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Poland’s Jewish Past; Bob Hope Memories
Other than visits to the Polish Consulate in New York, I have not set foot on Polish “soil” since my mother and I fled Nazi-occupied Warsaw in the winter of 1939. Invited to the Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow, but unable to attend, I asked Michael Berkowicz, vice president of Friends of the Festival, if…
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ADL Rebukes Knesset Law
In a rare rebuke of Israel, the Anti-Defamation League is criticizing the Knesset for passing a bill that denies residency permits to Palestinians who marry Israeli citizens. The decision to speak out, albeit gently, puts the ADL in the unusual position of joining the European Union and international human rights organizations in criticizing Israeli policy….
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Is It Bad Form To Bring Beau to Ex’s Funeral?
My ex-mother-in-law just passed away. I have been divorced for seven years and have been dating the same man for the past four years. My boyfriend met my ex-mother-in-law and sees my ex-husband often since we share custody of our children. He would like to attend the services with me. Is this appropriate, or will…
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Single Mothers’ Protest Losing Support
JERUSALEM — When single mother Vicky Knafo set out on foot from her home in the Negev July 1, she was alone. When she finished her 125-mile protest march — intended to bring attention to proposed economic measures that would hurt single mothers — in Jerusalem one week later, she had attracted a throng of…
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The Road to Refuge Must Be Broad
Like most children at 9 and 10, I fantasized of special powers, pretending with a single word or wave of a wand that I could teleport objects, sprout wings, see colors crisply in the dark. But one capacity in particular I tried forcefully to materialize — a kind of X-ray vision that could decipher, within…
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Lieberman Comes Out Swinging at President, Liberal Democrats
In his strongest criticism of President Bush’s Israel policies to date during the campaign, Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman is blasting Bush for threatening Israel over its security fence. In an e-mail message sent Tuesday night to Jewish supporters, Lieberman wrote that he was “stunned” to learn of Bush’s threats to withdraw loan guarantees if Israel…
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Forward Looking Back
100 YEARS AGO • When Lexington Avenue candymaker Morris Kornblum heard that his wife was slandered by his neighbor Isadore Blumenthal, he ran straight to the precinct to lodge a complaint against him. Blumenthal, in his own defense, said that he used offensive language only after Mrs. Kornblum cursed and slandered him. Kornblum categorically refused…
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Exporting Homegrown Culture: Can Israeli Cinema Go Global?
The first and – but can this be? – last truly memorable Israeli film I saw was “Sallah Shabbati.” That was way back in my impressionable, Zionism-infused youth, somewhere in the middle of the giddy 1960s, when Israel still shimmered before the eyes of Jewish day-school children like a biblical fable come true, an as-yet…
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CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
Saddam’s Skeletons: A remark about Iraq former Vermont governor Howard Dean made on television is drawing the scorn of a Jewish communal leader. In an interview late last month on Iowa Public Television, Dean made the case for sending American troops to stop situations of genocide, including the butchery going on in Liberia. But at…
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Helping Homeless, One Night at a Time
Everyone seems to have a friend or neighbor affected by the economic downturn here in Seattle, where fallout from the dot-com crash and massive Boeing layoffs have yet to settle and the ranks of hungry and homeless have grown. The congregants of one Reform synagogue — known for its activist bent — in Seattle’s North…
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Confirmation Debate Morphs Into Bitter Religious Battle
Allies of embattled Bush judicial pick William Pryor Jr., whose nomination is being opposed by Democrats over his controversial views on church-state issues, are trying to enlist a leading Orthodox Jewish organization in their fight to paint his foes as anti-Catholic extremists. The Committee for Justice, an advocacy group created to fight for President Bush’s…
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