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Diaspora Museum on the Verge of Economic Collapse
JERUSALEM — The Museum of the Jewish Diaspora in Tel Aviv, once famed for its cutting-edge technology and innovative exhibitions, is on the verge of total economic collapse and will be forced to close unless additional funding can be found to keep it alive. A special committee headed by former finance and justice minister Ya’acov…
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President Bush Rejects A Heaven-sent Gift
It was not easy for President Bush to manipulate matters to get the United States involved in a war in Iraq. But, he did it — although it cost him his credibility with many Americans. But now he faces a tougher task: getting out of Iraq. Officially, the war ended May 1. But now it…
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“Living Threads: The Judaic Textile Art of Wendy Rabinowitz” presents some 15 mixed-media tapestries and sculptures that incorporate Hebrew lettering from the Torah and Psalms. Ten of these works are from Rabinowitz’s “Masks of the Matriarchs Series.” According to the kabbala, each biblical matriarch reflects the Shekhina, the female aspect of God. Each of these…
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CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
Issa the Enforcer?: Rep. Darrell Issa, the San Diego Republican who has been spending millions of his own money promoting the recall of California’s Democratic governor, Gray Davis, is emerging as a power-broker among the several Republicans running to replace Davis. Issa, who himself bowed out of the governor’s race earlier this month, will keynote…
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‘HAVANA NAGILAH’ & MORE
The Hip Hop Hoodíos, four bilingual musicians from Latino-Jewish backgrounds — “hoodío” is a twist on the Spanish word for “Jew,” judio — perform their blend of alternative rock and rap in Spanish and English. Fronted by Josué Noriego, the group includes Federico Fong of the Mexican rock band Jaguares on bass and drums; Abraham…
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A Failed Israeli Society Collapses While Its Leaders Remain Silent
The Zionist revolution has always rested on two pillars: a just path and an ethical leadership. Neither of these is operative any longer. The Israeli nation today rests on a scaffolding of corruption, and on foundations of oppression and injustice. As such, the end of the Zionist enterprise is already on our doorstep. There is…
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Hearing the Klezmer in Golijov’s Operas
This Summer’s Tanglewood Festival, Sponsored Each Year by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Featured Several Works by Osvaldo Golijov, of Which the Major Contribution Was Ainadamar, An Hour-Long Chamber Opera. Golijov’s Talents for Vocal and Orchestral Composition Were Evident in This Moving and Powerful Work, An Opera That Combined Movement and Dance, Exhilarating Spanish Rhythms and…
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METROPOLITAN NEW YORK
Getting Ready for the High Holy Days On Penitence: Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky prepares participants for the Yamim Nora’im, the “awesome days” of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, a time of potential inner growth and spiritual change. Participants examine the insights of Abraham Isaac HaCohen Kook, the first chief rabbi of British Mandate Palestine, in his…
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Jewish Organizations Absent at Civil Rights Rally
In 1963 leading Jewish groups lined up to support the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, a climactic moment in the civil rights movement. The president of the American Jewish Congress, Rabbi Joachim Prinz, delivered an address that chief march organizer Bayard Rustin would later claim was the event’s “greatest speech,” eclipsing even Martin…
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You Keep on Knockin’ But You Can’t Come In
Knocking on Heaven’s Door: American Religion in the Age of Counterculture By Mark Oppenheimer Yale University Press, 304 pages, $30. * * *| Two years ago, my friends and I were driving back from the Burning Man festival, which takes place late summer every year in Black Rock City, Nev. We were tired, hung over…
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THE SURVIVORS’ EXODUS
A new exhibit, “Exodus,” tells the story of the ship that attempted to bring more than 4,500 Holocaust survivors and displaced persons to British-controlled Palestine in 1947, only to be turned away. The British had a restrictive immigration policy in Palestine while they awaited a solution to the Arab and Jewish claims to the land…
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