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DER YIDDISH-VINKL September 5, 2003
Our steady readers must, by now, be well acquainted with the ever-punning and provocative poet Stanley Siegelman. His pieces on a Jewish president, Senator Hillary Clinton’s confessions, dog bar mitzvahs and the Supreme Court decision on gays have left their indelible mark as cutting commentaries on the follies of our times. This time, his subject…
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Peace Front Faces Schism Over ‘Right Of Return’
Arab groups are threatening to quit the country’s largest anti-war coalition unless it does more to support the Palestinian cause, but Jewish members say that such a move would lead them to break ranks. Several Arab and Muslim groups announced last week that they would drop out of United for Peace and Justice, a leading…
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Top Middle East Scholar Protests Pipes Appointment
WASHINGTON — A top Middle East scholar is suspending his ties with the United States Institute of Peace to protest the recent appointment of Daniel Pipes to the board of the federally funded think tank, sparking fears of a wider boycott. Former presidential adviser William Quandt told the Forward that he is suspending work on…
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Praise for Theater’s Era of Enlightenment
The August 22 cocktail party celebrating the Stella Adler Studio of Acting was held at the Bridgehampton home of Barbara and John (Bunky) Hearst overlooking the Hampton hills, a setting that reminded one guest of Kentucky. At the event, hosted by Adler Studio alum Roy Scheider, its chairman, and his wife, Brenda Seimer, the winners…
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Study: 22% Of Israeli Households Go Hungry
A feud between Israel’s prime minister and Diaspora Jewish charities over the use of Israeli hunger as a fundraising tool blew up in the prime minister’s face last week, following publication of an American-backed study showing that hunger not only exists but is widespread in Israel. The study, which was leaked to the Israeli press…
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Pollard Gets Another Day in Court, But No Ruling Is Announced
WASHINGTON — It did not result in any decision, but just getting another day in court was a victory of sorts for Jonathan Pollard. Sentenced to life imprisonment in 1987 for spying for Israel, Pollard had tried to get a new hearing for years, arguing that his former counsel was inept and that the government…
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Giving Gifts to Ungrateful Grown-ups Gets Old
How long are relatives expected to give gifts to grown children? I have a nephew, 26, and a niece, 23, to whom I have given gifts on every birthday and major holiday. They have never acknowledged my gifts. What is correct now that they are adults? — Unacknowledged auntie Any obligation you may have felt…
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Restitution Leader Disbarred by Court After Investigation Of Job Misconduct
The former top American professional of an international Holocaust restitution commission has been disbarred. The move comes one year after the official, Neal Sher, former chief of staff in the Washington office of the International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims, was investigated by the commission for allegedly misappropriating funds for personal use. The investigation…
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New French Ambassador’s Remarks Strike Sour Note
PARIS — France’s new ambassador has yet to arrive in Tel Aviv, but already he has succeeded in antagonizing Israel’s political establishment and France’s Jewish community. Gerard Araud was sharing his views on his new posting with Foreign Ministry colleagues last week over crudités and cocktails when he failed to notice an Israeli journalist carefully…
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Modern Times
“Technically, Alice, according to the Torah, it’s not adultery.” Alice yanks her elbow from his hand, walks down the synagogue steps, crosses the street to a park bench, sits. Bob follows, but as he sits beside her, Alice angles her body away. “Alice,” he says, touching her shoulder. She jerks free. “Carol’s Jewish,” he says,…
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A Litvak-less Birthday Bash
Happy 750th birthday, Vilnius, many happy returns of the day, and thanks for letting everyone share it all with you. Thanks for that memorable summer fest, that near-infinite parade glutting your newly refurbished main drag, Gedimino Prospekt (with a nice McDonald’s, complete with walk-through window); thanks for those three-plus hours of good-natured nationalistic/peasant nonsense, the…
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