hottie Called Lil’ Spenda
‘I’m just a Hebrew homie,” raps Jewish hip-hop artist 50 Shekel, “who likes them Hebrew hotties.” Listen up, Yiddas (loose translation: “Jewish homies”), 50 Shekel is on the lookout for a Hebrew hottie to share the mike with. Last month, the 28-year-old, Tel Aviv-born, Brooklyn-raised rapper began advertising for a sidekick, whom he plans to…
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Gephardt Backs ‘Fence’ Regardless of Path
Rep. Richard Gephardt of Missouri is offering a decidedly different position from President Bush on Israel’s controversial West Bank security barrier. Gephardt told the Forward that he has strongly supported the fence — regardless of exactly where it runs — ever since it was first proposed by then-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak. He said he…
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A Nod to Italy: From Freedom to Film
It was ciao or shana tovah and a gut yontef as nearly 500 guests arrived at the Plaza hotel for the controversial Anti-Defamation League September 23 “Appreciation of Italy” dinner honoring Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Waiting to be scanned airport-style at the entrance to the ballroom, I had a heymish litvishn Yiddish exchange with…
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Arrest Triggers a Crisis Among American Muslims
WASHINGTON — Recent allegations by federal prosecutors that a prominent American Muslim leader attempted to smuggle hundreds of thousands of dollars to terrorist organizations have triggered a deep crisis in the organized Muslim community. The arrest of Abdurahman Alamoudi, president of the American Muslim Foundation and founder of the American Muslim Council, is embarrassing Muslim…
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Video Greetings at Gravesite? What Terrible Taste!
I recently received a brochure from a Jewish funeral home offering a service I find appalling: a personalized video of the deceased that can be viewed at the funeral and on demand whenever you visit the gravesite. Surely this cannot be in keeping with Jewish law? — Appalled by funeral services Consulting Jewish texts about…
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Poverty Figures Lift Veil, a Bit, On Ills of Needy
The National Jewish Population Survey, the trouble-plagued study released last month by United Jewish Communities, is winning half a cheer from social service experts and anti-poverty advocates for its disclosure of a 5% estimated poverty rate among American Jews. The statistic appears to represent the first effort in at least a quarter-century to determine the…
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Israel Appeals to U.S. To Block U.N. Resolution on ‘Road Map’
WASHINGTON — Israel is making an urgent appeal to the Bush administration to block two Arab-initiated resolutions in the United Nations Security Council calling on Israel to stop building its West Bank security fence and authorizing the U.N. to press for the implementation of the “road map” peace plan. Israel’s ambassador to the U.N., Daniel…
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DER YIDDISH-VINKL October 10, 2003
As Columbus Day approaches, we are reminded of the dual and contrary views held by Jewish immigrants at the turn of the 20th century regarding Christopher Columbus. To some, he was the heaven-sent explorer who brought a goldene medine (a sort of secondary promised land) to the wandering Jew. To others, whose experiences in this…
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