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BRANCHES OF JUDAISM
The Skirball Center for Adult Jewish Learning at Temple Emanu-El presents “Torah Under the Trees,” three Central Park walking tours and text-study programs led by architectural historian Anthony Robins and the center’s director, Rabbi Leon Morris. Biblical and rabbinic texts are studied on the following themes: “Returning to the Garden of Eden,” “The Struggle Between…
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Newsdesk July 18, 2003
Lawmakers Back P.A. Aid Two staunchly pro-Israel Jewish members of the House of Representatives, Democrats Gary Ackerman of New York and Howard Berman of California, joined California Democrat Rep. Lois Capps in urging fellow House members to send President Bush a letter supporting his plan to send aid directly to the Palestinian Authority. In a…
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METROPOLITAN NEW YORK
Lectures and Discussions A Spanish Hero: Andrée Aelion discusses her recent biography, “The Woman Who Defied Kings: The Life and Times of Doña Gracia Nasi,” about a Jewish woman living in Spain during the Inquisition. As thousands of Jews were being tortured and killed, including her husband, a 20-something Nasi appointed herself leader of the…
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Israeli Arab Wins Political Asylum in U.S.
OAKLAND, Calif. — A federal appeals court in San Francisco has granted political asylum to an Israeli Arab who claims that he suffered from persecution at the hands of the Israeli government and military. As a result of last week’s ruling, Ibrahim Baballah; his wife, Ula, and their teenage son, Ahmad, can’t be deported from…
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A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
Bobby Roth’s “Manhood” (2003) makes its West Coast premiere at the 23rd San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, which features some 51 films from 13 countries. The sequel to 2001’s “Jack the Dog,” “Manhood” follows Jack (Nestor Carbonell), a reformed womanizer who is now divorced and living with his 14-year-old son, Sam (Andrew Ferchand). Jack has…
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CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
Hamptons Holiday: Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman is spending the weekend of July 26 and 27 in New York’s posh Hamptons resort area, in particular Westhampton, where he is speaking on the Sabbath at the Westhampton Synagogue and attending a fundraiser on Sunday at The Prime Grill. The Orthodox synagogue is led by Rabbi Marc Schneier,…
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Activists: Ethiopians Die As Care Is Denied
A dozen Ethiopians, including nine children, reportedly died last month after being refused care by American Jewish relief organizations as they waited for permission to immigrate to Israel. Among the dead were starvation victims Emaye Molla, 18, and her 8-year-old brother, Berhane, Ethiopian activists said. According to the activists, others died from treatable cases of…
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Spotlight Shifts to Lieberman’s Children
The presidential campaign of Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman lost its two top finance staffers this week in a staff purge that drew attention to the six-figure salaries the campaign was paying to Lieberman’s children for their work as fundraisers. Finance director Shari Yost and her deputy, Jennifer Yocham, resigned, in what the campaign described as…
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Sharon Faces Ire As He Eyes Hamas Prisoner Release
JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Sharon braced for fierce Cabinet opposition this week in the wake of his decision to release Palestinian security prisoners belonging to the Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorist groups. Sources in the Prime Minister’s Office told the Forward that following next week’s planned meeting between Sharon and the Palestinian prime minister, Mahmoud…
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Green Dreams and Red Tape: A Tale of Innovation, Squelched
Tilting at Mills: Green Dreams, Dirty Dealings, and the Corporate Squeeze By Lis Harris Houghton Mifflin, 241 pages, $25. * * *| The City of New York publishes a little booklet called the Green Book, which is a directory of every government agency in the city and all their leading officials. A copy sits on…
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Palestinians Head to D.C. To Fight West Bank Fence
WASHINGTON — A team of young Palestinian policy advisers is coming to Washington this week in an effort to sway political opinions about the security fence that Israel is building in the West Bank. The group’s presentation on the subject has already influenced at least one member of the Bush administration: National Security Adviser Condoleezza…
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